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IS THE RESURGENCE OF EUROPE’S FAR-RIGHT A CULTURAL OR AN Note: For more information, see the authors’ accompanying paper in Electoral Studies. Increasing inequality had a positive and significant impact for populist radical right support, but a negative and significant impact for extremist right parties.Aside from populist radical right parties being rewarded for their anti-elite stances, growing inequality offers such parties an opportunity to HOW AND WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS CHANGE INSEE MORE ONDEMOCRATICAUDIT.COM
WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF ELECTORAL FRAUD AT ENGLISH ELECTIONS The Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP has apologised for controversial remarks about corruption among ethnic minority groups in the UK. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick and Stephen Crone examined the extent of electoral fraud in English elections, finding that instances had fallen in recent years after a sharp increase in the mid-2000s, but vulnerabilities HOW IRELAND LEGISLATED FOR CANDIDATE SEX QUOTAS TO Almost a century after the first female MP was elected, women still comprise only a fifth of the House of Commons. One of the measures suggested for remedying this inequality is the use of gender quotas for parliamentary candidates. THE JOHN LEWIS MODEL REVEALS THE TENSIONS AND PARADOXES AT The John Lewis Partnership is one of Europe’s largest models of employee ownership and has been operating a form of employee involvement and participation since its formation in 1929. THE SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM SHOWS THAT YOUNG 16 and 17 year olds were entitled to vote for the first time in any election held in the UK in the Scottish independence referendum. Advocates of the reform argued that it would help to engage younger people in the political process, setting the stage for greater engagement in democracy over future election cycles, while critics suggested that 16 and 17 year olds weren’t ready to discharge SHOULD POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONERS BE ABOLISHED? THE The Commissioners respond. This week the report of the Independent Police Commission, led by the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Stevens and commissioned by the Labour Party, was published. One of its key proposals was for the abolition of the post of Police and Crime Commissioner, introduced in 2012 to establish a new form of DEMOCRATIC AUDITTHE UK’S CHANGING DEMOCRACY: THE 2018 DEMOCRATIC AUDITOUR WORKABOUT DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed why we urgently need to re-imagine democracy. Clodagh Harris and Ian Hughes argue that, as established democracies face numerous short- and long-term crises, we must re-imagine democratic institutions to be more inclusive, participatory and deliberative. Only then can democracies resist the threat of HOW COVID-19 IS ALTERING OUR CONCEPTION OF CITIZENSHIP How Covid-19 is altering our conception of citizenship. The Covid-19 pandemic is a public health emergency, but it also has the potential to impact on many other elements of European societies beyond health services. Jelena Dzankic and Lorenzo Piccoli write on the effect the outbreak is having on the uses and meanings of citizenship. WHY DO ‘NICHE PARTIES’ PERFORM SO WELL IN EUROPEAN AND The recent European elections saw a range of small, single-issue parties perform exceptionally well. In the United Kingdom, the Brexit Party received 30.7% of the votes. In Germany, the Green Party made remarkable gains, winning 20.5% of the votes. Green parties also performed well in countries such as France, Sweden and Finland, as didanti
IS THE RESURGENCE OF EUROPE’S FAR-RIGHT A CULTURAL OR AN Note: For more information, see the authors’ accompanying paper in Electoral Studies. Increasing inequality had a positive and significant impact for populist radical right support, but a negative and significant impact for extremist right parties.Aside from populist radical right parties being rewarded for their anti-elite stances, growing inequality offers such parties an opportunity to HOW AND WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS CHANGE INSEE MORE ONDEMOCRATICAUDIT.COM
WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF ELECTORAL FRAUD AT ENGLISH ELECTIONS The Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP has apologised for controversial remarks about corruption among ethnic minority groups in the UK. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick and Stephen Crone examined the extent of electoral fraud in English elections, finding that instances had fallen in recent years after a sharp increase in the mid-2000s, but vulnerabilities HOW IRELAND LEGISLATED FOR CANDIDATE SEX QUOTAS TO Almost a century after the first female MP was elected, women still comprise only a fifth of the House of Commons. One of the measures suggested for remedying this inequality is the use of gender quotas for parliamentary candidates. THE JOHN LEWIS MODEL REVEALS THE TENSIONS AND PARADOXES AT The John Lewis Partnership is one of Europe’s largest models of employee ownership and has been operating a form of employee involvement and participation since its formation in 1929. THE SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM SHOWS THAT YOUNG 16 and 17 year olds were entitled to vote for the first time in any election held in the UK in the Scottish independence referendum. Advocates of the reform argued that it would help to engage younger people in the political process, setting the stage for greater engagement in democracy over future election cycles, while critics suggested that 16 and 17 year olds weren’t ready to discharge SHOULD POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONERS BE ABOLISHED? THE The Commissioners respond. This week the report of the Independent Police Commission, led by the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Stevens and commissioned by the Labour Party, was published. One of its key proposals was for the abolition of the post of Police and Crime Commissioner, introduced in 2012 to establish a new form of COVID-19 AND DEMOCRACY : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Covid-19 lockdowns: early evidence suggests political support and trust in democracy has increased. Making use of cross-country European