Parliamentary Affairs articles from January 1995

Parliamentary Affairs archives from January 1995

Public administration and government 1993-94. (United Kingdom)
January 1, 1995... IN September 1993 The Independent ran a competition to define Majorism. Entries included blank sheets of paper and empty greyish faxes. The eventual winner, an Essex clergyman, defined it as `a system of collective responsibility where no...

Matrix Churchill: a case study in judicial inquiries.
January 1, 1995... THIS article uses the Matrix Churchill inquiry as the basis for an examination of the place of the judicial inquiry in the political process, its effectiveness as an investigative body, and how it compares with alternative mechanisms for...

The 'gravest political crisis since Suez': the press, the government and the pit closures announcement of 1992.
January 1, 1995... `... From a newspaper point of view, it is quite an extraordinary episode. I can't think of any episode myself which is quite like it. This sudden media intensity and focus on something which had not been focused on for years, and particularly...

Televising Parliament: five years on.
January 1, 1995... The battle to permit cameras into the Commons was protracted and has been well documented. After successive failed attempts, the cameras were eventually allowed in on an experimental basis, from November 1989. Once the waters had been...

Italy changes course? The 1994 elections and the victory of the right.
January 1, 1995... The 1994 elections were the most significant in the Italian Republic's history since those held at the height of the Cold War in 1948. The political and social context which brought the elections about was one characterised by a period of...

The European dynamics of evolving party competition in France.
January 1, 1995... The European elections of June 1994 were the fourth time in the 1990s when French voters went to the polls and the second time within two years when European questions were at the centre of national political competition. Furthermore, those...

The German party system in crisis.
January 1, 1995... The period since the election to the Bundestag on 2 December 1990 has been a time of crisis for the parties individually and for the party system as a whole. The 1990 election seemed to indicate that, after a short period of adjustment, the...

The June 1994 elections and the politics of the European Parliament.
January 1, 1995... This article centres on the performance of, and challenges to, the European Parliament in the light of the ratification of the Treaty on European Union (or, more commonly, the Maastricht Treaty) in November 1993 and, in particular, the most...

Money and Votes.
January 1, 1995... As ever, the books on elections and parties appear on the book shelves at a variable time after the events and issues they examine. This year's tranche is no exception. Nevertheless, there are some useful text that have appeared recently, even...

General Elections Today, 2nd ed.
January 1, 1995... As ever, the books on elections and parties appear on the book shelves at a variable time after the events and issues they examine. This year's tranche is no exception. Nevertheless, there are some useful text that have appeared recently, even...

Elections and Voting Behavior in Britain, 2nd ed.
January 1, 1995... As ever, the books on elections and parties appear on the book shelves at a variable time after the events and issues they examine. This year's tranche is no exception. Nevertheless, there are some useful text that have appeared recently, even...

British Elections and Parties Yearbook: 1993.
January 1, 1995... As ever, the books on elections and parties appear on the book shelves at a variable time after the events and issues they examine. This year's tranche is no exception. Nevertheless, there are some useful text that have appeared recently, even...

Labour's Last Chance?: The 1992 Election and Beyond.
January 1, 1995... As ever, the books on elections and parties appear on the book shelves at a variable time after the events and issues they examine. This year's tranche is no exception. Nevertheless, there are some useful text that have appeared recently, even...

Westminster's World: Understanding Political Roles.
January 1, 1995... What's wrong (and what's right) with Parliament The House of Commons is a highly complex and ever changing institution. As new demands are made upon it, so the House responds, sometimes procedural adjustment, maybe made after much argument...

Honest Opportunism: The Rise of the Career Politician.
January 1, 1995... What's wrong (and what's right) with Parliament The House of Commons is a highly complex and ever changing institution. As new demands are made upon it, so the House responds, sometimes procedural adjustment, maybe made after much argument...

Back from Westminster: British MPs and Their Constituents.
January 1, 1995... What's wrong (and what's right) with Parliament The House of Commons is a highly complex and ever changing institution. As new demands are made upon it, so the House responds, sometimes procedural adjustment, maybe made after much argument...

Ministers and Parliament: Accountability in Theory and Practice.
January 1, 1995... What's wrong (and what's right) with Parliament The House of Commons is a highly complex and ever changing institution. As new demands are made upon it, so the House responds, sometimes procedural adjustment, maybe made after much argument...

Reform in the House of Commons: The Select Committee System.
January 1, 1995... What's wrong (and what's right) with Parliament The House of Commons is a highly complex and ever changing institution. As new demands are made upon it, so the House responds, sometimes procedural adjustment, maybe made after much argument...

Power on the Back Benches?: The Growth of Select Committee Influence.
January 1, 1995... What's wrong (and what's right) with Parliament The House of Commons is a highly complex and ever changing institution. As new demands are made upon it, so the House responds, sometimes procedural adjustment, maybe made after much argument...

Parliament and Specialist Advice.
January 1, 1995... What's wrong (and what's right) with Parliament The House of Commons is a highly complex and ever changing institution. As new demands are made upon it, so the House responds, sometimes procedural adjustment, maybe made after much argument...

Look Behind You!: Sketches and Follies from the Commons.
January 1, 1995... What's wrong (and what's right) with Parliament The House of Commons is a highly complex and ever changing institution. As new demands are made upon it, so the House responds, sometimes procedural adjustment, maybe made after much argument...

Parliament and Government: An Annotated Bibliography of Government Publications for the 1992-93 Parliamentary Session.
January 1, 1995... Parliamentary procedure The first report of the House of Commons Select Committee Procedure followed up an earlier report on parliamentary Questions in 1991 (HC 178, 1990-91). The government had accepted a number of recommendations,...