Laura Mcallister
Biographic Data
| ID | 3990930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Mcallister |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcallister |
| SIGNATURE | MCALLISTER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
For Wales, Do Not See England? An Analysis of the 2017 General Election
This article analyses the 2017 UK General Election from the perspective of the campaign and results in Wales, a nation which had the most interesting election campaign of all the different nations. The election saw a stark contrast between the way the two principal UK-wide parties fought their campaigns and how the campaign impacted on results. Drawing on data from a post-election survey conducted in June 2017, we consider factors that shape vote…
Failure in welfare partnerships – A gender hypothesis
This article examines the roles that occupational segregation and gender bias in the welfare professions play in persistent failures in inter-agency and inter-professional collaborations. Drawing on case study evidence from a Local Safeguarding Children Board in England, a ‘serendipity pattern’ of gender dominance is identified within professions affecting inter-professional collaborations such as those prevalent in Local Safeguarding Children Bo…
Chronicling National Assembly committees as markers of institutional change
This article examines changes to the National Assembly for Wales committees and how they act as markers that help explain the dynamics of a significant and contemporaneous constitutional journey. It uses as its backdrop recent constitutional and political change in the UK, particularly that initiated by devolution. Uniquely, we draw upon management theory as well as political science to explain why changes in the focus, identity and profile of As…
Evaluating and Theorising Committee Scrutiny
This article addresses committee scrutiny undertaken through the three main UK devolved institutions (the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly). This is undertaken using a framework derived from scholarship about House of Commons select committees and a substantive comparative literature. Devolved committee scrutiny is thus compared and contrasted in relation to a three-phase analysis in terms of …
Feminising British Politics
Modest levels of female representation at the House of Commons are in sharp contrast to the Nordic‐levels of representation achieved in the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales since devolution in 1999. One apparent advantage of devolution is the opportunity that it provides for lesson‐learning across jurisdictions. This article offers six lessons on women's political representation—three positive and three negative—drawn from …
Tuberculosis Among Persons Born in the Philippines and Living in the United States, 2000–2007
Objectives. We examined demographic, clinical, and treatment outcome characteristics of Filipinos with tuberculosis (TB) in the United States. Methods. We calculated TB case rates from US Census Bureau population estimates and National Tuberculosis Surveillance System data for US-born non-Hispanic Whites and for US residents born in the Philippines, India, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Korea––countries that are major contributors to the…
Influence, impact and legacy – assessing the Richard Commission's contribution to Wales's evolving constitution
This article examines the impact of the Richard Commission in prompting change to the powers, structure and operation of the National Assembly for Wales. It uses new research to assess the extent to which new legislation (specifically the Government of Wales Act 2006) followed the Richard trajectory of greater autonomy. The Commission's recommendations were designed to establish a sustainable, longer‐term settlement, which means that they offer a…
Pioneering New Politics or Rearranging the Deckchairs? The 2007 National Assembly for Wales Election and Results
This article analyses the campaign, results and outcome of the 2007 elections to the National Assembly for Wales. It discusses the constitutional and legislative framework of devolution in Wales, the election campaign and opinion polls. There is extensive analysis of the election results, the performance of each of the main and some of the smaller parties. Shifts in representation of women and ethnic minority AMs and departures and new arrivals a…
Developing devolution's scrutiny potential
This article examines a critical component of devolution's internal architecture – the National Assembly for Wales's Subject Committees. It focuses specifically on their scrutiny capacity by exploring both their statutory framework, and their formal and informal operation. Our evaluation offers international comparisons between the Welsh model and patterns of committee operation in Nordic (mainly Scandinavian) parliaments, both of which depart fr…
The Roles of Commissions of Inquiry in the Policy Process
In their heyday, Royal Commissions played an important part in the policy-making process. By today, Royal Commissions have declined almost to the point of extinction. Nevertheless, a range of other commissions, committees and inquiries are still established. They have different status and take various forms but, in common with Royal Commissions, seek to broaden the basis of public policy-making beyond government, Parliament and interest groups, t…
Proving the Potential of Independent Commissions
This article examines the composition, operation and recommendations of an independent commission, the Richard Commission on the Powers and Electoral Arrangements of the National Assembly for Wales, which was set up in July 2002 and reported in March 2004. It is written from an insider's perspective (I served as a member of the Commission) and discusses the way in which the Commission functioned, its deliberations and its report, emphasizing the …
Steady State or Second Order? The 2003 Elections to the National Assembly for Wales
