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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 12d

🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience in the politics of the UK, Scottish, German or Bavarian parliaments to join the UKRI-funded research project, ‘Studying Parliaments an...

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · 12d

📘 The latest issue of Legislative Studies Quarterly is out! It covers a range of papers from legislative behaviour in Imperial Austria to anti-corruption reforms in Mexican substate legislatures, and lots more. For the full Table of Contents, click here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19399162... 🦉

Legislative Studies Quarterly: Vol 50, No 3

Click on the title to browse this issue

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Rick van Well @rickvanwell.bsky.social · Sep 3

Why do #opposition parties sometimes support the government? My analyses show that parties use their votes in #parliament to shape how voters see them, what policies they can influence, and where they might end up after the next election @polscileiden.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social

The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · Sep 3

💻 Drawing on over 75 years of data, @rickvanwell.bsky.social of @ecprsgpp.bsky.social explains that when deciding how to behave in parliament, 📊 opposition parties make strategic trade-offs between winning votes, entering government and influencing policy.
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Why opposition parties sometimes help governments pass laws

Opposition parties are expected to challenge the government, but they do not simply oppose for opposition's sake. Drawing on over 75 years of data, Rick van Well explains that when deciding how to beh...

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Grace Cooper @gracecooper1.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’ve had an amazing summer presenting my research on representation networks in the UK Parliament!

In July I attended the @sgparliaments.bsky.social conference in Barcelona. Got some great feedback, did a tour of the Catalan parliament and got some sightseeing in…

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you to everybody that came to our 10 panels! We hope everybody enjoyed the intellectual discussions at #ecprgc25, and we look forward to next year’s conference!

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our penultimate panel of #ecprgc25: “Analysing Parliamentary Structures in Comparative Perspective” will explore:

🇺🇸🇫🇷 Staff in the US and France

↔️ Governance models in parliaments

⚙️ Parliaments in de facto states

⛓️‍💥 How rules and practices maintain exclusion

📄 More info: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Analysing Parliamentary Structures in Comparative Perspective

Parliaments, Public Engagement and Connecting with Citizens

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 28

🗳️ Our last panel of the day focuses on parliaments, their connections to citizens and attempts at public engagement.

🎯 We will be in the Theology Building, Amphitheatre A, 3.45pm-5.30pm.

📄 For full details, please follow this link: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

#ecprgc25

Coalition and Minority Governments

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 28

🗒️ Our next panel has begun in the Theology Building, Amphitheatre A! The theme of the panel is coalition and minority governments. Further details on the papers are available here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... #ecprgc25

Representation in Parliaments

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 28

We are kicking off Day 3 of #ecprgc25 this morning with a panel on “Representation in Parliaments”

*Please note the room change* We will be in the Law Building, Floor 3, Room 319, and find further details here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 27

💥 Reminder to please join us for our Business Meeting at 5.45pm EEST.

💃🏻 In-person: Theology Building, Amphitheatre A (Floor 2).

💻 Online: please check your emails or contact us for details.

🍾 We will go for drinks afterwards for SG members get to know each other!

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 27

🗳️ Our final panel of the day focuses on PPGs in parliaments!

⚙️ Join us for papers on defections in Germany, roll call voting in Belgium and opposition parties in comparative perspective

⏰ 3.45pm in the Theology Building, Amphitheatre A.

📄 More details: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... #ecprgc25

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our second panel of the day:

🏛️ Theme: MPs, Roles and Pathways to Parliaments

⏰Time and Location: 10.45am in Theology Building, Amphitheatre A

📄 Link to Abstracts: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

#ecprgc25

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎯 This morning we will begin at 8.30am with a panel on “Parliaments Under Pressure” with papers on:

👉 Violence in the German Bundestag

🌱 Environmental issue salience in the Italy

🗒️ The impact of the war in Ukraine on parliamentary agenda-setting

👋🏻 More info: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... #ecprgc25

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 26

Our second #ecprgc25 panel has just begun - you can find us in the (air-conditioned) Theology Building Amphitheatre A, on the second floor!

We are looking at methodological advances in legislative research with three great papers!

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 26

👋🏻 Welcome to those attending the ECPR General Conference #ecprgr25! Our section this year is action-packed with panels every day of the conference - here is an outline of what to expect:

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Calixte Bloquet @calixtebloquet.bsky.social · Aug 26

Kicking off our first panel on legislation and looking forward to a week of insights on parliaments. Join us in Amphiteater A for the rest of the week - we even have AC! #ecprgc25

A picture of the first presenter of the section on Parliaments at the ECPR general conference, in front of a white board during his presentation, with audience.

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 26

(we are in the Theology Building (behind the registration desk) and we have air-con!)

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 26

Our first #ecprgc25 panel of the conference is about to begin! We have four papers exploring different aspects of the legislative process and policy-making processes in parliaments:

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 26

5️⃣ On Friday, we will wrap up with two final #ecpgc25 panels on: "Analysing Parliamentary Structures" and "Oversight and Accountability":

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 26

4️⃣ On Thursday, we will have three more #ecprgc25 panels on: "Representation in Parliaments", "Coalition and Minority Governments" and "Parliaments and Public Engagement":

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 26

3️⃣ Our Standing Group Business Meeting will also take place on Wednesday, 5.45pm EEST, in the Theology Building, Lecture Room A. Afterwards, we will go for drinks nearby. Not in Thessaloniki? No problem - you can join the meeting online. Please message us for details or check your emails. #ecprgc25