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Papers by Katrin Steinack
Between Apathy and Enthusiasm: An International Comparison of MPs' Attitudes Towards Parliamentary Training
Parliamentary Affairs, Jun 11, 2012
Newly elected parliamentarians face multifaceted challenges in representation, budgeting, and off... more Newly elected parliamentarians face multifaceted challenges in representation, budgeting, and office-management. Added to this are policy-knowledge, understanding, facilitating and scrutinising legislation, and learning the rules of procedure. To support Members of Parliaments (MPs), many assemblies offer induction and training programmes. While some parliamentarians embrace those programmes as useful for increasing their knowledge, skills and abilities, others state that their role is best learned ‘on the job’. Understanding, why MPs respond differently to training offers will help to better target professional development programmes to particular groups or types of parliamentarians. As part of the Parliamentary Careers project, this article explores whether the MPs training-attitude can be linked to their socio-demographic background, their previous careers in- and outside parliament, structural issues or particular political cultures. Based on 70 interviews conducted at eight national legislatures it identifies different types of training compliance.
Between Apathy and Enthusiasm: An International Comparison of MPs' Attitudes Towards Parliamentary Training
Parliamentary Affairs, 2012
Newly elected parliamentarians face multifaceted challenges in representation, budgeting, and off... more Newly elected parliamentarians face multifaceted challenges in representation, budgeting, and office-management. Added to this are policy-knowledge, understanding, facilitating and scrutinising legislation, and learning the rules of procedure. To support Members of Parliaments (MPs), many assemblies offer induction and training programmes. While some parliamentarians embrace those programmes as useful for increasing their knowledge, skills and abilities, others state that their role is best learned ‘on the job’. Understanding, why MPs respond differently to training offers will help to better target professional development programmes to particular groups or types of parliamentarians. As part of the Parliamentary Careers project, this article explores whether the MPs training-attitude can be linked to their socio-demographic background, their previous careers in- and outside parliament, structural issues or particular political cultures. Based on 70 interviews conducted at eight national legislatures it identifies different types of training compliance.
This chapter provides an overview of the research management and administration (RMA) sector in G... more This chapter provides an overview of the research management and administration (RMA) sector in Germany. It describes the German research ecosystem, looks at the-in Germany-still young profession of RMA and the professional network FORTRAMA, and provides a brief insight into the work and employment situation of people working in this field. This chapter concludes with a prognosis for the field in the upcoming years.
The functions of parliaments have been variously described by scholars and in parliamentary docum... more The functions of parliaments have been variously described by scholars and in parliamentary documents but there have been few, if any, reported studies of how parliamentary practitioners see their own institutions. This paper reports practitioner perceptions of contemporary functions of fifteen selected national legislatures. The research is embedded in a wider project on parliamentary careers that looks at a total of 60 national parliaments. It investigates what knowledge, skills and abilities assist MPs in successfully fulfilling their responsibilities, the nature and content of professional development programs available to MPs and the effect these programs have on enhancing knowledge, skills and abilities. The responsibilities of MPs relate to the functions of the parliamentary chamber to which they have been elected. Hence, for consistency reasons, the research focused only on national parliaments.
The impact of multi-party government on parliament-executive relations — examples from Britain and Germany *
This paper deals with common concerns about multi-party and minoritygovernments, in particular, t... more This paper deals with common concerns about multi-party and minoritygovernments, in particular, that they are unstable, that there is no clear string of delegation, that they may facilitate a dictatorship of the smaller party, and that they limit the parliament’s scope to take the executive to account. It addresses the effect multi-party government has on parliament–executive relations by looking at empirical data from the United Kingdom and Germany, and takes account of the mechanisms used and experiences obtained in these countries when setting up and maintaining multi-party government. In Britain, with its Westminster influence, parliamentarians in the devolved assemblies in Scotland and Wales have grown slowly accustomed to coalition and minority government. Facilitated by a proportional representation system, coalition governments are the norm for Germany, both on a federal and at state level. These coalitions are established and maintained through a range of measures that secu...
Review of Effective Practice in Preventing the Various Types of Violence in the European Union
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Opposition im Bayerischen Landtag 1994-1998
I analysed opposition strategies and patterns of the Parliamentary Party Groups (PPGs) of Social ... more I analysed opposition strategies and patterns of the Parliamentary Party Groups (PPGs) of Social Democrats (SPD) and the Green Party in the Bavarian State Parliament within the 13th congressional term (1994-1998). While the German National Parliament (Bundestag) and other German state parliaments use to produce changing governments run by coalition parties, the situation in Bavaria is defined by the hegemony of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been governing the state without the need to build a coalition since 1962. Exploring the Bavarian State Parliament was especially promising since it shows an extreme, maybe even desperate, case of opposition which seemed prone to question common findings on how opposition can influence the political majority’s politics. In detail I analysed to what extent the opposition PPGs can influence the parliamentary majority’s politics and questioned if there are differences in the parliamentary behaviour and actions of the two opposition PPGs w...
Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen
The version in the Kent Academic Repository may differ from the final published version. Users ar... more The version in the Kent Academic Repository may differ from the final published version. Users are advised to check http://kar.kent.ac.uk for the status of the paper. Users should always cite the published version of record.
Coalition Government and Minority Impact in Germany: Policy Making in a Consensual System
Die andere Seite – warum die Beschäftigung mit der Täterperspektive notwendig ist
Opposition im Bayerischen Landtag 1994-1998
... Distinctive features in the opposition PPGs' appearance and the strategies they choose i... more ... Distinctive features in the opposition PPGs' appearance and the strategies they choose in order ... The Social Democrats focused on a strategy of matter-of-factly cooperation and sought ... Greens chose confrontational power politics with a high engagement of the media which had ...
The Impact of Multi-Party Government on Parliament-Executive Relations - Examples from Abroad
Politpower und Medienmacht
Does Devolution make a difference? A comparison of party-group interaction in the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly
The socio-cultural foundation of opposition strategies in parliament
Review of Effective Practice in Preventing the Various Types of Violence in the European Union
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Opposition in a Consensual System - The Case of Germany
SSRN Journal
How Should Elected Members Learn Parliamentary Skills: An Overview
Parliamentary Affairs, 2012
Review of Good Practices in Preventing the Various Types of Violence in the European Union
kent.ac.uk
The report provides information from a review of good practices in preventing various types of vi... more The report provides information from a review of good practices in preventing various types of violent crime in the European Union. It is based on a multi-lingual systematic literature review, visits to EU countries and conferences and a meeting of European experts. These ...
Review of Effective Practice in Preventing the Various Types of Violence in the European Union
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Between Apathy and Enthusiasm: An International Comparison of MPs' Attitudes Towards Parliamentary Training
Parliamentary Affairs, Jun 11, 2012
Newly elected parliamentarians face multifaceted challenges in representation, budgeting, and off... more Newly elected parliamentarians face multifaceted challenges in representation, budgeting, and office-management. Added to this are policy-knowledge, understanding, facilitating and scrutinising legislation, and learning the rules of procedure. To support Members of Parliaments (MPs), many assemblies offer induction and training programmes. While some parliamentarians embrace those programmes as useful for increasing their knowledge, skills and abilities, others state that their role is best learned ‘on the job’. Understanding, why MPs respond differently to training offers will help to better target professional development programmes to particular groups or types of parliamentarians. As part of the Parliamentary Careers project, this article explores whether the MPs training-attitude can be linked to their socio-demographic background, their previous careers in- and outside parliament, structural issues or particular political cultures. Based on 70 interviews conducted at eight national legislatures it identifies different types of training compliance.
Between Apathy and Enthusiasm: An International Comparison of MPs' Attitudes Towards Parliamentary Training
Parliamentary Affairs, 2012
Newly elected parliamentarians face multifaceted challenges in representation, budgeting, and off... more Newly elected parliamentarians face multifaceted challenges in representation, budgeting, and office-management. Added to this are policy-knowledge, understanding, facilitating and scrutinising legislation, and learning the rules of procedure. To support Members of Parliaments (MPs), many assemblies offer induction and training programmes. While some parliamentarians embrace those programmes as useful for increasing their knowledge, skills and abilities, others state that their role is best learned ‘on the job’. Understanding, why MPs respond differently to training offers will help to better target professional development programmes to particular groups or types of parliamentarians. As part of the Parliamentary Careers project, this article explores whether the MPs training-attitude can be linked to their socio-demographic background, their previous careers in- and outside parliament, structural issues or particular political cultures. Based on 70 interviews conducted at eight national legislatures it identifies different types of training compliance.
This chapter provides an overview of the research management and administration (RMA) sector in G... more This chapter provides an overview of the research management and administration (RMA) sector in Germany. It describes the German research ecosystem, looks at the-in Germany-still young profession of RMA and the professional network FORTRAMA, and provides a brief insight into the work and employment situation of people working in this field. This chapter concludes with a prognosis for the field in the upcoming years.
The functions of parliaments have been variously described by scholars and in parliamentary docum... more The functions of parliaments have been variously described by scholars and in parliamentary documents but there have been few, if any, reported studies of how parliamentary practitioners see their own institutions. This paper reports practitioner perceptions of contemporary functions of fifteen selected national legislatures. The research is embedded in a wider project on parliamentary careers that looks at a total of 60 national parliaments. It investigates what knowledge, skills and abilities assist MPs in successfully fulfilling their responsibilities, the nature and content of professional development programs available to MPs and the effect these programs have on enhancing knowledge, skills and abilities. The responsibilities of MPs relate to the functions of the parliamentary chamber to which they have been elected. Hence, for consistency reasons, the research focused only on national parliaments.