This article examines the second National Assembly for Wales election in May 2003. It focuses on the campaign and results, examining the relationship between the process and dynamics of devolution, and identifiable significant shifts in Welsh politics. It compares the 2003 results with those in the first election in 1999 and isolates a number of phenomena, such as turnout and support for the parties most closely associated with the region, that h…
Revue des revues
Distribution lectronique Cairn.info pour Presses de Sciences Po. Distribution lectronique Cairn.info pour Presses de Sciences Po. La reproduction ou reprsentation de cet article, notamment par photocopie, n'est autorise que dans les limites des conditions gnrales d'utilisation du site ou, le cas chant, des conditions gnrales de la licence souscrite par votre tablissement. Toute autre reproduction ou reprsentation, en tout ou partie, sous quelque …
Gender, nation and party
This article draws upon new research exploring the relationship between gender and political nationalism in Wales. It is set within the changed political and institutional context of Wales, provided by the establishment in May 1999 of the National Assembly, the first democratic legislature in Wales for nearly 600 years. In studying leading women politicians from Plaid Cymru, it isolates potential tensions between gender and mainstream party polit…
Changing the Landscape? The Wider Political Lessons from Recent Elections in Wales
Devolution and the New Context for Public Policy-making
This article explores the new interface between the National Assembly for Wales and the civil service in Wales through a consideration of the dynamics of the planning process for Wales' first European Objective One Structural Fund programme. The advent of devolution has instigated significant changes in the focus, operation and management of the civil service in Wales which, nevertheless, remains part of the unified British service. The most impo…
The Perils of Community as a Construct for the Political Ideology of Welsh Nationalism
THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONCEPT of community and the incremental construction of a political ideology for Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party. In explaining the two general applications of community, empirical and evaluative, the article claims that there is an essential vagueness attached to community which limits its value in developing a clear ideological focus for a political party. This incoherence within the …
Developing devolution's scrutiny potential
This article examines a critical component of devolution's internal architecture – the National Assembly for Wales's Subject Committees. It focuses specifically on their scrutiny capacity by exploring both their statutory framework, and their formal and informal operation. Our evaluation offers international comparisons between the Welsh model and patterns of committee operation in Nordic (mainly Scandinavian) parliaments, both of which depart fr…
The Roles of Commissions of Inquiry in the Policy Process
In their heyday, Royal Commissions played an important part in the policy-making process. By today, Royal Commissions have declined almost to the point of extinction. Nevertheless, a range of other commissions, committees and inquiries are still established. They have different status and take various forms but, in common with Royal Commissions, seek to broaden the basis of public policy-making beyond government, Parliament and interest groups, t…
Steady State or Second Order? The 2003 Elections to the National Assembly for Wales
This article examines the second National Assembly for Wales election in May 2003. It focuses on the campaign and results, examining the relationship between the process and dynamics of devolution, and identifiable significant shifts in Welsh politics. It compares the 2003 results with those in the first election in 1999 and isolates a number of phenomena, such as turnout and support for the parties most closely associated with the region, that h…
Feminising British Politics
Modest levels of female representation at the House of Commons are in sharp contrast to the Nordic‐levels of representation achieved in the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales since devolution in 1999. One apparent advantage of devolution is the opportunity that it provides for lesson‐learning across jurisdictions. This article offers six lessons on women's political representation—three positive and three negative—drawn from …
Evaluating and Theorising Committee Scrutiny
This article addresses committee scrutiny undertaken through the three main UK devolved institutions (the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly). This is undertaken using a framework derived from scholarship about House of Commons select committees and a substantive comparative literature. Devolved committee scrutiny is thus compared and contrasted in relation to a three-phase analysis in terms of …
Pioneering New Politics or Rearranging the Deckchairs? The 2007 National Assembly for Wales Election and Results
This article analyses the campaign, results and outcome of the 2007 elections to the National Assembly for Wales. It discusses the constitutional and legislative framework of devolution in Wales, the election campaign and opinion polls. There is extensive analysis of the election results, the performance of each of the main and some of the smaller parties. Shifts in representation of women and ethnic minority AMs and departures and new arrivals a…
Changing the Landscape? The Wider Political Lessons from Recent Elections in Wales
The Perils of Community as a Construct for the Political Ideology of Welsh Nationalism
THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONCEPT of community and the incremental construction of a political ideology for Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party. In explaining the two general applications of community, empirical and evaluative, the article claims that there is an essential vagueness attached to community which limits its value in developing a clear ideological focus for a political party. This incoherence within the …
Chronicling National Assembly committees as markers of institutional change
