Reimagining parliamentary representation

Judge, David; Judge, David and Leston-Bandeira, Cristina, eds. (2024) Reimagining parliamentary representation. In: Reimagining Parliament. Bristol University Press, Bristol, pp. 48-64. ISBN 9781529227024 (https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529227024.ch004)

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Abstract

The starting premise of this chapter is that a reimagining of parliamentary representation requires a systemic view of representation. This invokes some notion of an interlocking of electoral modes with non-electoral modes of representation within a system of democratic parliamentarism. Analysis of current imaginings of this system leads to the identification of its key underpinning foundational principles: inclusion, equality, responsiveness and unity/collectivity. A reimagined UK parliament based on these principles should serve, therefore, as a key focal point of broader networks of representation. This requires a reimagining of the existing ‘electoral representative form’ through, for example, changing formal electoral institutions, institutionalising the interconnection of parliamentary and non-electoral modes of representation, and deploying new digital technologies to maximise the relationship between representatives and represented. In essence, the chapter concludes that a reimagination of parliamentary representation should be systemic in scope, cumulative in approach and expansive in its ambition.

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  Item type:	Book Section
  ID code:	89446
  Dates:	Date Event 22 May 2024 Published
  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 2024, Reimagining parliamentary representation. in D Judge & C Leston-Bandeira (eds), Reimagining Parliament. Bristol University Press, Bristol, pp. 48-64) is available online at https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529227024.ch004.
  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 10:30
  Last modified:	25 Jun 2024 00:49
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/89446