Eighth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and
Parliamentarians
26-27 July 2008
Wroxton College
The purpose
of the Workshop is to bring together scholars and parliamentarians
in order that research findings likely to be of practical use to
parliamentarians can be presented and discussed. The Workshop
builds on the success of the previous Workshops, the first held in
Berlin in 1994 and the other six at Wroxton College, now the
established venue for the event.
Among themes to be covered
at this Workshop are (1) legislative ethics and accountability,
with papers on the adoption of the accounting officer model in
Canada, the domestic effects of legislative ethics reform in the
UK, parliamentary scrutiny and oversight of the 'war on terror',
and government accountability in parliamentary democracies: a case
study of Sweden. (2) Parliaments and the Internet, with papers on
European Parliaments online, the impact of the Internet on the
Chinese National People's Congress, and the ethics of electronic
communication. (3) Developments in the UK Parliament, with papers
on Westminster territorial select committees, early day motions,
the role of the independent MPs, the House of Lords, and a
comparison of the Westminster and Scottish parliaments. (4)
Gendered ceremony and ritual in parliaments, with papers on India,
South Africa and the UK.
Sponsors
The Workshop is sponsored by the Inter-Parliamentary Union
(IPU), the Research Committee of Legislative Specialists of the
International Political Science Association (IPSA), and the Centre
for Legislative Studies, in conjunction with the Dean of Wroxton
College, Dr Nicholas Baldwin.
Workshop
Programme