Government & Parliament
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Diary of an SNP First Minister: A Chronopolitics of Proximity and Priorities
An audience with a national leader can be indicative of priorities and potential for influence—as can its absence.
- Scotland
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The Antinomies of Insurgency: The Case of the Scottish National Party
The SNP is experiencing its greatest crisis in five decades. Why?
- Scotland
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Politics, the Constitution and the Independence Movement in Scotland since Devolution
Have the identities and divisions formed by the 2014 referendum and its aftermath have become exhausted?
- Constitution
- Scotland
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- Constitution
- Sovereignty
- Parliament
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Scrutinising Delegated Legislation: What Can Westminster Learn From Other Parliaments?
Recent years have seen increasing expressions of concern about whether the UK Parliament has adequate procedures for scrutinising delegated legislation. What might be learned from how other parliaments approach that challenge?
- Parliament
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- Conservative Party
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Parliament
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- Constitution
- Parliament
- Scotland
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Review: The Culture of Accountability. A Democratic Virtue, by Gianfranco Pasquino and Riccardo Pelizzo.
Is accountability the most important process at work in political systems?
- Elections & Campaigning
- Progressive Politics
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Elected or Selected? The Continuing Constitutional Conundrum of House of Lords Reform
Restoring some of the trust that Parliament has lost in recent years.
- Parliament
- Progressive Politics
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MPs are Boycotting Early Day Motions. Here is why, and how to fix it
Capping the use of EDMs and introducing procedural innovations could return them to the public’s orbit of influence.
- Parliament
