Party Whips and Expertise: Explaining Committee Switching in the Scottish Parliament

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Parliamentary Affairs Pub Date : 2021-03-29 DOI:10.1093/PA/GSAA066

Jeremy Cairney, Sergiu Gherghina

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Abstract

Committee work lies at the core of parliamentary activities in established representative democracies. While extensive literature refers to committee activity, there is limited research on committee switching. This article seeks to address this gap and aims to explain what drives Members of the Scottish Parliament to switch committees. It focuses on the fifth session (since 2016) in which committee switching is frequent. The qualitative analysis uses semi-structured interviews conducted with committee switchers in January–February 2020. Findings illustrate that the main drivers for committee switching are a combination of organisational constraints and individual motivations. Among these, key determinants are party control and the legislators’ expertise and interest in the subject.

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党鞭和专业知识：苏格兰议会委员会换届的解释

委员会工作是已建立的代议制民主国家议会活动的核心。虽然大量文献涉及委员会活动，但对委员会转换的研究有限。本文试图解决这一差距，并旨在解释是什么驱使苏格兰议会议员更换委员会。它关注的是委员会频繁更换的第五届会议（自2016年以来）。定性分析使用了2020年1月至2月对委员会转换人员进行的半结构化访谈。研究结果表明，委员会转换的主要驱动因素是组织约束和个人动机的结合。其中，关键的决定因素是政党控制以及立法者对该主题的专业知识和兴趣。

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Parliamentary Affairs POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.00

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： Parliamentary Affairs is an established, peer-reviewed academic quarterly covering all the aspects of government and politics directly or indirectly connected with Parliament and parliamentary systems in Britain and throughout the world. The journal is published in partnership with the Hansard Society. The Society was created to promote parliamentary democracy throughout the world, a theme which is reflected in the pages of Parliamentary Affairs.