Benchmarking And Self Assessment For Parliaments

Author : Mitchell O'Brien,Rick Stapenhurst,Lisa von Trapp
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781464803284

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Benchmarking and Self-Assessment for Parliaments by Mitchell O'Brien,Rick Stapenhurst,Lisa von Trapp Pdf

With international focus on good governance and parliamentary effectiveness, a standards-based approach involving benchmarks and assessment frameworks has emerged to evaluate parliament's performance and guide its reforms. The World Bank's has been a leader in the development of these frameworks, stewarding a global multi-stakeholder process aimed at enhancing consensus around parliamentary benchmarks and indicators with international organizations and parliaments across the world. The results so far, some of which are captured in this book, are encouraging: countries as diverse as Australia, Canada, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Zambia have used these frameworks for self-evaluation and to guide efficiency-driven reforms. Donors and practitioners, too, are finding the benchmarks useful as baselines against which they can assess the impact of their parliamentary strengthening programs. The World Bank itself is using these frameworks to surface the root causes of performance problems and explore how to engage with parliamentary institutions in order to achieve better results. The World Bank can identify opportunities to help improve the oversight function of parliament, thus holding governments to account, giving 'voice' to the poor and disenfranchised, and improving public policy formation in order to achieve a nation's development goals. In doing so, we are helping make parliaments themselves more accountable to citizens and more trusted by the public.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Legislative bodies
ISBN : UCBK:C112134452

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Benchmarking and Self-assessment Toolkit for Parliaments in Southern Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Beetham
Publisher : Inter-Parliamentary Union
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789291423842

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Evaluating Parliament by David Beetham Pdf

The purpose of this self-assessment toolkit is to assist parliaments and their members in assessing how their parliament performs against widely accepted criteria for democratic parliaments. All the scenarios in the toolkit share the objective of evaluating parliaments against international criteria for democratic parliaments as well as identifying priorities and means for strengthening parliaments.

Author : Dr Carl Adams
Publisher : Academic Conferences Limited
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781910810194

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Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on eGovernment 2015 by Dr Carl Adams Pdf

Complete proceedings of the 15th European Conference on eGovernment Portsmouth UK Published by Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited

Author : Elena Griglio
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509925704

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Parliamentary Oversight of the Executives by Elena Griglio Pdf

Oversight of executives has always been a key function of parliaments and one that is central to developing the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government. However, in reality governments are taking a more pronounced role in controlling legislation, diluting the influence of parliament. This book plots this trend in parliaments across Europe, to illustrate points of convergence and divergence. In so doing, it suggest tools and methods that parliaments can develop to bolster their crucial oversight role.

Author : Franklin de Vrieze,Philip Norton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000326253

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Parliaments and Post-Legislative Scrutiny by Franklin de Vrieze,Philip Norton Pdf

To what extent have parliaments a responsibility to monitor how laws are implemented as intended and have the expected impact? Is the practice of Post-Legislative Scrutiny emerging as a new dimension within the oversight role of parliament? What approach do parliaments apply in assessing the implementation and impact of legislation? These are the fascinating questions guiding this book. Case studies offer an in-depth look at how particular countries and the European Union conduct Post-Legislative Scrutiny. The analysis puts Post-Legislative Scrutiny in the context of parliamentary oversight and parliaments’ engagement in the legislative cycle. The purpose of this book is to demonstrate the value of Post-Legislative Scrutiny as a public good, benefiting the executive, legislature and the people in ensuring that law delivers what is expected of it, as well as to respond to the need for greater clarity as to what is meant by the term. In this way, the publication can assist legislatures to think more clearly as to what precisely they understand, and seek to achieve, by Post-Legislative Scrutiny. This book is the result of the co-operation between the Centre for Legislative Studies at the University of Hull and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Legislative Studies.

Author : Thomas Christiansen,Elena Griglio,Nicola Lupo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000843927

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The Routledge Handbook of Parliamentary Administrations by Thomas Christiansen,Elena Griglio,Nicola Lupo Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Parliamentary Administrations brings together an international, multidisciplinary group of contributors providing a systematic and comprehensive analysis of parliamentary administrations. Including chapters on the administrations of national parliaments in every member state of the European Union, in most of the EU candidate countries and in key liberal democracies around the world, this book represents a uniquely broad-ranging resource. Each national system is treated in a consistent manner, with authors providing relevant facts, figures and critical analysis according to a common framework. Additionally, it provides coverage of transnational parliamentary administrations in different regions around the globe and includes a number of cross-cutting chapters, addressing key issues of relevance for a better understanding of parliamentary administrations such as the potential for politicisation, professionalisation, digitalisation or Europeanisation with the comparative analysis of different national experiences. This handbook will enable readers to better comprehend the role and influence of parliamentary administrations and in doing so will enhance our understanding of their importance for the effective functioning of representative democracy more generally. The Routledge Handbook of Parliamentary Administrations constitutes a unique tool and prime reference for any researcher, scholar or practitioner working in the area of parliamentary and legislative studies, governance, democracy, public policy and administration, as well as more widely to European studies, general political science and comparative politics.

Author : Berta García-Orosa
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030815684

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Digital Political Communication Strategies by Berta García-Orosa Pdf

This book, with a foreword by Manuel Castells, explores the core strategies of digital political communication. It reviews the field’s evolution over the past 25 years and examines the coexistence of old and new actors (lobbyists, citizens, parliaments, political parties, media outlets, digital platforms, among others), as well as hybrid communication tactics. Topics covered include frames, fake news, filter bubbles, echo chambers, artificial intelligence, the significance of emotions, and engagement with citizens. As we find ourselves in the fourth wave of digital communication, and in the wake of a pandemic which has shaken the foundations of political communication, an evaluation of these topics is essential to the reinvention of democracy. The book is geared towards students and researchers who wish to delve into the latest trends in digital communication, political communication actors and journalists. It further aims to prepare citizens to effectively deal with messaging that blurs the line between truth and falsehood with increasingly powerful strategies supported by artificial intelligence.

Author : A. H. Monjurul Kabir
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319921747

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Development Aid in Stable Democracies and Fragile States by A. H. Monjurul Kabir Pdf

This book is based on experience and reflections related to international support provided to parliaments and legislative bodies both in selected countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ghana, Serbia, and Kyrgyzstan) and globally. The author intends to provide a critique of parliamentary support, as part of development assistance or foreign aid, for having been conceived in narrow terms of technical assistance and for failing to appreciate that aid effectiveness calls for a sound understanding of a country’s politics, culture, and history. The monograph examines the effectiveness of aid in both stable democracies, and fragile and transition countries. The project is ideal for audiences interested in regional politics, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Central Asia, and development/democracy studies.

Author : Frederick Stapenhurst,Anthony Staddon,Isabelle Watkinson,Lesley Burns
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000915426

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Enhanced Parliamentary Oversight by Frederick Stapenhurst,Anthony Staddon,Isabelle Watkinson,Lesley Burns Pdf

Very little research has been conducted on how parliamentary oversight is undertaken in small countries and jurisdictions or across the southern African region (excluding South Africa). This groundbreaking book fills that void, providing rich insights into how oversight works in these countries. Featuring an expert group of scholars and practitioners, the book builds off previous research projects to offer detailed case study examinations of oversight across various global regions, including various Australian and Canadian jurisdictions, UK Crown and Overseas dependencies, Caribbean islands, autonomous Nordic territories, Southern Africa and several Pacific island states. Contributors present the most recent data on current developments in the world, including sub-national parliaments, drawing on primary research and first-hand experiences to offer greater theoretical and practical understanding into practices that could be adapted to improve oversight and governance, reduce corruption and boost economic development. Enhanced Parliamentary Oversight will be an important book for practitioners, governments and both scholars and students of legislative studies, international relations and public administration.

Author : Wim Blockmans
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781003830108

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The Voice of the People? by Wim Blockmans Pdf

Over the last two centuries, Europe has developed various forms of political representation from which democratic parliamentary systems gradually emerged. This book unravels the conditions, scale and impact under which political participation of common burghers and peasants emerged. Political participation in Europe before the Revolutions moved away from the traditional focus on ‘Three Estates’ which has often blurred the interpretation of popular participation’s role in societies. This book instead examines Europe’s key political variants such as high levels of commercialization and urbanization, combined with a balance of powers between competing categories of actors in society controlling relatively independent resources which lead to political participation forming across the continent. Instead of starting from any ideal type of political participation, this book focuses on the variation through time and space, its composition and activity, helps to explain the functions particular institutional settings fulfilled. The time frame 1100–1800 sheds light on the long-term evolutions such as institutional inertia and processes of oligarchizing. To reveal a correlation of economic and demographical growth with the claim of rising social classes to voice their interests. It also points to the opposite tendency: the formation of fiscalmilitary monarchical states. This book is essential reading for those interested in the formation of Europe’s political structures and students of premodern political history.

Author : Salvatore Schiavo-Campo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317293323

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Government Budgeting and Expenditure Management by Salvatore Schiavo-Campo Pdf

The government budget should be the financial mirror of society's choices. Yet most people view budgeting as the epitome of eye-glazing subjects, rarely explained in a way that is understandable to the non-specialist and too often presented without adequate consideration of a country’s governance and institutional capacity. Government Budgeting and Expenditure Management fills a gap in the literature to redress these failings and does so in comparative international perspective. This book provides a comprehensive but pithy and easy-to-understand treatment of public financial management, taking into account a variety of special issues including budgeting in post-conflict situations, at subnational government levels, for military/security expenditures, and in countries with large extractive revenues. Distilling the lessons of budgeting reform in countries at different levels of income and administrative capacity, each chapter gradually progresses from the basic principles to the more technical aspects and then on to implementation issues, using concrete examples and illustrations from around the globe. Government Budgeting and Expenditure Management is ideally suited as the primary text for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in government budgeting or public financial management, or as a supplementary text for courses in public finance, public economics, economic development, public administration or comparative politics. With its attention to practical implementation aspects, the book will also be of direct interest to practitioners, policy-makers, and government employee training organizations.

Author : Adebola Rafiu BAKARE
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789819907809

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National Assembly and Legislative Effectiveness in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic by Adebola Rafiu BAKARE Pdf

This book evaluates the legislative effectiveness of Nigeria’s National Assembly under the Fourth Republic. The assessment covers five Assemblies (4th–8th) and focuses specifically on lawmaking, cost of running the National Assembly, and the budget making process. It empirically assesses the effectiveness of the Nigerian national legislature beyond previous emotional and sentimental evaluations of the institution. It has developed a model ‘Institutional Legislative Effectiveness Score’ used in assessing the institutional performance of the National Assembly from two perspectives: first, by comparing the performances of the two chambers in the same Assembly; and second, by comparing the performances of the institution across Assemblies. Aside lawmaking, the book also covers the major topical issues that characterized public evaluation of the institution. These include: size of the institution, budgeting process, cost of funding the institution, and the debate on the appropriate way in reforming the National Assembly.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCBK:C119504204

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World E-Parliament Report 2012 by United Nations Pdf

The World e-Parliament Report 2012 presents the latest data on the use and availability of systems, applications, hardware and tools in parliaments all over the world. The findings presented in the report are based on the results of the Global Survey of ICT in Parliaments 2012 conducted by the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament between February and May 2012. Comparisons are offered in the 2008 and 2010 editions. The report provides readers with concrete examples of the adoption of ICT in the most significant areas of parliamentary business. The report is intended to be read in conjunction with the 2008 and 2010 reports

Author : Fatai Ayinde Aremu,Adebola Rafiu Bakare
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789813344556

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Two Decades of Legislative Politics and Governance in Nigeria’s National Assembly by Fatai Ayinde Aremu,Adebola Rafiu Bakare Pdf

This book unpacks two decades of Nigeria’s National Assembly spanning 4th–8th legislative sessions. It focuses on the core areas of legislative functions – lawmaking, appropriation, oversight and representation – in examining the achievements, challenges and prospects of the legislature. This is particularly important because Nigeria being the most populous country in Africa is a crucial bastion of democratic governance in the region. Therefore, conducting deep diagnostics of the federal legislature as the custodian of popular mandate and the anchor of accountability offered immense opportunity for learning that would catalyze further institutional reforms and democratic consolidation.