Parliamentary Affairs: special issue on 'Disunity in Parliament' (vol 72, issue 2, 2019)
1 Apr 2019
Articles on topics including House of Commons scrutiny of public appointments, the significance and influence of informal space in legislatures, and gender and media attention in the 2015 UK general election. This special edition issue also contains a collection of articles on the theme of 'disunity in Parliament'.
Improving Parliamentary Scrutiny of Public AppointmentsRobert J D Hazell
Power behind the Scenes: The Importance of Informal Space in LegislaturesPhilip Norton (editors' choice)
Participatory Adaptation in Contemporary Parliamentary Committees in AustraliaCarolyn M Hendriks, Sue Regan, Adrian Kay
Candidate Gender and the Media Attention in the 2015 UK General ElectionJustin Murphy, Beata Rek
Mobilising the ‘People’s Army’ at the Grassroots: Examining Support for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in English Local ElectionsMichael Thrasher, Matthew J Goodwin, Colin Rallings, Galina Borisyuk
Parliamentary Scrutiny of Aid Spending: The Case of the Global Challenges Research FundAmbreena Manji, Peter Mandler
Guest editors: Caroline Close and Sergiu Gherghina
Introduction: Towards a Better Understanding of Parliamentary UnityCaroline Close, Sergiu Gherghina
Prompting Legislative Agreement and Loyalty: What Role for Intra-Party Democracy?Caroline Close, Sergiu Gherghina, Vivien Sierens
Two Faces of Party Unity: Roll-Call Behavior and Vote Explanations in the German BundestagThomas Zittel, Dominic Nyhuis
Are Backbenchers Fighting Back? Intra-Party Contestation in German Parliament Debates on the Greek CrisisCaroline Bhattacharya, Achillefs Papageorgiou
