Parliamentary Affairs October 2009 - Oct 2, 2009

Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary politics

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The October 2009 issue of Parliamentary Affairs looks at Charter 88 and the constitutional reform movement 20 years on.

As well as abstracts from the articles (see Editor's Notes), Parliamentary Affairs podcasts are also available. These are interviews with the authors designed to explore themes from their work. The podcasts are between 10 and 15 minutes long, and designed to inform researchers and to serve as teaching tools to stimulate discussion amongst students.

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Editors' Notes

• The October 2009 issue contains the following articles. Click on the title to read an abstract from each article:
• David Erdos Charter 88 and the Constitutional Reform Movement: a Retrospective
• Stephen Howe Some Intellectual Origins of Charter 88
• Michael Rustin Revisiting Charter 88
• David Erdos Charter 88, Democratic Constitutionalism and Europeanisation: Ambiguous Relationships?
• Richard Kirkham, Brian Thompson, and Trevor Buck Putting the Ombudsman into Constitutional Context
• Patrick Dunleavy Assessing How Far Charter 88 and the Constitutional Reform Coalition Influenced Voting System Reform in Britain
• Matthew Flinders Charter 88, New Labour and Constitutional Anomie

o Commentary

• Michael Kenny Taking the Temperature of the Political Elite 4: Labour, Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold?

o Hansard Society

• Ruth Fox Engagement and Participation: What the Public Want and How our Politicians Need to Respond

o Reviews

• Sara de Jong The Future Governance of Citizenship (Dora Kostakopoulou,)
• Erik Jones The Architecture of Government: Rethinking Political Decentralization (Daniel Treisman)  

• The next issue of Parliamentary Affairs will be published in January 2010.