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Gender and Democracy [PDF]

, 2011
This briefing paper addresses the ?gender? dimension of democracy and focuses on the democratic representation and participation of women. Beyond this primary focus, paper examines the language of gender and questions of identity, theories of gender and ...
Randall, V
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Two patterns of opposition: Party Group Interaction in the Bavarian State Parliament [PDF]

, 2011
Most research on parliamentary opposition focuses on constitutional and institutional aspects. This article argues that these approaches are limited in explaining differences between opposition parties.
Steinack, Katrin
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Unravelling the Referendum: An Analysis of the 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum Outcomes Across Capital Cities

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum presented a pivotal moment in the nation's democratic landscape. Despite support for Indigenous well‐being, the referendum did not secure the necessary approval, prompting extensive analysis of its outcome.
Scott Baum, William Mitchell
wiley   +1 more source

Undermining Liberal Democracy? Cross‐Level Opposition in Madrid Regional President's Speeches During the Pandemic Crisis

Politics and Governance
This article offers a theoretical contribution to the study of political opposition during the Covid‐19 pandemic crisis. In liberal democracies, the crisis often amplified executive dominance, thereby weakening the institutional opposition’s key role in ...
Taru Haapala, Andreu Teruel
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Bringing Europe into Question - A Longitudinal Study of Domestic Legislators' Questioning Behaviour in EU Affairs [PDF]

, 2015
This paper examines parliamentary questioning behavior of political parties with relation to the European Union. Using a unique data collection of parliamentary questions from the Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) I provide new evidence on the extent of ...
Senninger, Roman
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'This is what democracy looks like' : New Labour's blind spot and peripheral vision [PDF]

, 2006
New Labour in government since 1997 has been roundly criticized for not possessing a clear, coherent and consistent democratic vision. The absence of such a grand vision has resulted, from this critical perspective, in an absence of 'joined-up' thinking ...
A Brazier, A Coulson, A Dinham, A Giddens, A Giddens, A McConnell, A Midwinter, A Trench, AH Birch, Bogdanor, C Jeffery, D Arter, D Judge, D Judge, D Judge, D Judge, D Judge, D Kavanagh, D McHugh, D Oliver, D Wilson, David Judge, DD Searing, E Shaw, G Allen, G Stoker, H Sullivan, H Sullivan, J Bartle, J Bradbury, J Curtice, J Mitchell, J Mitchell, J Morrison, J Radcliffe, KD Ewing, Lord Hailsham, M Aspinwall, M Evans, M Flinders, M Flinders, M Flinders, M Keating, M Rush, M Russell, M Shephard, N Bonney, N Johnson, P Cowley, P Cowley, P Mandelson, R Cook, R Stevens, S Low, S Ludlam, S Weir, SE Finer, T Blair, T Quinn, T Smith, T Wright, T Wright, V Lownes   +62 more
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Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks, Georgia van Toorn   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parliamentary immunity – limit of democracy in postcommunist Romania

Sfera Politicii, 2014
This paper aims to investigate one of the most debatable aspects of the post-communist parliamentary life in Romania: the parliamentary immunity.
Ciprian Negoiţă
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The death of Private Leonard Manning [PDF]

, 2005
New Zealand Army Private, Leonard Manning, was killed in an ambush in East Timor in July 2000. The circumstances of his killing and the military context in which it occurred, raised many questions at the time and many of these remain unresolved.
Smith, Ron C.
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Strengthening Treaty Understanding: The Role of Education in Building Durable Indigenous–State Agreements

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Education is a central mechanism for ensuring that Indigenous–State treaties are understood, supported and endure through political change. Public knowledge shapes the negotiation, acceptance, implementation and long‐term stability of agreements. In Australia, however, treaty knowledge remains fragmented.
Jacob Prehn, Harry Hobbs, Jessica Horton
wiley   +1 more source