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  • EU and All That! Citizenship conferences

    Back by popular demand... Building on the previous run of eight successful EU and All That! conferences, the Hansard Society will be running a further six teacher conferences with the UK Office of the European Parliament across the UK. The purpose of the conferences is to provide teachers with practical...
    Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 10-29-2008

  • Rubber Stamp or Cockpit? The Impact of Parliament on Government Legislation

    Susanna Kalitowski Research Fellow, Parliament & Government Programme, Hansard Society The following article, which is derived from the Hansard Society's Law in the Making publication, was published in the October 2008 issue of Parliamentary Affairs . It can also be accessed online . ABSTRACT...
    Posted to Parliament & Government (Weblog) by admin on 10-20-2008

  • Rebuilding engagement requires motivation, access and trust

    The Governance of Britain review is about "renewing the relationships that we have with each other as citizens and with the Government". This necessarily involves consideration of the mechanisms of citizen engagement and it is hard to imagine anyone brave enough to argue that these are currently...
    Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 10-01-2008

  • Recess negative: it's not perfect, but the portrayal of parliament as a government puppet bears little resemblance to reality

    An article by Susanna Kalitowski, Research Fellow on the Hansard Society's Parliament & Government Programme, originally published on Comment is Free The 11-week parliamentary recess is now under way, amid the familiar annual charges of laziness and waste. Some MPs argue that the break provides...
    Posted to Parliament & Government (Weblog) by admin on 08-18-2008

  • Not the Obama Girl!

    The No. 10 website’s latest initiative – Number10TV - has been criticised by the press before it has even been re-launched. The basic premise is that it is a publicity stunt – designed to shore up Gordon Brown’s appeal rather than to engage citizens in any meaningful way. Newsnight carried the story...
    Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 08-08-2008

  • Political blogging - just for the Opposition?

    A recent article in the Guardian reported that New Statesman co-owner Mike Danson has invested in LabourHome . His aim is to mobilise grass roots activism on the left which, until now, has not managed to gain the kind of online traction that popular rightwing/anti-establishment blogs such as Iain Dale...
    Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 08-01-2008

  • Law in the Making: a new publication by the Hansard Society

    Parliamentary scrutiny does make a difference to legislation: new Hansard Society research challenges conventional view of Parliament’s effectiveness. "Law in the Making is a fine piece of scholarship, which is forensic, balanced and informative. It is a thorough exploration of how policy ideas...
    Posted to Parliament & Government (Weblog) by admin on 07-11-2008

  • Blogging and freedom of expression

    Blogging has taken off as a low-cost way for individuals to publish online. It's not surprising then that politics and campaigning draws a large number of commentators - from the amateur observer, to the seasoned insider and the marginalised. The internet can help to level the playing field and it...
    Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 06-17-2008

  • Lord Speaker's Competition - Winners Announced!

    The winners of the Lord Speaker's competition for young people 2008, have attended the winners’ day at the House of Lords and presented their findings to a special sitting of the House of Lords Science and Technology Sub-committee on Waste Reduction. The winners were: Key Stage 3: William Lewis and...
    Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 06-10-2008

  • Time for a bit of lateral thinking

    It seems appropriate given that yesterday was budget day to ponder on a missed opportunity or two. There was considerable emphasis in the budget on green taxes. Inefficient cars are to cost more and will cost more to run. Fuel will become more expensive. Once again the government appears to be using...
    Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 03-13-2008
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