survey data that was fielded both before and after Covid-19 lockdowns were implemented, André Blais, Damien Bol, Marco Giani and Peter Loewen find that support for the incumbent leader, support for government in general, and trust in democracy have all PARLIAMENT : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT 100 things we learned about democracy in 2013: Part two. To mark the end of 2013, Democratic Audit has collected 100 of the most important, surprising and downright disturbing things we have learned about democracy this year. EXTENDING HUMAN AND CIVIC RIGHTS : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Reforming laws on free movement will be a headache for any future government. Immigration will be one of the defining issues of the General Election, with Labour and the Conservatives responding to UKIP’s hardline, anti-EU stance with tough and supposedly crowd-pleasing measures of IS THE RESURGENCE OF EUROPE’S FAR-RIGHT A CULTURAL OR AN Note: For more information, see the authors’ accompanying paper in Electoral Studies. Increasing inequality had a positive and significant impact for populist radical right support, but a negative and significant impact for extremist right parties.Aside from populist radical right parties being rewarded for their anti-elite stances, growing inequality offers such parties an opportunity to BUILDING SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The UK Government’s recent approach to the Silk Commission has been inflexibile and unimaginative. The Silk Commission on the future of devolved Government in Wales promises to be a watershed moment in the history of Welsh government, with greater powers for the Welsh Assembly Government a necessary next step in the development of the country’s governance arrangements. BUILDING SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT An independent Scotland may find it impossible to pursue a more liberal immigration policy. With the prospects for Scottish independence still uncertain as we edge closer to November 2014’s referendum, not much attention has been focussed on an issue which animates voters of all political persuasions: immigration. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE VOTING AGE IS LOWERED TO 16? A Lowering the voting age to 16 is being discussed in several countries, but how do 16- and 17-year-olds compare to older first-time voters? In a new book chapter, Julian Aichholzer and Sylvia Kritzinger answer this question by looking at a decade of empirical evidence from Austria, where voting at 16 was introduced for national elections in 2007. . Overall, they find that the evidence is IN THE NAME OF PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY: HOW THE CONFLICT In UK political disputes over European Court of Human Rights judgments, such as the high-profile objections to rulings on prisoner voting, much political capital is made out of the claim that the European Court is impinging on UK parliamentary sovereignty. HOW AND WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS CHANGE IN Westminster democracies incorporate numerous constitutional conventions – the uncodified, informal rules and practices by which political institutions operate.Nicholas Barry, Narelle Miragliotta and Zim Nwokora identify some key patterns for when and how different types of conventions are modified, and suggest further research is needed to develop a fuller understanding of the THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SELECT COMMITTEE IN THE LAST Tony Wright’s chairmanship of the Public Administration Committee (PASC) left a legacy of the Wright Reforms. From them the Backbench Business Committee emerged as a valuable parliamentary reform. But not all the changes produced improvements. Election of chairs by MP sin place of selection by the whips produced some fine chairs that were unselectable by the whips. DEMOCRATIC AUDITTHE UK’S CHANGING DEMOCRACY: THE 2018 DEMOCRATIC AUDITOUR WORKABOUT DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed why we urgently need to re-imagine democracy. Clodagh Harris and Ian Hughes argue that, as established democracies face numerous short- and long-term crises, we must re-imagine democratic institutions to be more inclusive, participatory and deliberative. Only then can democracies resist the threat of HOW COVID-19 IS ALTERING OUR CONCEPTION OF CITIZENSHIP How Covid-19 is altering our conception of citizenship. The Covid-19 pandemic is a public health emergency, but it also has the potential to impact on many other elements of European societies beyond health services. Jelena Dzankic and Lorenzo Piccoli write on the effect the outbreak is having on the uses and meanings of citizenship. A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY MEANS PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY IS IN Marc Geddes considers the potential impact the recent Conservative victory may have upon parliamentary scrutiny. The size of the majority, the current government’s agenda for legislative reform and the changes to select committee membership may all have a detrimental effect on parliament’s ability to scrutinise government effectively. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE VOTING AGE IS LOWERED TO 16? ASEE MORE ONDEMOCRATICAUDIT.COM
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WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF ELECTORAL FRAUD AT ENGLISH ELECTIONS The Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP has apologised for controversial remarks about corruption among ethnic minority groups in the UK. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick and Stephen Crone examined the extent of electoral fraud in English elections, finding that instances had fallen in recent years after a sharp increase in the mid-2000s, but vulnerabilities HOW IRELAND LEGISLATED FOR CANDIDATE SEX QUOTAS TO Almost a century after the first female MP was elected, women still comprise only a fifth of the House of Commons. One of the measures suggested for remedying this inequality is the use of gender quotas for parliamentary candidates. WHILE FAR FROM PERFECT, THE WORK OF BILL COMMITTEES SHOULD Last week the think tank Reform published its report into the scrutiny of legislation. Its authors discussed the key findings and recommendations in a blog on this site, arguing that the scrutiny of bills should be carried out by permanent select committees rather than ad hoc bill committees. Their argument hinges on two criticisms of bill committees: that they lack expertise and that they are RULES ON ELECTION DEPOSITS CREATE AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD Evidence suggests a multi-party system is slowly emerging in UK politics, but our electoral rules may be impeding its development. