Measuring Polarization with Text Analysis: Evidence from the UK House of Commons, 1811–2015
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DOI: 10.1017/pan.2019.2
Abstract: Political scientists can rely on a long tradition of applying unsupervised measurement models to estimate ideology and preferences from texts. However, in practice the hope that the dominant source of variation in their data is… read more here.
Keywords: 1811 2015; analysis; measuring polarization; house commons ... See more keywords
Disability inclusion in the House of Commons: A new institutionalism story
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DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsaf004
Abstract: Reflecting the increasing salience of disability inclusion in Britain and ongoing efforts to improve accessibility of its political and social structures, this study focuses on the country’s key elected political institution, the House of Commons.… read more here.
Keywords: inclusion house; house commons; disability inclusion; house ... See more keywords
Questions to the Prime Minister in the Canadian House of Commons: Transformation or tweak?
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DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsaf046
Abstract: Parliamentary questions are important democratic accountability instruments, but little is known about how these procedures are reformed, and with what consequences. This paper uses the introduction of Prime Minister’s Question Period (PMQP) in the Canadian… read more here.
Keywords: question period; prime minister; house commons; minister ... See more keywords
How Public Engagement Became a Core Part of the House of Commons Select Committees
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DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsz031
Abstract: This article explores the role of public engagement by select committees of the House of Commons. It shows that committees’ public engagement activity has been transformed since 1979, when departmental select committees were introduced. We… read more here.
Keywords: house commons; committees public; public engagement; activity ... See more keywords
Emotions in the aisles: Unpacking the use of emotive language in the UK House of Commons
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DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12733
Abstract: The use of emotive rhetoric in legislative debates has attracted increasing scholarly attention in political science research. Building on recent scholarship, I examine the conditions under which emotive rhetoric dominates legislative speeches in the UK… read more here.
Keywords: use emotive; anger disgust; house commons; emotive language ... See more keywords
Re-gendering the UK House of Commons: The Academic Critical Actor and Her ‘Feminist in Residence’
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DOI: 10.1177/1478929919866388
Abstract: Parliaments are everywhere highly masculinized institutions, created by and for men. Yet they are not unchanging institutions. The UK has just undergone an Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Gender Sensitive Parliament’s audit. This was one of the recommendations… read more here.
Keywords: actor; house commons; academic critical; gendering house ... See more keywords
Small Opposition Parties in a Westminster System: How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Participation, Decision-Making and Oversight in the UK House of Commons?
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DOI: 10.1177/14789299241249590
Abstract: Opposition parties are a key feature of parliamentary democracies, but their participation rights differ markedly. In the UK House of Commons, the institutional operation of the Westminster model facilitates a marked distinction between the rights… read more here.
Keywords: small opposition; covid pandemic; opposition; house commons ... See more keywords