‘Where were the massed ranks of parliamentary reformers?’ – ‘attitudinal’ and ‘contextual’ approaches to parliamentary reform

On 14 May 2002, the House of Commons voted on proposals put forward by the Modernisation Select Committee for reform of the departmental select committee system. This article examines the origins of those proposals, and the outcome of the vote, focusing on one particular proposal to create a Committ...

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Published inJournal of legislative studies Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 57 - 76
Main Author Kelso, Alexandra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.2003
Subjects
Committees
Executive-legislative relations
Legislative Bodies
Legislative Process
Lower chamber
Oversight
Parliament
Parliamentary committees
Political attitudes
Political parties
Political reform
Political science
Reform
United Kingdom
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Summary:On 14 May 2002, the House of Commons voted on proposals put forward by the Modernisation Select Committee for reform of the departmental select committee system. This article examines the origins of those proposals, and the outcome of the vote, focusing on one particular proposal to create a Committee of Nomination to place MPs onto select committees. This raises questions regarding two competing academic approaches to explaining parliamentary reform, the 'attitudinal' approach and the 'contextual' approach, and concludes that, of the two, the 'contextual' approach is better placed to explain the failure to create a Committee of Nomination. Reprinted by permission of Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
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ISSN:1357-2334
1743-9337
DOI:10.1080/13523270300660004