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick, and Stephen Crone considered the requirements for candidates to pay a deposit in order to stand for election, and showed how these had a disproportionate impact on small parties. THE JOHN LEWIS MODEL REVEALS THE TENSIONS AND PARADOXES AT The John Lewis Partnership is one of Europe’s largest models of employee ownership and has been operating a form of employee involvement and participation since its formation in 1929. DEMOCRATIC AUDITTHE UK’S CHANGING DEMOCRACY: THE 2018 DEMOCRATIC AUDITOUR WORKABOUT DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed why we urgently need to re-imagine democracy. Clodagh Harris and Ian Hughes argue that, as established democracies face numerous short- and long-term crises, we must re-imagine democratic institutions to be more inclusive, participatory and deliberative. Only then can democracies resist the threat of HOW COVID-19 IS ALTERING OUR CONCEPTION OF CITIZENSHIP How Covid-19 is altering our conception of citizenship. The Covid-19 pandemic is a public health emergency, but it also has the potential to impact on many other elements of European societies beyond health services. Jelena Dzankic and Lorenzo Piccoli write on the effect the outbreak is having on the uses and meanings of citizenship. A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY MEANS PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY IS IN Marc Geddes considers the potential impact the recent Conservative victory may have upon parliamentary scrutiny. The size of the majority, the current government’s agenda for legislative reform and the changes to select committee membership may all have a detrimental effect on parliament’s ability to scrutinise government effectively. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE VOTING AGE IS LOWERED TO 16? ASEE MORE ONDEMOCRATICAUDIT.COM
HOW AND WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS CHANGE INSEE MORE ONDEMOCRATICAUDIT.COM
WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF ELECTORAL FRAUD AT ENGLISH ELECTIONS The Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP has apologised for controversial remarks about corruption among ethnic minority groups in the UK. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick and Stephen Crone examined the extent of electoral fraud in English elections, finding that instances had fallen in recent years after a sharp increase in the mid-2000s, but vulnerabilities HOW IRELAND LEGISLATED FOR CANDIDATE SEX QUOTAS TO Almost a century after the first female MP was elected, women still comprise only a fifth of the House of Commons. One of the measures suggested for remedying this inequality is the use of gender quotas for parliamentary candidates. WHILE FAR FROM PERFECT, THE WORK OF BILL COMMITTEES SHOULD Last week the think tank Reform published its report into the scrutiny of legislation. Its authors discussed the key findings and recommendations in a blog on this site, arguing that the scrutiny of bills should be carried out by permanent select committees rather than ad hoc bill committees. Their argument hinges on two criticisms of bill committees: that they lack expertise and that they are RULES ON ELECTION DEPOSITS CREATE AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD Evidence suggests a multi-party system is slowly emerging in UK politics, but our electoral rules may be impeding its development. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick, and Stephen Crone considered the requirements for candidates to pay a deposit in order to stand for election, and showed how these had a disproportionate impact on small parties. THE JOHN LEWIS MODEL REVEALS THE TENSIONS AND PARADOXES AT The John Lewis Partnership is one of Europe’s largest models of employee ownership and has been operating a form of employee involvement and participation since its formation in 1929. COVID-19 AND DEMOCRACY : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Covid-19 lockdowns: early evidence suggests political support and trust in democracy has increased. Making use of cross-country European survey data that was fielded both before and after Covid-19 lockdowns were implemented, André Blais, Damien Bol, Marco Giani and Peter Loewen find that support for the incumbent leader, support for government in general, and trust in democracy have all HOW COVID-19 IS ALTERING OUR CONCEPTION OF CITIZENSHIP How Covid-19 is altering our conception of citizenship. The Covid-19 pandemic is a public health emergency, but it also has the potential to impact on many other elements of European societies beyond health services. Jelena Dzankic and Lorenzo Piccoli write on the effect the outbreak is having on the uses and meanings of citizenship. CORPORATE POWER AND DEMOCRACY : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Corporate power and democracy. The issue of unaccountable corporate and financial power in Britain’s democracy has been of increasing concern over the past decade or more. It has always been a feature of so-called ‘market democracies’ that business interests get privileged by governments. This is because economic activity is rarelyunder
