Parliamentary Affairs (vol 73, issue 2, 2020)
8 Apr 2020
Articles on themes including the mental wellbeing of politicians, the efficacy of the petitions system in the UK Parliament and devolved legislatures, the rate of equivocacy in former Prime Minister Theresa May's answers during PMQs, the emergence of international inter-parliamentary institutions, and more.
Petitions Systems: Outcomes, ‘Success’ and ‘Failure’Catherine Bochel
Governing under Pressure? The Mental Wellbeing of Politicians (free)Matthew Flinders, Ashley Weinberg, James Weinberg, Marc Geddes, Richard Kwiatkowski
To Scrutinise and Protect: Question Time as a Window into Institutional and Electoral Incentives at Holyrood and WestminsterDavid C W Parker, Jessie E Munson, Caitlyn M Richter
How Citizens Judge Extreme Legislative Dissent: Experimental Evidence from Canada on Party SwitchingJohn R McAndrews, Feodor Snagovsky, Paul E J Thomas
Italy 2018: The Perfect Populist Storm?Gianfranco Baldini, Matteo Fabio Nels Giglioli
Who Gets What? The Interactive Effect of MPs’ Sex in Committee Assignments in Portugal (free)Ana Espírito-Santo, Edalina Rodrigues Sanches
