Parliament And Accountability
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Author | : Adina Akbik |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2022-02-03 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108835759 |
An examination of executive actors' accountability for EU economic decisions in the aftermath of the euro crisis.
Author | : Diana Woodhouse |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780198278924 |
In constitutional theory the convention of individual ministerial responsibility ensures the accountability of ministers to Parliament. In practice it is frequently used by government to limit rather than facilitate accountability. In this book Diana Woodhouse examines the divergence betweentheory and practice.She analyses the situations in which ministers resign, the effectivness of resignation as a means of accountability, and the abdication by ministers of responsibility. She also examines the powers and limitations of Select Committees, the effect of the new Next Steps Agencies on individualministerial responsibility, and draws comparisons with mechanisms of accountability adopted by other countries operating under the Westminster system of government.The inclusion of detailed case studies of the resignations, actual and threatened, of Lord Carrington, Leon Brittan, Edwina Currie, David Mellor, James Prior, and Kenneth Baker make this book especially pertinent to our understanding of the current political scene and to recent institutional changeswithin Parliament and government. By highlighting the present deficiencies and possible future failing in public accountability Dr Woodhouse's study provides an essential complement to recent debates about constitutional reform.
Author | : Tom Ginsburg |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2012-02-27 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107020565 |
Assesses what we know - and do not know - about comparative constitutional design and particular institutional choices concerning executive power and other issues.
Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2014-09-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9264183639 |
There is growing recognition of the need for new approaches to the ways in which donors support accountability, but no broad agreement on what changed practice looks like. This publication aims to provide more clarity on the emerging practice.
Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2002-09-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9264176284 |
This publication presents the papers discussed at the Latin American Forum on Ensuring Transparency and Accountability in the Public Sector that took place on 5-6 December 2001. The Forum approved policy recommendations that reflect the shared experience of Member countries of the OECD and the OAS.
Author | : Omololu Fagbadebo |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-08-17 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9783319935089 |
This book examines the problem of accountability in two African political systems, South Africa and Nigeria. Despite the principle of separation of powers and the doctrine of checks and balances among the institutions of governance, a burgeoning governance crisis stifles the potential of accountability and good governance. Legislative oversight in the two countries remains largely ineffective while citizens are left to face the consequences of the mismanagement of public resources by political elites. This book critically assesses how the legislative institutions in South Africa and Nigeria have been unable to harness the requisite constitutional powers to ensure accountability in government and explores the feasibility of their effectiveness. The book begins with a comparative analysis of the principles, tradition, and powers associated with legislative capability in South Africa and Nigeria. The chapters explore constitutional provisions and analyze the capacity of each legislature to function within its respective political environment. The book also examines the process and challenges associated with the various measures and mechanisms available for legislatures to ensure accountability in the two countries. Researchers, scholars and students of African politics will find this book useful in their understanding of the problems associated with the simmering governance crisis in South Africa and Nigeria.
Author | : Taiabur Rahman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2007-09-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1134136463 |
Parliaments or legislatures are the keystone of democratic governance and they are critical in securing government accountability. This book presents a comparative analysis of the role of parliamentary committees in securing government accountability in the three largest and most important functioning democracies in South Asia: Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. The author compares the nascent democracy of Bangladesh with the stable and vibrant democratic system of India since its independence from the British in 1947 and Sri Lanka's longstanding and established democracy. He argues that in each country, parliament has been able to survive and perform the key parliamentary tasks of representation, legislation, oversight of the executive, conflict resolution and regime maintenance; concluding that parliamentary committees in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka do not perform as successfully as their counterparts in the Western world in controlling the government and holding it to account; however, their role in securing government accountability is not irrelevant. Parliamentary Control and Government Accountability in South Asia will be a useful reference for studying third world parliaments in particular.
Author | : Adam Przeworski |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1999-09-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780521646161 |
6 Party Government and Responsiveness: James A. Stimson
Author | : Marc Geddes |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2019-12-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1526136821 |
Based on unprecedented access to the UK Parliament, this book challenges how we understand and think about accountability between government and Parliament. Drawing on three months of research in Westminster, and over forty-five interviews, this book focuses on the everyday practices of Members of Parliament and officials to reveal how parliamentarians perform their scrutiny roles. Some MPs become specialists while others act as lone wolves; some are there to try to defend their party while others want to learn about policy. Amongst these different styles, chairs of committees have to try to reconcile these interpretations and either act as committee-orientated catalysts or attempt to impose order as leadership-orientated chieftains. All of this pushes and pulls scrutiny in competing directions, and tells us that accountability depends on individual beliefs, everyday practices and the negotiation of dilemmas. In this way, MPs and officials create a drama or spectacle of accountability and use their performance on the parliamentary stage to hold government to account. Dramas at Westminster: Select committees and the quest for accountability offers the most up-to-date and detailed research on committee practices in the House of Commons, following a range of reforms since 2010.
Author | : M. A. P. Bovens |
Publisher | : Oxford Handbooks |
Total Pages | : 737 |
Release | : 2014-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0199641250 |
Drawing on the best scholars in the field from around the world, this handbook showcases conceptual and normative as well as the empirical approaches in public accountability studies.