PARLIAMENT : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Little to lose and much to gain: making more use of soft law codes of standards in Westminster. The Constitution Unit of University College London recently published a report which sets out a code of constitutional standards based on the reports EXTENDING HUMAN AND CIVIC RIGHTS : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Reforming laws on free movement will be a headache for any future government. Immigration will be one of the defining issues of the General Election, with Labour and the Conservatives responding to UKIP’s hardline, anti-EU stance with tough and supposedly crowd-pleasing measures of BUILDING SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The UK Government’s recent approach to the Silk Commission has been inflexibile and unimaginative. The Silk Commission on the future of devolved Government in Wales promises to be a watershed moment in the history of Welsh government, with greater powers for the Welsh Assembly Government a necessary next step in the development of the country’s governance arrangements. BUILDING SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT An independent Scotland may find it impossible to pursue a more liberal immigration policy. With the prospects for Scottish independence still uncertain as we edge closer to November 2014’s referendum, not much attention has been focussed on an issue which animates voters of all political persuasions: immigration. THE CASE OF CATALONIA: UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICAL USE OF Independence referendums are comparatively rare – and even more so when conducted without the approval of the relevant central government. Jaume López and Marc Sanjaume-Calvet assess the case of Catalonia in 2017, and how the differing strategic priorities and culture of Spanish and Catalonian governments led to the referendum, repressive counter-measures and resulting stalemate. HOW AND WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS CHANGE IN Westminster democracies incorporate numerous constitutional conventions – the uncodified, informal rules and practices by which political institutions operate.Nicholas Barry, Narelle Miragliotta and Zim Nwokora identify some key patterns for when and how different types of conventions are modified, and suggest further research is needed to develop a fuller understanding of the CRITICISMS OF THE WESTMINSTER MODEL OF POLITICS ARE NOT Criticisms of the highly centralised, elitist, top-down Westminster model are by no means new. Consecutive Prime Ministers – from Blair to May – vowed to take on vested powers and interests, challenge the status quo, and change the way politics is conducted. DEMOCRATIC AUDITTHE UK’S CHANGING DEMOCRACY: THE 2018 DEMOCRATIC AUDITOUR WORKABOUT DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed why we urgently need to re-imagine democracy. Clodagh Harris and Ian Hughes argue that, as established democracies face numerous short- and long-term crises, we must re-imagine democratic institutions to be more inclusive, participatory and deliberative. Only then can democracies resist the threat of HOW COVID-19 IS ALTERING OUR CONCEPTION OF CITIZENSHIP How Covid-19 is altering our conception of citizenship. The Covid-19 pandemic is a public health emergency, but it also has the potential to impact on many other elements of European societies beyond health services. Jelena Dzankic and Lorenzo Piccoli write on the effect the outbreak is having on the uses and meanings of citizenship. A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY MEANS PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY IS INREPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE HOUSEIS THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN Marc Geddes considers the potential impact the recent Conservative victory may have upon parliamentary scrutiny. The size of the majority, the current government’s agenda for legislative reform and the changes to select committee membership may all have a detrimental effect on parliament’s ability to scrutinise government effectively. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE VOTING AGE IS LOWERED TO 16? ASEE MORE ONDEMOCRATICAUDIT.COM
HOW AND WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS CHANGE INSEE MORE ON DEMOCRATICAUDIT.COMHOW TO CALL CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONHOW DID THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION ENDCONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RELATED PEOPLECONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION SUMMARYPENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONNEW CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF ELECTORAL FRAUD AT ENGLISH ELECTIONS The Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP has apologised for controversial remarks about corruption among ethnic minority groups in the UK. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick and Stephen Crone examined the extent of electoral fraud in English elections, finding that instances had fallen in recent years after a sharp increase in the mid-2000s, but vulnerabilities HOW IRELAND LEGISLATED FOR CANDIDATE SEX QUOTAS TO Almost a century after the first female MP was elected, women still comprise only a fifth of the House of Commons. One of the measures suggested for remedying this inequality is the use of gender quotas for parliamentary candidates. WHILE FAR FROM PERFECT, THE WORK OF BILL COMMITTEES SHOULD Last week the think tank Reform published its report into the scrutiny of legislation. Its authors discussed the key findings and recommendations in a blog on this site, arguing that the scrutiny of bills should be carried out by permanent select committees rather than ad hoc bill committees. Their argument hinges on two criticisms of bill committees: that they lack expertise and that they are RULES ON ELECTION DEPOSITS CREATE AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD Evidence suggests a multi-party system is slowly emerging in UK politics, but our electoral rules may be impeding its development. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick, and Stephen Crone considered the requirements for candidates to pay a deposit in order to stand for election, and showed how these had a disproportionate impact on small parties. THE JOHN LEWIS MODEL REVEALS THE TENSIONS AND PARADOXES AT The John Lewis Partnership is one of Europe’s largest models of employee ownership and has been operating a form of employee involvement and participation since its formation in 1929. DEMOCRATIC AUDITTHE UK’S CHANGING DEMOCRACY: THE 2018 DEMOCRATIC AUDITOUR WORKABOUT DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed why we urgently need to re-imagine democracy. Clodagh Harris and Ian Hughes argue that, as established democracies face numerous short- and long-term crises, we must re-imagine democratic institutions to be more inclusive, participatory and deliberative. Only then can democracies resist the threat of HOW COVID-19 IS ALTERING OUR CONCEPTION OF CITIZENSHIP How Covid-19 is altering our conception of citizenship. The Covid-19 pandemic is a public health emergency, but it also has the potential to impact on many other elements of European societies beyond health services. Jelena Dzankic and Lorenzo Piccoli write on the effect the outbreak is having on the uses and meanings of citizenship. A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY MEANS PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY IS INREPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE HOUSEIS THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN Marc Geddes considers the potential impact the recent Conservative victory may have upon parliamentary scrutiny. The size of the majority, the current government’s agenda for legislative reform and the changes to select committee membership may all have a detrimental effect on parliament’s ability to scrutinise government effectively. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE VOTING AGE IS LOWERED TO 16? ASEE MORE ONDEMOCRATICAUDIT.COM
