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July 2020 Newsletter

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date July 2, 2020

Dear All

We hope that, wherever you are, you are keeping safe and well. We have some updates for you, including:

1. Our Annual Conference: Deadline Approaching!
2. Parliamentary Media & Communication: Request for Academic Contacts
3. Welcome to our New Membership Officer, Caroline Bhattacharya!
4. Join our New PSA Parliaments Facebook Group
5. Recently on the Blog
6. Recent Publications that have Caught our Eye

We will be taking a break during August and not distributing a newsletter. If you have any notices/messages you would like us to circulate to the group when we return in September, please let us know by emailing us.

Best wishes

Stephen (@Stephen_R_Bates), Louise (@LouiseVThompson), Seán (@S_Haughey), Gavin (@GavinHart10) and Caroline (@CarolineBha)

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Post-Legislative Scrutiny in Paris and London

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date June 30, 2020

How do the national parliaments of France and the UK assess the impact of the legislation they have adopted? In this article, Franklin De Vrieze compares the role of parliamentary committees and the outcome of the legislative impact assessments in both countries. It is based on the recent Westminster Foundation for Democracy publication, Post-Legislative Scrutiny in Europe.

Tags House of Commons, House of Lords, legislation, legislative studies, parliament, parliamentary scrutiny, parliamentary studies, post-legislative scrutiny, scrutiny

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Welcome to our Bonus June 2020 newsletter!

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date June 18, 2020

Dear all,

We hope that, wherever you are, you are keeping safe and well. Due to some upcoming deadlines, we have a short bonus newsletter for you this month, including:

POST’s Parliamentary Academic Fellowship Scheme: Applications are open
House of Lords Constitution Committee inquiry into the constitutional implications of Covid-19: Call for evidence
Our Annual Conference: Call for Papers/Blogs

If you have any notices/messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know.

Best wishes,
Stephen (@Stephen_R_Bates), Louise (@LouiseVThompson), Gavin (@GavinHart10) and Seán (@S_Haughey)

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Monitoring Westminster: who is watching parliament?

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date June 17, 2020

Ben Worthy and Stefani Langehennig discuss their Leverhulme funded project on monitory democracy. The blog outlines some of the key implications for scrutiny of political representatives and the manner in which monitoring mechanisms are used in the arena of democratic conflict.

Tags constitutional reform, House of Commons, House of Lords, legislative studies, parliament, parliamentary scrutiny, parliamentary studies, public engagement, scrutiny, UK Parliament, Westminster

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(Re)-connecting parliamentary engagement: how storytelling can strengthen public-parliament dynamics in the UK

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date June 10, 2020

Alex Prior (University of East Anglia) and Cristina Leston-Bandeira (Leeds) discuss the potential for parliamentary story-telling to reach new audiences and to promote wider public engagement.

Tags impact, legislative studies, parliament, parliamentary studies, Political Studies Association, public engagement, representation, UK Parliament, Westminster

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PSA Parliaments June 2020 Newsletter

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date June 3, 2020

We hope that, wherever you are, you are keeping safe and well. We have some updates for you, including:

Our Annual Conference: Call for Papers/Blogs
Who’s Watching Parliament: Survey of Parliament Data Users
Join the PSA Parliaments Team: Membership Officer Vacancy
Join our New PSA Parliaments Facebook Group
Recently on the Blog

If you have any notices/messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know.

Best wishes,
Stephen (@Stephen_R_Bates), Louise (@LouiseVThompson), Gavin (@GavinHart10) and Seán (@S_Haughey)

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Liaison Committee: A Prime Ministerial Performance?

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date June 3, 2020

Dr Mark Bennister of the University of Lincoln provides an incisive account of last week’s Liaison Committee. The piece considers the quality of scrutiny and the effectiveness of the Prime Minister’s performance during the session.

Tags Committees, House of Commons, legislative studies, Liaison Committee, Making Sense of Parliaments, parliament, parliamentary scrutiny, parliamentary studies, scrutiny, UK Parliament, Westminster

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Self-reflections and Measuring Effectiveness of Public Accounts Committees from across the Commonwealth

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date May 27, 2020

Matthew Hamilton of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch discusses the common challenges faced by Public Accounts Committees across the Commonwealth.

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Adapt or Perish. The Social and Material Conditions of the Transformations of the French National Assembly Over the Past Century

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date May 20, 2020

Jonathan Chibois of EHESS discusses recent technological innovations in the French National Assembly within the context of longer, historical trends in parliamentary reform.

Tags constitutional reform, executive-legislative relations, legislative studies, parliament, parliamentary scrutiny, parliamentary studies, scrutiny

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May 2020 Newsletter

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date May 14, 2020

We hope that, wherever you are, you are keeping safe and well. We have some updates for you, including:

Our Annual Conference: Call for Papers/Blogs
Undergraduate Essay Competition: Closing Date Approaching
Changes to the Team: Goodbye to Marc and Hello to Stephen
Recently on the Blog

If you have any notices/messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know.

Best wishes,
Stephen (@Stephen_R_Bates), Louise (@LouiseVThompson), Gavin (@GavinHart10), Seán (@S_Haughey) and, for the last time, Marc (@marcgeddes)