The impact of multi-party government on parliament-executive relations — examples from Britain and Germany *
This paper deals with common concerns about multi-party and minoritygovernments, in particular, t... more This paper deals with common concerns about multi-party and minoritygovernments, in particular, that they are unstable, that there is no clear string of delegation, that they may facilitate a dictatorship of the smaller party, and that they limit the parliament’s scope to take the executive to account. It addresses the effect multi-party government has on parliament–executive relations by looking at empirical data from the United Kingdom and Germany, and takes account of the mechanisms used and experiences obtained in these countries when setting up and maintaining multi-party government. In Britain, with its Westminster influence, parliamentarians in the devolved assemblies in Scotland and Wales have grown slowly accustomed to coalition and minority government. Facilitated by a proportional representation system, coalition governments are the norm for Germany, both on a federal and at state level. These coalitions are established and maintained through a range of measures that secu...
Review of Effective Practice in Preventing the Various Types of Violence in the European Union
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Opposition im Bayerischen Landtag 1994-1998
I analysed opposition strategies and patterns of the Parliamentary Party Groups (PPGs) of Social ... more I analysed opposition strategies and patterns of the Parliamentary Party Groups (PPGs) of Social Democrats (SPD) and the Green Party in the Bavarian State Parliament within the 13th congressional term (1994-1998). While the German National Parliament (Bundestag) and other German state parliaments use to produce changing governments run by coalition parties, the situation in Bavaria is defined by the hegemony of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been governing the state without the need to build a coalition since 1962. Exploring the Bavarian State Parliament was especially promising since it shows an extreme, maybe even desperate, case of opposition which seemed prone to question common findings on how opposition can influence the political majority’s politics. In detail I analysed to what extent the opposition PPGs can influence the parliamentary majority’s politics and questioned if there are differences in the parliamentary behaviour and actions of the two opposition PPGs w...
Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen
The version in the Kent Academic Repository may differ from the final published version. Users ar... more The version in the Kent Academic Repository may differ from the final published version. Users are advised to check http://kar.kent.ac.uk for the status of the paper. Users should always cite the published version of record.
Coalition Government and Minority Impact in Germany: Policy Making in a Consensual System
Die andere Seite – warum die Beschäftigung mit der Täterperspektive notwendig ist
Opposition im Bayerischen Landtag 1994-1998
... Distinctive features in the opposition PPGs' appearance and the strategies they choose i... more ... Distinctive features in the opposition PPGs' appearance and the strategies they choose in order ... The Social Democrats focused on a strategy of matter-of-factly cooperation and sought ... Greens chose confrontational power politics with a high engagement of the media which had ...
The Impact of Multi-Party Government on Parliament-Executive Relations - Examples from Abroad
Politpower und Medienmacht
Does Devolution make a difference? A comparison of party-group interaction in the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly
The socio-cultural foundation of opposition strategies in parliament
Review of Effective Practice in Preventing the Various Types of Violence in the European Union
^ÇÇêÉëë=Ñçê=ÅçêêÉëéçåÇÉåÅÉ=~åÇ=ÉåèìáêáÉëW= ^äÉñ=píÉîÉåë= pÉåáçê=oÉëÉ~êÅÜÉê= bìêçéÉ~å=fåëíáíìíÉ=çÑ... more ^ÇÇêÉëë=Ñçê=ÅçêêÉëéçåÇÉåÅÉ=~åÇ=ÉåèìáêáÉëW= ^äÉñ=píÉîÉåë= pÉåáçê=oÉëÉ~êÅÜÉê= bìêçéÉ~å=fåëíáíìíÉ=çÑ=pçÅá~ä=pÉêîáÅÉë= råáîÉêëáíó=çÑ=hÉåí= hÉóåÉë=`çääÉÖÉ= `~åíÉêÄìêó= `qO=Tkm= råáíÉÇ=háåÖÇçã= ...
Opposition in a Consensual System - The Case of Germany
SSRN Journal
How Should Elected Members Learn Parliamentary Skills: An Overview
Parliamentary Affairs, 2012
Review of Good Practices in Preventing the Various Types of Violence in the European Union
kent.ac.uk
The report provides information from a review of good practices in preventing various types of vi... more The report provides information from a review of good practices in preventing various types of violent crime in the European Union. It is based on a multi-lingual systematic literature review, visits to EU countries and conferences and a meeting of European experts. These ...
Review of Effective Practice in Preventing the Various Types of Violence in the European Union
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