HOW AND WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS CHANGE INSEE MORE ON DEMOCRATICAUDIT.COMHOW TO CALL CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONHOW DID THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION ENDCONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RELATED PEOPLECONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION SUMMARYPENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONNEW CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF ELECTORAL FRAUD AT ENGLISH ELECTIONS The Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP has apologised for controversial remarks about corruption among ethnic minority groups in the UK. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick and Stephen Crone examined the extent of electoral fraud in English elections, finding that instances had fallen in recent years after a sharp increase in the mid-2000s, but vulnerabilities HOW IRELAND LEGISLATED FOR CANDIDATE SEX QUOTAS TO Almost a century after the first female MP was elected, women still comprise only a fifth of the House of Commons. One of the measures suggested for remedying this inequality is the use of gender quotas for parliamentary candidates. WHILE FAR FROM PERFECT, THE WORK OF BILL COMMITTEES SHOULD Last week the think tank Reform published its report into the scrutiny of legislation. Its authors discussed the key findings and recommendations in a blog on this site, arguing that the scrutiny of bills should be carried out by permanent select committees rather than ad hoc bill committees. Their argument hinges on two criticisms of bill committees: that they lack expertise and that they are RULES ON ELECTION DEPOSITS CREATE AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD Evidence suggests a multi-party system is slowly emerging in UK politics, but our electoral rules may be impeding its development. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick, and Stephen Crone considered the requirements for candidates to pay a deposit in order to stand for election, and showed how these had a disproportionate impact on small parties. THE JOHN LEWIS MODEL REVEALS THE TENSIONS AND PARADOXES AT The John Lewis Partnership is one of Europe’s largest models of employee ownership and has been operating a form of employee involvement and participation since its formation in 1929. COVID-19 AND DEMOCRACY : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Covid-19 lockdowns: early evidence suggests political support and trust in democracy has increased. Making use of cross-country European survey data that was fielded both before and after Covid-19 lockdowns were implemented, André Blais, Damien Bol, Marco Giani and Peter Loewen find that support for the incumbent leader, support for government in general, and trust in democracy have all HOW COVID-19 IS ALTERING OUR CONCEPTION OF CITIZENSHIP How Covid-19 is altering our conception of citizenship. The Covid-19 pandemic is a public health emergency, but it also has the potential to impact on many other elements of European societies beyond health services. Jelena Dzankic and Lorenzo Piccoli write on the effect the outbreak is having on the uses and meanings of citizenship. CORPORATE POWER AND DEMOCRACY : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Corporate power and democracy. The issue of unaccountable corporate and financial power in Britain’s democracy has been of increasing concern over the past decade or more. It has always been a feature of so-called ‘market democracies’ that business interests get privileged by governments. This is because economic activity is rarelyunder
PARLIAMENT : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Little to lose and much to gain: making more use of soft law codes of standards in Westminster. The Constitution Unit of University College London recently published a report which sets out a code of constitutional standards based on the reports EXTENDING HUMAN AND CIVIC RIGHTS : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Reforming laws on free movement will be a headache for any future government. Immigration will be one of the defining issues of the General Election, with Labour and the Conservatives responding to UKIP’s hardline, anti-EU stance with tough and supposedly crowd-pleasing measures of BUILDING SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The UK Government’s recent approach to the Silk Commission has been inflexibile and unimaginative. The Silk Commission on the future of devolved Government in Wales promises to be a watershed moment in the history of Welsh government, with greater powers for the Welsh Assembly Government a necessary next step in the development of the country’s governance arrangements. BUILDING SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT An independent Scotland may find it impossible to pursue a more liberal immigration policy. With the prospects for Scottish independence still uncertain as we edge closer to November 2014’s referendum, not much attention has been focussed on an issue which animates voters of all political persuasions: immigration. THE CASE OF CATALONIA: UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICAL USE OF Independence referendums are comparatively rare – and even more so when conducted without the approval of the relevant central government. Jaume López and Marc Sanjaume-Calvet assess the case of Catalonia in 2017, and how the differing strategic priorities and culture of Spanish and Catalonian governments led to the referendum, repressive counter-measures and resulting stalemate. HOW