Global Challenges and Opportunities for Parliamentary Public Engagement during the Covid-19 Crisis
Journal article
Prior, A. and Kornberg, M. (2021). Global Challenges and Opportunities for Parliamentary Public Engagement during the Covid-19 Crisis. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 52 (4). https://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2021-4-776
Authors | Prior, A. and Kornberg, M. |
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Abstract | During the Covid-19 crisis, parliamentarians and parliamentary staff faced a novel combination of challenges to their existing functions . In responding to the Covid-19 crisis, parliaments were forced to re-examine their political and democratic roles, and in many cases restricted themselves to a small number of ‘core functions’ . Drawing on interviews and focus group undertaken for the third Global Parliamentary Report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations Development Programme, different approaches to public engagement by parliaments are assembled and their challenges and opportunities discussed . It shows that public engagement was side-lined in many parliaments while it was maintained or even received renewed attention in a few . This is especially true when it comes to procedural digital innovation and to outreach activities in remote areas and diaspora communities . Thus the pandemic did accelerate changes that were already underway in some parliaments . It also showed the need for a renewed focus on parliamentary engagement not only in the crisis but also beyond |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen |
Journal citation | 52 (4) |
Publisher | Baden Baden |
ISSN | 0340-1758 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2021-4-776 |
Web address (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2021-4-776 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 2021 |
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Deposited | 21 Jun 2022 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/9109q
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