This article examines changes to the National Assembly for Wales committees and how they act as markers that help explain the dynamics of a significant and contemporaneous constitutional journey. It uses as its backdrop recent constitutional and political change in the UK, particularly that initiated by devolution. Uniquely, we draw upon management theory as well as political science to explain why changes in the focus, identity and profile of As…
Influence, impact and legacy – assessing the Richard Commission's contribution to Wales's evolving constitution
This article examines the impact of the Richard Commission in prompting change to the powers, structure and operation of the National Assembly for Wales. It uses new research to assess the extent to which new legislation (specifically the Government of Wales Act 2006) followed the Richard trajectory of greater autonomy. The Commission's recommendations were designed to establish a sustainable, longer‐term settlement, which means that they offer a…
For Wales, Do Not See England? An Analysis of the 2017 General Election
This article analyses the 2017 UK General Election from the perspective of the campaign and results in Wales, a nation which had the most interesting election campaign of all the different nations. The election saw a stark contrast between the way the two principal UK-wide parties fought their campaigns and how the campaign impacted on results. Drawing on data from a post-election survey conducted in June 2017, we consider factors that shape vote…
Failure in welfare partnerships – A gender hypothesis
This article examines the roles that occupational segregation and gender bias in the welfare professions play in persistent failures in inter-agency and inter-professional collaborations. Drawing on case study evidence from a Local Safeguarding Children Board in England, a ‘serendipity pattern’ of gender dominance is identified within professions affecting inter-professional collaborations such as those prevalent in Local Safeguarding Children Bo…
Tuberculosis Among Persons Born in the Philippines and Living in the United States, 2000–2007
Objectives. We examined demographic, clinical, and treatment outcome characteristics of Filipinos with tuberculosis (TB) in the United States. Methods. We calculated TB case rates from US Census Bureau population estimates and National Tuberculosis Surveillance System data for US-born non-Hispanic Whites and for US residents born in the Philippines, India, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Korea––countries that are major contributors to the…
Gender, nation and party
This article draws upon new research exploring the relationship between gender and political nationalism in Wales. It is set within the changed political and institutional context of Wales, provided by the establishment in May 1999 of the National Assembly, the first democratic legislature in Wales for nearly 600 years. In studying leading women politicians from Plaid Cymru, it isolates potential tensions between gender and mainstream party polit…
Devolution and the New Context for Public Policy-making
This article explores the new interface between the National Assembly for Wales and the civil service in Wales through a consideration of the dynamics of the planning process for Wales' first European Objective One Structural Fund programme. The advent of devolution has instigated significant changes in the focus, operation and management of the civil service in Wales which, nevertheless, remains part of the unified British service. The most impo…
The Perils of Community as a Construct for the Political Ideology of Welsh Nationalism
THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONCEPT of community and the incremental construction of a political ideology for Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party. In explaining the two general applications of community, empirical and evaluative, the article claims that there is an essential vagueness attached to community which limits its value in developing a clear ideological focus for a political party. This incoherence within the …
Changing the Landscape? The Wider Political Lessons from Recent Elections in Wales
Devolution and the New Context for Public Policy-making
This article explores the new interface between the National Assembly for Wales and the civil service in Wales through a consideration of the dynamics of the planning process for Wales' first European Objective One Structural Fund programme. The advent of devolution has instigated significant changes in the focus, operation and management of the civil service in Wales which, nevertheless, remains part of the unified British service. The most impo…
Gender, nation and party
This article draws upon new research exploring the relationship between gender and political nationalism in Wales. It is set within the changed political and institutional context of Wales, provided by the establishment in May 1999 of the National Assembly, the first democratic legislature in Wales for nearly 600 years. In studying leading women politicians from Plaid Cymru, it isolates potential tensions between gender and mainstream party polit…
Revue des revues
Distribution lectronique Cairn.info pour Presses de Sciences Po. Distribution lectronique Cairn.info pour Presses de Sciences Po. La reproduction ou reprsentation de cet article, notamment par photocopie, n'est autorise que dans les limites des conditions gnrales d'utilisation du site ou, le cas chant, des conditions gnrales de la licence souscrite par votre tablissement. Toute autre reproduction ou reprsentation, en tout ou partie, sous quelque …
Steady State or Second Order? The 2003 Elections to the National Assembly for Wales
This article examines the second National Assembly for Wales election in May 2003. It focuses on the campaign and results, examining the relationship between the process and dynamics of devolution, and identifiable significant shifts in Welsh politics. It compares the 2003 results with those in the first election in 1999 and isolates a number of phenomena, such as turnout and support for the parties most closely associated with the region, that h…