AND WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS CHANGE IN Westminster democracies incorporate numerous constitutional conventions – the uncodified, informal rules and practices by which political institutions operate.Nicholas Barry, Narelle Miragliotta and Zim Nwokora identify some key patterns for when and how different types of conventions are modified, and suggest further research is needed to develop a fuller understanding of the CRITICISMS OF THE WESTMINSTER MODEL OF POLITICS ARE NOT Criticisms of the highly centralised, elitist, top-down Westminster model are by no means new. Consecutive Prime Ministers – from Blair to May – vowed to take on vested powers and interests, challenge the status quo, and change the way politics is conducted. DEMOCRATIC AUDITTHE UK’S CHANGING DEMOCRACY: THE 2018 DEMOCRATIC AUDITOUR WORKABOUT DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed why we urgently need to re-imagine democracy. Clodagh Harris and Ian Hughes argue that, as established democracies face numerous short- and long-term crises, we must re-imagine democratic institutions to be A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY MEANS PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY IS INREPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE HOUSEIS THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN Marc Geddes considers the potential impact the recent Conservative victory may have upon parliamentary scrutiny. The size of the majority, the current government’s agenda for legislative reform and the changes to select committee membership may all have a detrimental effect on parliament’s ability to scrutinise government effectively. HOW COVID-19 IS ALTERING OUR CONCEPTION OF CITIZENSHIP The Covid-19 pandemic is a public health emergency, but it also has the potential to impact on many other elements of European societiesbeyond
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WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF ELECTORAL FRAUD AT ENGLISH ELECTIONS The Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP has apologised for controversial remarks about corruption among ethnic minority groups in the UK. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick and Stephen Crone examined the extent of electoral fraud in English elections, finding that instances had fallen in recent years after a sharp increase in the mid-2000s, but vulnerabilities WHILE FAR FROM PERFECT, THE WORK OF BILL COMMITTEES SHOULD Last week the think tank Reform published its report into the scrutiny of legislation. Its authors discussed the key findings and recommendations in a blog on this site, arguing that the scrutiny of bills should be carried out by permanent select committees rather than ad hoc bill committees. Their argument hinges on two criticisms of bill committees: that they lack expertise and that they are HOW IRELAND LEGISLATED FOR CANDIDATE SEX QUOTAS TO Almost a century after the first female MP was elected, women still comprise only a fifth of the House of Commons. One of the measures suggested for remedying this inequality is the use of gender quotas for parliamentary candidates. THE DARK SIDE OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM: NEOLIBERALISM HAS The common criticism is that market-liberalising policies sacrifice social and political rights. Robert Blanton and Dursun Peksen adopt a novel approach, finding more nuanced insights concerning the dynamics between neoliberalism and labour rights. Overall, their findings confirm that the relationship between the two is markedly negative, in spite of the mounting empirical evidence that worker RULES ON ELECTION DEPOSITS CREATE AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD Evidence suggests a multi-party system is slowly emerging in UK politics, but our electoral rules may be impeding its development. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick, and Stephen Crone considered the requirements for candidates to pay a deposit in order to stand for election, and showed how these had a disproportionate impact on small parties. THE JOHN LEWIS MODEL REVEALS THE TENSIONS AND PARADOXES AT The John Lewis Partnership is one of Europe’s largest models of employee ownership and has been operating a form of employee involvement and participation since its formation in 1929. DEMOCRATIC AUDITTHE UK’S CHANGING DEMOCRACY: THE 2018 DEMOCRATIC AUDITOUR WORKABOUT DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed why we urgently need to re-imagine democracy. Clodagh Harris and Ian Hughes argue that, as established democracies face numerous short- and long-term crises, we must re-imagine democratic institutions to be A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY MEANS PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY IS INREPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE HOUSEIS THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN Marc Geddes considers the potential impact the recent Conservative victory may have upon parliamentary scrutiny. The size of the majority, the current government’s agenda for legislative reform and the changes to select committee membership may all have a detrimental effect on parliament’s ability to scrutinise government effectively. HOW COVID-19 IS ALTERING OUR CONCEPTION OF CITIZENSHIP The Covid-19 pandemic is a public health emergency, but it also has the potential to impact on many other elements of European societiesbeyond
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WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF ELECTORAL FRAUD AT ENGLISH ELECTIONS The Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP has apologised for controversial remarks about corruption among ethnic minority groups in the UK. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick and Stephen Crone examined the extent of electoral fraud in English elections, finding that instances had fallen in recent years after a sharp increase in the mid-2000s, but vulnerabilities WHILE FAR FROM PERFECT, THE WORK OF BILL COMMITTEES SHOULD Last week the think tank Reform published its report into the scrutiny of legislation. Its authors discussed the key findings and recommendations in a blog on this site, arguing that the scrutiny of bills should be carried out by permanent select committees rather than ad hoc bill committees. Their argument hinges on two criticisms of bill committees: that they lack expertise and that they are HOW IRELAND LEGISLATED FOR CANDIDATE SEX QUOTAS TO Almost a century after the first female MP was elected, women still comprise only a fifth of the House of Commons. One of the measures suggested for remedying this inequality is the use of gender quotas for parliamentary candidates. THE DARK SIDE OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM: NEOLIBERALISM HAS The common criticism is that market-liberalising policies sacrifice social and political rights. Robert Blanton and Dursun Peksen adopt a novel approach, finding more nuanced insights concerning the dynamics between neoliberalism and labour rights. Overall, their findings confirm that the relationship between the two is markedly negative, in spite of the mounting empirical evidence that worker RULES ON ELECTION DEPOSITS CREATE AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD Evidence suggests a multi-party system is slowly emerging in UK politics, but our electoral rules may be impeding its development. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick, and Stephen Crone considered the requirements for candidates to pay a deposit in order to stand for election, and showed how these had a disproportionate impact on small parties. THE JOHN LEWIS MODEL REVEALS THE TENSIONS AND PARADOXES AT The John Lewis Partnership is one of Europe’s largest models of employee ownership and has been operating a form of employee involvement and participation since its formation in 1929. COVID-19 AND DEMOCRACY : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Covid-19 lockdowns: early evidence suggests political support and trust in democracy has increased. Making use of cross-country European survey data that was fielded both before and after Covid-19 lockdowns were implemented, André Blais, Damien Bol, Marco Giani and Peter Loewen find that support for the incumbent leader, support for government in general, and trust in democracy have all HOW COVID-19 IS ALTERING OUR CONCEPTION OF CITIZENSHIP Lorenzo Piccoli is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) for migration and mobility studies, based at the University of Neuchatel.He also works as a Research Associate at GLOBALCIT at the European University Institute. He tweets @piccolimeister. CORPORATE POWER AND DEMOCRACY : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The issue of unaccountable corporate and financial power in Britain’s democracy has been of increasing concern over the past decade or more. It has always been a feature of so-called ‘market EXTENDING HUMAN AND CIVIC RIGHTS : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT Reforming laws on free movement will be a headache for any future government. Immigration will be one of the defining issues of the General Election, with Labour and the Conservatives responding to UKIP’s hardline, anti-EU stance with tough and supposedly crowd-pleasing measures of BUILDING SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT The UK Government’s recent approach to the Silk Commission has been inflexibile and unimaginative. The Silk Commission on the future of devolved Government in Wales promises to be a watershed moment in the history of Welsh government, with greater powers for the Welsh Assembly Government a necessary next step in the development of the country’s governance arrangements. BUILDING SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT : DEMOCRATIC AUDIT An independent Scotland may find it impossible to pursue a more liberal immigration policy. With the prospects for Scottish independence still uncertain as we edge closer to November 2014’s referendum, not much attention has been focussed on an issue which animates voters of all political persuasions: immigration. THE CASE OF CATALONIA: UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICAL USE OF Independence referendums are comparatively rare – and even more so when conducted without the approval of the relevant central government. Jaume López and Marc Sanjaume-Calvet assess the case of Catalonia in 2017, and how the differing strategic priorities and culture of Spanish and Catalonian governments led to the referendum, repressive counter-measures and resulting stalemate. IS THE RESURGENCE OF EUROPE’S FAR-RIGHT A CULTURAL OR AN Note: For more information, see the authors’ accompanying paper in Electoral Studies. Increasing inequality had a positive and significant impact for populist radical right support, but a negative and significant impact for extremist right parties.Aside from populist radical right parties being rewarded for their anti-elite stances, growing inequality offers such parties an opportunity to HOW AND WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS CHANGE IN Westminster democracies incorporate numerous constitutional conventions – the uncodified, informal rules and practices by which political institutions operate.Nicholas Barry, Narelle Miragliotta and Zim Nwokora identify some key patterns for when and how different types of conventions are modified, and suggest further research is needed to develop a fuller understanding of the CRITICISMS OF THE WESTMINSTER MODEL OF POLITICS ARE NOT Criticisms of the highly centralised, elitist, top-down Westminster model are by no means new. Consecutive Prime Ministers – from Blair to May – vowed to take on vested powers and interests, challenge the status quo, and change the way politics is conducted.* Home
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ELECTORAL OFFICIALS NEED MORE MONEY TO RUN ELECTIONS DURING COVID-19 Erik Asplund, Toby James and Alistair Clark audit the additional costs countries are facing to run safe and accessible elections during the Covid-19 pandemic. They argue it is vital that election management is sufficiently well funded during this crisis to maintain voter participation and trust in electoral outcomes. Posted in: Elections and electoral systems,
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THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS EXPOSED WHY WE URGENTLY NEED TO RE-IMAGINEDEMOCRACY
Clodagh Harris and Ian Hughes argue that, as established democracies face numerous short- and long-term crises, we must re-imagine democratic institutions to be more inclusive, participatory and deliberative. Only then can democracies resist the threat of increasingly despotic leaders and tackle global threats, including theclimate crisis.
