Introduction : what, why and how of reimagining

Judge, David and Leston-Bandeira, Cristina; Judge, David and Leston-Bandeira, Cristina, eds. (2024) Introduction : what, why and how of reimagining. In: Reimagining Parliament. Bristol University Press, Bristol, pp. 1-15. ISBN 9781529227024 (https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529227024.ch001)

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Abstract

Taking reimagining to mean ‘the action or an act of imagining something again, a reconstruction; a remake’, this chapter identifies what is to be reimagined in this book, who is going to be doing the reimagining, and the approaches adopted in reimagining. This introduction makes clear that the specific focus of the book is the UK parliament; that those doing the reimagining bring together perspectives of both senior parliamentary officials, researchers and academics drawing upon wide disciplinary expertise; and that foundational principles drive the reimagining of the parliamentary activities under consideration in later chapters. This introductory chapter also provides an ideational frame – constructed around notions of space, connectivity and interaction – within which key parliamentary activities can be reimagined. This frame is used in this chapter to provide brief overviews of the contemporary significance, and condition, of parliament and to make the case that now would appear to be the time ‘to think seriously about starting over’ when imagining the UK parliament at the heart of a broader political system of parliamentary democracy.

  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:89445
    Dates:
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    22 May 2024
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    Notes:This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of a chapter published in Reimagining Parliament. The definitive publisher-authenticated version (Judge, D & Leston-Bandeira, C 2024, Introduction: what, why and how of reimagining. in D Judge & C Leston-Bandeira (eds), Reimagining Parliament. Bristol University Press, Bristol, pp. 1-15) is available online at https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529227024.ch001.
    Subjects:Political Science > Political institutions (Europe) > Great Britain
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:03 Jun 2024 10:13
    Last modified:25 Jun 2024 00:49
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/89445
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