Fourteenth Workshop of
Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians
27-28th July 2019
Wroxton College, Wroxton, Nr. Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 6PX
Sponsored by
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) & The Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Hull
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PAPERS BEING PRESENTED AT THE WORKSHOP
Paradox of Parliamentarianism
BjØrn Erik Rasch, University of Oslo
Parliaments: orphan institutions of democratic development
Jonathan Murphy, International Democracy and Governance Consultancy
The paradox of openness, accountability and trust in legislatures
Meg Russell, University College London
Recommended benchmarks for democratic legislatures
Anthony Staddon and Meenakshi Dhar, McGill University
Parliaments in the global governance system
Juan de Dios Cincunegui, Chamber of Deputies, National Congress of Argentina
‘So you want your MP to be a local?’ MPs and local connections with their constituencies inthe UK
Michael Rush, University of Exeter
Going Local: How the electoral incentive shapes political behaviour in developing democracies
Greg Power, Global Partners Governance (GPG)
The post-legislative scrutiny gap
Tom Caygill, University of Newcastle
Post-legislative scrutiny: connecting Parliament with the Public
Sue Griffiths, Global Partners Governance (GPG) and Baroness Suttie, House of Lords
Engagement of legislators in policy making and post-legislative scrutiny: a case study of Parliament in Nepal since 1991
Sanjaya Mahato, GSSR Warsaw, Rupesh Kumar Sah, Federal Parliament of Nepal, and Pooja Chaudhary, Advocate
Parliamentary control over delegated legislation in Japan
Katsuhiro Musashi, Doshisha University
Parliamentary oversight of sustainable development goals and the application of post-legislative scrutiny principles
Fotis Fitsilis, Hellenic Parliament, and Franklin De Vrieze, Westminster Foundation for Democracy
The role of parliaments in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): a study of multi-parliamentary cooperation and Southeast Asian parliaments
Ratih Adiputri,University of Jyväskylä
Can governance be improved through parliamentary Strengthening Development Programming in post-conflict fragile countries? An exploratory comparative analysis of how context shapes programming
David E. Guinn, SUNY Center for International Development,and Jeffery D. Straussman, University at Albany
Advancing the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) through Malaysia Parliamentary Reforms
Muhamad Sayuti bin Hassan @ Yahya, Sultan Idris Education Universityand Idzuafi Hadi Kamilan, Parliament of Malaysia
More assertive than ever before? The role(s) and power (s) of the European Parliament in the UK’s withdrawal negotiations
Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, Masaryk University Brno
Parliaments and Ministers: the impact of ministerial codes of conduct
Mark Shephard, University of Strathclyde
The challenges for ministerial responsibility posed by parliamentary requirements for special majority legislation: the effect of the Canadian Bill of Rights model for human rights in Trinidad and Tobago
Hamid Ghany, The University of the West Indies
Restoration, renewal, rebuilding and construction of Parliament buildings: a case study analysis of the impact of these architectural options on parliamentary democracy
Andrea Cullen, ACT Legislative Assembly, Canberra
‘Let’s have a chat’: the significance of informal space in parliaments
Lord Norton of Louth, University of Hull/House of Lords
Tocquevillian restraint or Millian profiteering? Parliamentary remuneration in long-term comparative perspective
Nicholas Dickinson, University of Exeter
It’s not personal, it’s strictly politics: Spanish MPs and voters’ personalities
Carlos Galais, UAB, Xavier Coller, UPO, Elena Gonzalez Rojo, UPO
Encouraging a longer time horizon: The Committee for the Future in the Finnish Eduskunta
Vesa Koskimaa, Åbo Akademi University, and Tapio Raunio, Tampere University
Challenging Arend Lijphart’s Hybrid VI: The case of Guyana
Hamid Ghany, The University of the West Indies
Rethinking the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament: The Republic’s Legislative Development Imperative
Maukesh Basdeo, The University of the West Indies
Advocacy and policy change
Merwin Salazar, Senate of the Philippines
How MPs scrutinise science and technology: developments in the House of Commons during the 20thcentury
Emmeline Ledgerwood, University of Leicester/British Library
Legislators’ pathway to power: intra-party competition, clientelism and unresponsive representatives in Ghana
Martin Acheampong, University of Bamberg
Impeachment investigation panel under the Nigerian 1999 Constitution: an anatomy of a dilemma
Emmanuel O. Anyaegbunam, African Centre for Parliamentary and Constitutional Studies
Budget padding or padding the budget: resolving the crisis of serial budget padding allegations against the Nigerian National Assembly in the Fourth Republic
Gafar Idowu Ayodeji, Tai Solarin University of Education, ljagun, and Lawal Jibola Orisadare, Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese-Ijebu
WROXTON COLLEGE
Wroxton College is the overseas campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University. The College is housed in a magnificent 17th Century Jacobean mansion, the ancestral home of Lord North (Prime Minister under King George III), and nestling in 50 acres of its own landscaped grounds. When not attending sessions, participants will have an opportunity to explore the mansion and the grounds. The mansion has its own library, chapel, and spacious reading room. There is also a gymnasium in the basement. A guided tour of the house will be available on Saturday evening. Wi-fi is available throughout the College.
The village of Wroxton is also of interest, with thatched cottages and a parish church housing the remains of various members of the North family, several of them significant figures in the history of England.