Dramas At Westminster - Select Committees and the Quest for Accountability

This is a book that provokes a debate about accountability in the House of Commons. Based on unprecedented access, it reveals different ways that MPs and officials interpret scrutiny. Some of their approaches are more conducive to effective scrutiny than others, which raises interesting questions about the effectiveness of Parliament.

List of contents

1 The quest for accountability
2 Perspectives on Parliament
3 Performing scrutiny
4 Catalysts versus chieftains
5 Hidden servants
6 Scenes of scrutiny
7 Building webs of scrutiny
8 Dramas at Westminster

Annex: Methodological reflections
References
Index

About the author

Marc Geddes is Lecturer in British Politics at the University of Edinburgh

Summary

This is a book that provokes a debate about accountability in the House of Commons. Based on unprecedented access, it reveals different ways that MPs and officials interpret scrutiny. Some of their approaches are more conducive to effective scrutiny than others, which raises interesting questions about the effectiveness of Parliament. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Marc Geddes
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781526136800
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3680-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Political Ethnography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Parliamentary and legislative practice, Parliamentary & Legislative Practice