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Chaucer’s Enigmatic Thing in The Parliament of Fowls
Studies in Philology, 2016This article argues that the enigmatic "thing" for which Chaucer's dream-vision narrator searches is both a structuring device for the Parliament of Fowls and a reflection on the process of translation, specifically the translation of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy.
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On the President's 2012 Missive to Parliament and Other Things
Problems of Economic Transition, 2014The author argues that the president's 2012 missive to parliament was deliberately deceptive on important matters such as whether to introduce a progressive income tax scale and how to ensure the effectiveness and independence of the Audit Chamber. He also analyzes the reaction of the Russian authorities to the Magnitsky Law.
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2017
Over the past few decades, Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has become a popular approach in the social sciences. Instead of providing a general overview, this chapter shows how ANT might be put to use when it comes to the empirical study of democratic politics.
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Over the past few decades, Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has become a popular approach in the social sciences. Instead of providing a general overview, this chapter shows how ANT might be put to use when it comes to the empirical study of democratic politics.
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Journal of Bangladesh Studies, 2020
Previous research has largely focused on if and how women legislators bring more women’s concerns to the floor of the parliament than their male counterparts. This article takes a different approach, arguing that even when men and women legislators are representing similar types of women’s issues, they do not have the same understanding of these issues.
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Previous research has largely focused on if and how women legislators bring more women’s concerns to the floor of the parliament than their male counterparts. This article takes a different approach, arguing that even when men and women legislators are representing similar types of women’s issues, they do not have the same understanding of these issues.
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Parliament is not sovereign - and it's a good thing too!
This article distinguishes between parliamentary sovereignty and parliamentary legislative supremacy. Sovereignty is an abstract concept, focusing on the power to enact and modify the rules which constitute governmental institutions and their relative powers, including the power to make law – referred to as foundational constitutional provisions ...openaire +1 more source
2017
Parliaments could seem to be highly issue-agnostic places. All sorts of problems move in and out. But issues make cuts. Some parliamentarians become attached to specific issues. What if the parliament was approached not as a representation device for the national population, but as an assembly of multiple and constantly transforming issue-oriented ...
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Parliaments could seem to be highly issue-agnostic places. All sorts of problems move in and out. But issues make cuts. Some parliamentarians become attached to specific issues. What if the parliament was approached not as a representation device for the national population, but as an assembly of multiple and constantly transforming issue-oriented ...
Birkbak, Andreas +2 more
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