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IF THERE IS A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO COVID-19, WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE? Nick Dickinson draws on previous inquiries to discuss what a public one into the Covid-19 crisis may look like. He concludes that, while an inquiry into the government’s response may be necessary for evaluating what went right and what went wrong, an inquiry should nonetheless not be seen as inevitable nor the most useful way to provide accountability. Posted in: Achieving accountable government,
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BOOK REVIEW | PETER SHORE: LABOUR’S FORGOTTEN PATRIOT BY KEVIN HICKSON, JASPER MILES AND HARRY TAYLOR In Peter Shore: Labour’s Forgotten Patriot, Kevin Hickson, Jasper Miles and Harry Taylor looks back at the ‘lost Eurosceptic tradition’ within the Labour Party’s history by examining the life of the largely neglected front-rank politician, Peter Shore. This skillfully crafted and revealing biography not only reappraises Shore’s career, but uses this as a lens to examine salient issues in the historical development of the Labour Party, writes PatrickDiamond.
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THE CASE OF CATALONIA: UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICAL USE OF DE FACTO INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUMS Independence referendums are comparatively rare – and even more so when conducted without the approval of the relevant central government. Jaume López and Marc Sanjaume-Calvet assess the case of Catalonia in 2017, and how the differing strategic priorities and culture of Spanish and Catalonian governments led to the referendum, repressive counter-measures and resulting stalemate. Posted in: Elections and electoral systems By Democratic Audit UK01/05/2020 0
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HOW PRIVATE MEMBERS’ LEGISLATION IMPROVED LOCAL GOVERNMENT SOCIALVALUE
Chris Game assesses the efficacy of one of Parliament’s most antiquated procedures, the Private Members’ Bill, and finds that, though they have proliferated to little effect, in some notable cases, including local government procurement, they have instigated considerable reform. Posted in: Parliament By Democratic Audit UK29/04/2020 0
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IT IS TIME FOR AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION IN THE UK Ahead of each UK election, there is a rush to get people registered to vote, and confusion about who is already registered. In a new report Toby James and Paul Bernal set out how to improve the system while protecting data privacy, through automatic or assisted voter registration, and so widen access to democratic participation. Posted in: Elections and electoral systems By Democratic Audit UK27/04/2020 0
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BEDDING DOWN, TREADING WATER AND TAKING TWO STEPS FORWARD: GENDER EQUALITY AND THE 2019–20 HOUSE OF COMMONS SELECT COMMITTEE ELECTIONS Stephen Holden Bates, Stephen McKay and Mark Goodwin assess the gender balance on the newly elected select committees, and their chairs, and find there have been clear improvements in some areas. However, further progress cannot be assumed, and they recommend Parliament considers more reforms to improve representation within its committeesystem.
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COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS: EARLY EVIDENCE SUGGESTS POLITICAL SUPPORT AND TRUST IN DEMOCRACY HAS INCREASED Making use of cross-country European survey data that was fielded both before and after Covid-19 lockdowns were implemented, André Blais, Damien Bol, Marco Giani and Peter Loewen find that support for the incumbent leader, support for government in general, and trust in democracy have all increased in the short term. Posted in: Covid-19 and democracy By Democratic Audit UK22/04/2020 0
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COVID-19 IS INCREASING THE DIVIDE IN LIFE CHANCES BETWEEN RICH ANDPOOR
Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin propose reforms and urgent actions to tackle economic and educational inequalities in the UK. Posted in: Covid-19 and democracy,
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