Parliaments as changing institutions and as agents of regime change
Evolving perspectives and a new research framework
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6292404 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence D Longley (a Fulbright Commission John Marshall Chair in Political Science , Budapest University of Economic Sciences , Hungary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 21-43 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Legislative Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1357-2334 • E-ISSN: 1743-9337 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13572339608420470 |
| OpenAlex | W2048436831 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
In this review, the scholarly literature dealing with the role and dynamics of parliaments as institutions that undergo change within themselves and that support and enhance change in the larger regime is considered. One central theory of scholarship dealing with parliamentary change, that of legislative institutionalisation, is examined and found wanting as an explanation of change in mature parliamentary institutions. In discussion of analyses of five instances of parliamentary change, it is shown that parliaments can change in a wide variety of contexts and conditions ‐ including such well‐established legislatures as the United States Congress after over 200 years of evolution. There is no ‘end of history’ in parliamentary change, only the possibility of sometimes startling change from what has gone before. The examination of five instances of parliamentary change also supports the thesis that parliamentary institutional change, and regime change enhanced by parliamentary change, are inexorably linked. Finally, a tentative research framework is evolved from the above analyses and proposed as a means for considering the role of parliaments as changing institutions and as institutions enhancing systemic change
Institutional change · Institutionalisation · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Regime change · Scholarship · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Public Administration
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The Institutionalization of the U.S. House of Representatives
How institutions think
British aid to parliaments overseas
Legislative Institutionalization with Illustrations from the British House of Commons
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2022 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |