The mandate‐independence controversy still features prominently in studies of political
representation even though the problems with its theoretical foundation and empirical …

This article explores the importance of ceremony and ritual as a frame within which to
examine political institutions such as parliaments. It suggests that through such analysis we …

This article provides a wide-ranging overview of the support available to parliamentarians to
enhance the knowledge, skills and abilities they require to perform their individual roles and …

Rather than take these for granted, we investigate the relationship between politics and
performance to discover structural similarities we are calling 'grammar'. Designed to mean …

This article analyses how differences in domestic institutional constellations shape the
representational roles of member state officials when attending the EU Council of Ministers …

In 1778, the MP for Bristol, Edmund Burke, resisted pleas from his constituents to oppose the
lifting of restrictions on Irish trade, which was not in the interest of Bristol as a trading city …

This thesis approaches the question of the roles that can be fulfilled by Independent
Legislative Fiscal Institutions, and it does so in a multidisciplinary manner, through six …

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Role theory utilizes sociological and political science tools to study parliamentary
functioning and parliamentarians' behavior. While scholars in the USA (1960–70) and …

Race, Ethnicity, and the Participation Gap begins with the argument that political institutions
in settler and culturally diverse societies such as Australia, the United States, and Canada …