Parliamentary Affairs

Papers
(The median citation count of Parliamentary Affairs is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
How to Deal with Executive Secrecy? Opposition Perspectives and Practices in the German Bundestag13
Representation of the UK Parliament’s Power in the National Media: Too Weak, or Too Strong?12
Non-Legislative Actions and Party ‘Brand’: Evidence from the Mexican Congress11
You are unmuted: The impact of virtual arrangements on women and old age legislators’ participation during the COVID-19 pandemic11
ThePresentof Parliamentary and Legislative Studies11
Leveraging automated technologies for law-making in Italy: Generative AI and constitutional challenges11
It’s Only Words? Analysing the Roots of the Irish Party System Using Historical Parliamentary Debates9
Editorial: On the Aims and Scope of Parliamentary Affairs7
Duration of coalition formation in the German states: Inertia and familiarity in a multilevel setting7
Correction to: Lobbying in the UK: Towards Robust Regulation7
Fear-based self-legitimation in the institutional climate change discourse: Case study of the European Parliament’s online communication7
Parliamentary questions to the House of Commons Commission: Accountability and parliamentary administration6
‘We Can’t Afford to be a Branch Office’: The Territorial Dynamics of the British Labour Party, 2015–20196
Candidates nomination strategy in a mixed electoral system: Evidence from the 2022 Italian general election6
Standing Up for the Nations? Devolution and the Changing Territorial Role of Backbench MPs with Constituencies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 1992–20196
Paralysed Governments: How Political Constraints Elicit Cabinet Termination6
Grassroots lobbying in Germany: Are moderately and greatly supported public petitions effective?5
Does Party Colour Matter? The Effect of Government Partisanship on Pledges’ Left–Right Location5
Gauging the roles of parliamentary staff5
Gender, Political Dynasties, and Committee Assignments: Evidence From Indonesia5
The Brexit realignment amid electoral volatility: The role of party blocs in the 2024 General Election5
District Variation in Party System Competition and Women’s Candidacy in Proportional Representation Systems5
Using social media to communicate competence, ordinariness, and authenticity in political leadership5
Negative Interplay between Cabinet and Opposition Agendas: Evidence from Croatia5
E-petitioning Parliament: Understanding the connections between citizens and the UK Parliament4
Do Constitutional Preferences Affect Citizens’ Representational Choices? Evidence from the Devolved UK4
Moralism without populism? The salience of corruption in the electoral manifestos and legislature speeches of Czech and Slovak parties4
MPs, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve?4
Correction to: Populism as a centrist strategy for disqualification: The use of ‘populism(s)/populist(s)’ in Belgian, French and Spanish Parliaments4
Lobbying in the UK: Towards Robust Regulation3
Disability inclusion in the House of Commons: A new institutionalism story3
Implementing Public Accounts Committee Recommendations: Evidence from the UK Government’s ‘Progress Reports’ since 20123
Practice makes ‘perfect’? The effect of committee specialization on the complexity of parliamentary speeches3
Working at home: Individual level drivers of MEPs’ focus on constituency work3
When politicians feel pressure to represent: Evidence from South Africa3
How (and when) does party matter? Explaining MPs’ positions on assisted dying/assisted suicide2
Transitional Support for Former Members of Parliament: Benchmarks for ‘Professional Parliaments’2
Burden Reduction: An Evaluation of Statutory Instruments in the UK Government’s Regulatory Off-setting and Business Impact Target Initiatives 2010–20192
The Concept and Measurement of Legislative Backsliding2
Enduring inequalities in British politics: Muslim women in the Labour Party2
Rational and ambitious legislators? Role theory, between open questions and new applicability2
An unstable Union? The Conservative Party, the British Political Tradition, and devolution in Scotland and Wales 2010–232
Groupthink, Polythink and the Challenges of Decision-Making in Cabinet Government2
Social media homophily among women and men political candidates2
How Does the Strength of the Far Right Affect Ethnic Minority Political Behaviour?2
Corrigendum2
Critical Actors in a Dominant-Party Parliament? Representing Marginalised Communities in Singapore2
A conceptual framework for understanding parliamentary skills and competences: bridging public policy and legislative studies2
Populist but Pluralist? Populist Attitudes and Preferences for Political Pluralism in Parliament and Government2
Law Making Activities during Lame Duck Sessions in Indonesia (1997–2020)2
The Party on Remote Ground: Disengaging and Disappearing?1
The past, Present and Future of Parliamentary and Legislative Studies1
Do Members of Parliament Express More Opposition in the Plenary than in the Committee? Comparing Frontstage and Backstage Behaviour in Five National Parliaments1
The State of the Sub-discipline: Mapping Parliamentary and Legislative Studies Using a Survey and Bibliometric Analysis of Three of Its Journals1
Parliamentary dimension of the Council presidency: Testing a research framework through the case of the 2016 Dutch rotating presidency of the EU1
Non-Partisan Advisors in the Minister’s Office—Ghosts in the Core Executive Machine?1
Rethinking Defection: An Analysis of Anti-defection Laws in India1
Cleaning Up UK Politics: What Would Better Lobbying Regulation Look Like?1
The Domain of the Right? Explaining National Parliamentary Preferences on EU-Related Self-Empowerment1
What Do We Call an ‘MP’? On Categories of Thought in the Anthropology of Parliaments1
Populism as a centrist strategy for disqualification: The use of ‘populism(s)/populist(s)’ in Belgian, French and Spanish Parliaments1
An Analysis of the Group Bases of British Politics: 1983–20191
Friendly foes or enemies within? Assessing the (in)stability of coalition governments with populists in Europe1
‘Trust the messenger’: Public trust in sources of information on COVID-191
Political Parties and Civility in Parliament: The Case of Australia from 1901 to 20201
Activation and co-optation: The strategic adoption of compulsory voting in Western Europe1
Rebels in Parliament: The Effects of Candidate Selection Methods on Legislative Behaviours1
Understanding the Emergence of Extreme Right Parties in Portugal in the Late 2010s1
Digital Mandates and Their Management: Strategies for Usage of Social Media by Brazilian Federal Legislators1
Ideological polarization in roll call votes in constitutional conventions: The case of Chile in 2021–21
The Irish general election of 2024: A battle lost before it was fought?1
Instability and inequality in the British state1
Party fragmentation and problems of accountability in the British general election of 20241
Making the Case for More Politicians: A Survey Experiment to Investigate Public Attitudes to an Expanded Welsh Parliament1
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