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The issue of the secret ballot in the Cambridge and Oxford Union Societies, c.1830–72: an extension of the nineteenth-century parliamentary culture o…

2014

SUMMARYIn this article, debating societies are considered an inherent part of the formation of a parliamentary culture in Britain. Despite the fact that the nineteenth-century Cambridge and Oxford Union Societies were considered to be ‘training grounds' for statesmen, their debating practices have not been systematically studied in relation to national politics. This is largely due to the fact that the role of debate has remained understated in studies of parliamentary history, even though it is one of the fundamental political features in the Westminster system. Nineteenth-century parliamentary debate did not just occur for its own sake, rather it had a constitutional and political dimensi…

Secret ballotSociology and Political SciencedebateWestminster systemparliamentary cultureParliamentary procedurePoliticsExtension (metaphysics)LawPolitical cultureta517ta615SociologyRelation (history of concept)Parliaments, Estates and Representation
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Strategic positioning within the normative institutional environment of Westminster

2021

International audience; L’espace du débat parlementaire à la Chambre des Communes Cette communication a pour objectif d’explorer les potentialités du cadre normatif dans l’espace des débats parlementaires à la Chambre des Communes à Westminster.Les débats parlementaires à la Chambre des Communes sont régis par des règles et des protocoles stricts. En effet, les membres de la Chambre doivent observer des règles de bonne conduite afin d’éviter tout débordement. Ce cadre institutionnel (et constitutionnel), à première vue très rigide, concerne à la fois les contraintes physiques au sein de la Chambre mais également les contraintes d’ordre discursif. Sandra Harris, en référence à la Chambre de …

game theoryWestminster systemparliamentary rulesadversarial[SHS.SCIPO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science[SHS.SCIPO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science
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