Proving the Potential of Independent Commissions
This article examines the composition, operation and recommendations of an independent commission, the Richard Commission on the Powers and Electoral Arrangements of the National Assembly for Wales, which was set up in July 2002 and reported in March 2004. It is written from an insider's perspective (I served as a member of the Commission) and discusses the way in which the Commission functioned, its deliberations and its report, emphasizing the …
The Roles of Commissions of Inquiry in the Policy Process
In their heyday, Royal Commissions played an important part in the policy-making process. By today, Royal Commissions have declined almost to the point of extinction. Nevertheless, a range of other commissions, committees and inquiries are still established. They have different status and take various forms but, in common with Royal Commissions, seek to broaden the basis of public policy-making beyond government, Parliament and interest groups, t…
Pioneering New Politics or Rearranging the Deckchairs? The 2007 National Assembly for Wales Election and Results
This article analyses the campaign, results and outcome of the 2007 elections to the National Assembly for Wales. It discusses the constitutional and legislative framework of devolution in Wales, the election campaign and opinion polls. There is extensive analysis of the election results, the performance of each of the main and some of the smaller parties. Shifts in representation of women and ethnic minority AMs and departures and new arrivals a…
Developing devolution's scrutiny potential
This article examines a critical component of devolution's internal architecture – the National Assembly for Wales's Subject Committees. It focuses specifically on their scrutiny capacity by exploring both their statutory framework, and their formal and informal operation. Our evaluation offers international comparisons between the Welsh model and patterns of committee operation in Nordic (mainly Scandinavian) parliaments, both of which depart fr…
Influence, impact and legacy – assessing the Richard Commission's contribution to Wales's evolving constitution
This article examines the impact of the Richard Commission in prompting change to the powers, structure and operation of the National Assembly for Wales. It uses new research to assess the extent to which new legislation (specifically the Government of Wales Act 2006) followed the Richard trajectory of greater autonomy. The Commission's recommendations were designed to establish a sustainable, longer‐term settlement, which means that they offer a…
Tuberculosis Among Persons Born in the Philippines and Living in the United States, 2000–2007
Objectives. We examined demographic, clinical, and treatment outcome characteristics of Filipinos with tuberculosis (TB) in the United States. Methods. We calculated TB case rates from US Census Bureau population estimates and National Tuberculosis Surveillance System data for US-born non-Hispanic Whites and for US residents born in the Philippines, India, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Korea––countries that are major contributors to the…
Feminising British Politics
Modest levels of female representation at the House of Commons are in sharp contrast to the Nordic‐levels of representation achieved in the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales since devolution in 1999. One apparent advantage of devolution is the opportunity that it provides for lesson‐learning across jurisdictions. This article offers six lessons on women's political representation—three positive and three negative—drawn from …
Evaluating and Theorising Committee Scrutiny
This article addresses committee scrutiny undertaken through the three main UK devolved institutions (the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly). This is undertaken using a framework derived from scholarship about House of Commons select committees and a substantive comparative literature. Devolved committee scrutiny is thus compared and contrasted in relation to a three-phase analysis in terms of …
Chronicling National Assembly committees as markers of institutional change
This article examines changes to the National Assembly for Wales committees and how they act as markers that help explain the dynamics of a significant and contemporaneous constitutional journey. It uses as its backdrop recent constitutional and political change in the UK, particularly that initiated by devolution. Uniquely, we draw upon management theory as well as political science to explain why changes in the focus, identity and profile of As…
For Wales, Do Not See England? An Analysis of the 2017 General Election
This article analyses the 2017 UK General Election from the perspective of the campaign and results in Wales, a nation which had the most interesting election campaign of all the different nations. The election saw a stark contrast between the way the two principal UK-wide parties fought their campaigns and how the campaign impacted on results. Drawing on data from a post-election survey conducted in June 2017, we consider factors that shape vote…
Failure in welfare partnerships – A gender hypothesis
This article examines the roles that occupational segregation and gender bias in the welfare professions play in persistent failures in inter-agency and inter-professional collaborations. Drawing on case study evidence from a Local Safeguarding Children Board in England, a ‘serendipity pattern’ of gender dominance is identified within professions affecting inter-professional collaborations such as those prevalent in Local Safeguarding Children Bo…
Political science (16 works) · Law (15 works) · Political Systems and Governance (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Politics (12 works) · Public Administration (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Public Administration (9 works) · Scottish History and National Identity (9 works) · Historical Studies of British Isles (8 works)