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North Korean nuclear issues and the role of parliamentary diplomacy

open access: yes, 2007
International efforts to dismantle the nuclear program of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have been marked by limited and inconsistent engagement and distrust.
Jeffrey Robertson   +1 more
core  

Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parliamentary immunity – limit of democracy in postcommunist Romania

open access: yesSfera 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
doaj  

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

open access: yesPolitics 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
doaj   +1 more source

Parliamentary Questions and Representation of Territorial Interests in the EP

open access: yes, 2018
This chapter explores the territorial dimension and its recent evolutions during the current European Parliament’s mandate. This territorial dimension is generally considered to be central to the process of representation at the national level but has been relatively neglected in the EP to date.
Brack, Nathalie, Costa, Olivier
openaire   +3 more sources

The Politics of Questioning

open access: yesGhana Journal of Linguistics, 2022
In spite of the many authoritative classifications of questions, theexamination of questions in different institutional contexts continues togenerate new and interesting insights into the nature of questions.Research shows that question forms and functions substantially differ ininstitutional contexts such as courtroom, classroom, medical andpolitical ...
openaire   +2 more sources

‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
wiley   +1 more source

Parliamentary immunity- theory, legal regulation and practice in modern democratic countries

open access: yesZbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Splitu, 2012
In this paper, fundamental recent scientific and theoretical viewpoints on parliamentary immunity, and comparative analysis of constitutional, legal and sub -legal solutions with their practical application in both some countries with developed ...
Saša Šegvić, Mia Bašić
doaj  

Dutch Parliamentary Written Questions Dataset

open access: yes
This contains the parliamentary written questions from the Dutch Parliamentary Behaviour Dataset.
Louwerse, Tom, Otjes, Simon
core   +2 more sources

Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

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