'Where Were the Massed Ranks of Parliamentary Reformers?' - 'Attitudinal' and 'Contextual' Approaches to Parliamentary Reform

In: The journal of legislative studies, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 57-76

Abstract

On 14 May 2002, the House of Commons voted on proposals put forward by the Modernization Select Committee for reform of the departmental select committee system. This article examines the origins of those proposals, & the outcome of the vote, focusing on one particular proposal to create a Committee of Nomination to place MPs onto select committees. This raises questions regarding two competing academic approaches to explaining parliamentary reform, the 'attitudinal' approach & the 'contextual' approach, & concludes that, of the two, the 'contextual' approach is better placed to explain the failure to create a Committee of Nomination. Adapted from the source document.