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Parliaments and Legislatures Specialist Group

Aims of the Specialist Group

The Parliaments and Legislatures specialist group was provides a dedicated forum for legislative scholars to discuss their current and future research. It aims to include academics and interested actors from a broad range of backgrounds, such as, but not limited to: executive-legislative relations; parties in parliament; parliamentary scrutiny; parliamentary behaviour; the legislative process; parliamentary organisation, change and development; parliaments and democratisation; sub-national parliaments and assemblies; and relations between parliamentary chambers.

The group maintains a regular email newsletter, which facilitates communication amongst our members, and works to secure panels at the PSA Annual Conference.

We hope to facilitate the pursuit of joint research amongst our members, to forge useful contacts, and foster a sense of community amongst parliamentary and legislative scholars within the PSA.

Conference 2011 - details here

Membership

All scholars interested in the area of parliaments and legislatures are invited to join the specialist group. There is currently no membership fee.

Click here to access the membership form: [Word] [pdf]

Convenor

Dr Alexandra Kelso
Department of Politics and International Relations
School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton SO17 1BA

Tel: 023 8059 2544
email: A.Kelso@soton.ac.uk