Scrutinising the secret state: parliamentary oversight of the intelligence and security agencies [PDF]
This article considers the growing parliamentary scrutiny of the intelligence and security agencies. It raises a number of questions about the role and effectiveness of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Parliament and ...
Bochel, Hugh +2 more
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Factors for the Digitalisation of Political Parties in Portugal and Spain: A Comparative Perspective
This investigation stems from the need to better comprehend the digitalisation of the Iberian parties and, especially, to understand the lack of scientific knowledge surrounding the digitalisation of political actors in Portugal.
Bruno González-Cacheda +2 more
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Journalistic investigations and cabinet crises in the Third Polish Republic (selected examples) [PDF]
This article focuses on the influence of investigative journalism on the system of government, and, in particular, on the functioning and break-up of cabinet coalitions in Poland after 1989. It focuses on the parliamentary-cabinet form of government. The
Adamczyk, Wojciech
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UK Government Web Continuity: Persisting Access through Aligning Infrastructures
Government's use of the Web in the UK is prolific and a wide range of services are now available though this channel. The government set out to address the problem that links from Hansard (the transcripts of Parliamentary debates) were not maintained ...
Amanda Spencer +3 more
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Selected aspects of the independence of the National Bank of Poland in the context of Polish political practice [PDF]
Niezależność banku centralnego jest pojęciem złożonym i wielostronnym, a jego podstawową przesłanką jest dbałość o wartość współczesnego pieniądza i założenie, że autonomiczny bank jest bardziej odporny na oddziaływanie pozostałych uczestników życia ...
Myślak, Ewa
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Investigating Visual Content Shared over Twitter during the 2019 EU Parliamentary Election Campaign
Political communication increasingly takes on visual forms. Yet, despite their ubiquity in everyday communication and digital campaigning, the use of these visuals remains critically understudied. In this article, we investigate the formats and modes of visual content deployed by Twitter users over a two-week period leading up to the 2019 EU ...
Marchal, Nahema +3 more
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Lobbying, Corruption and Other Banes [PDF]
Although the theoretical literature often uses lobbying and corruption synonymously, the empirical literature associates lobbying with the preferred mean for exerting influence in developed countries and corruption with the preferred one in developing ...
Campos, Nauro F., Giovannoni, Francesco
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Analyzing parliamentary discourse: systemic functional perspective
Contemporary research views parliamentary discourse as a variety of political language which is largely defined by its contextual properties and thus requires a contextual approach of analysis.
Laura Treimane
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The Legal System of Parliamentary Investigation in Algeria
Parliamentary investigations represent a key mechanism of parliamentary oversight exercised by investigative committees over the government. This tool is particularly significant due to the intensity, sensitivity, and potential impact it has on the ...
Zohra Akechiche
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Strengthening the Efficiency of Parliamentary Oversight Bodies to Enhance Anti-Corruption Control, Transparency, Political Accountability, and Responsibility [PDF]
The extent of corruption in South Africa has been fast catching up to that of the world. It is public knowledge that the past two decades have seen several government initiatives aimed at combating corruption, and none of these seems adequate to rid ...
Tony Duba, Thakaramahlaha Lehohla
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