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Scrutinising the secret state: parliamentary oversight of the intelligence and security agencies [PDF]

, 2010
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, Defty, Andrew, Dunn, Andrew   +2 more
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Strengthening the Efficiency of Parliamentary Oversight Bodies to Enhance Anti-Corruption Control, Transparency, Political Accountability, and Responsibility [PDF]

Business Ethics and Leadership
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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DEVELOPMENTAL STATE AND THE QUESTION OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Journal of Social Political Sciences, 2023
In South Africa, despite what appears to be a perfectly designed political system underpinned by the separation of powers, there seemingly is a lack of accountability of public officials that has its roots in the proportional representation (PR ...
Vusimuzi Gumbi, Keaobaka Tsholo
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Legislative strengthening meets party support in international assistance: a closer relationship? [PDF]

, 2009
Recent reports recommend that international efforts to help strengthen legislatures in emerging democracies should work more closely with support for building stronger political parties and competitive party systems.
Brösamle K., Burnell P., Burnell P., Carothers T., Carothers T., Catón M., French D., Hubli K., Hudson A., Hudson A., Johnson R., Johnston N., Jones T., Krafchik W., McNeil M., Miller R., Murphy J., Okole H., Peter Burnell, Power G., Reilly B., Schultz K., Stapenhurst R., USAID, Wehner J., Weir S., Zimmermann F., Öhman M.   +27 more
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Parliamentary oversight: Oireachtas committees and the Dáil Committee on Public Accounts in the twenty-first century

Administration, 2023
Strong parliaments hold the government, its departments and the wider public administration to account. Such parliaments are built on strong and active committee systems.
Lynch Catherine
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Gender and Strategic Opposition Behavior: Patterns of Parliamentary Oversight in Belgium

Politics and Governance, 2023
Studies on strategic parliamentary opposition often focus on broader behavioral patterns or party‐level variation. This article analyzes differences at the individual level, more notably between male and female opposition members of parliament.
Benjamin de Vet, Robin Devroe
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Models of Party Democracy : Patterns of Party Regulation in Post-War European Constitutions [PDF]

, 2012
This article investigates the ways in which political parties are codified in modern democratic constitutions, providing a unique cross-sectional and longitudinal overview of the patterns of party constitutionalization in post-war Europe.
Blondel, Capoccia, Epstein, Flanz, Fox, Gabriela Borz, Huntington, I. van, I. van, I. van, I. van, Ingrid van Biezen, Katz, Katz, Key, Ruin, Sartori, Schattschneider, Squires, Tsatsos, Zovatto   +20 more
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The Accountability and Independence of the Auditors-General of Australia: A Comparison of their Enabling Legislation [PDF]

, 2003
This paper compares the enabling legislation of the nine auditors-general of Australia from perspectives of public-sector accountability and auditor independence.
Clark, Colin, De Martinis, Michael
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Inter-parliamentary Cooperation in the EU and outside the Union: Distinctive Features and Limits of the European Experience

Perspectives on Federalism, 2018
The article draws comparisons between inter-parliamentary cooperation in the European Union and at the international level. It recognises that, notwithstanding a strong international imprint, inter-parliamentary relations in the EU have gradually ...
Griglio Elena, Lupo Nicola
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Can parliament govern the transport transition? How the German Bundestag scrutinizes rail projects

Energy, Sustainability and Society, 2022
Background The paper aims to elucidate to what extent the German Parliament exerts control over rail planning. Parliament has the budgetary right, but information asymmetries vis-à-vis the railway company Deutsche Bahn and the Ministry of Transport make ...
Felix Julian Koch, Jenny Rademann, Simon Fink   +2 more
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