Parliamentary Select Committees
Some Case Studies in Contingent Influence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6326491 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derek Hawes (Director of Housing, Harlow District Council, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 227-236 |
| Publication date | 1992-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557392782718715 |
| OpenAlex | W2017230784 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The system of departmentally-related select committees which was introduced in the House of Commons in 1979 has, in the decade of its existence, seen committee activity grow significantly, both in the public consciousness and in the influence which backbenchers exert over government policy. However, attempts to measure influence, whether through quantitative or qualitative approaches, inevitably meet problems with those outcomes which are unacknowledged or delayed, unanticipated or simply unannounced; identifying modifications of policy where the ability to trace origins back to a committee report are minimal, can rely heavily on the intuitive and interpretive insights of those directly involved. In this paper an attempt is made to examine examples of policy recommendations made in select committee reports which were initially rejected by government but produced subsequent policy change, and others where the very fact of a committee investigation appears to stimulate action or change difficult to establish through formal measuring techniques
Action (physics · Commons · Consciousness · Government (linguistics · House of Commons · Parliament · Policy making · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Public relations · Select committee · Irish and British Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Political Systems and Governance · Psychology · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2019 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |