Entrepreneurs-politiciens : défi ou dérive d’un nouveau genre d’hommes d’affaires en Haïti ? by Bénédique Paul

“…In 2015, several Haitian entrepreneurs invested the political arena and wanted to be elected at different levels (mayors, members of Parliament, and president). Does this new turn the emergence of a new kind of business men or their conversion into more voracious rent-seekers, in the sense of Fritz A. …”
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Botched Ebola Vaccine Trials in Ghana: An Analysis of Discourses in the Media by Esi E. Thompson

“…In June 2015, proposed Ebola vaccine trials were suspended by the Ministry of Health of Ghana amid protests from members of parliament and the general public. Scholarship has often focused on the design, development, and administration of vaccines. …”
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Attitudinal variables affecting education reforms and quality of primary education in Uganda by Aida Nyenje, James Nkata

“…The paper is based on the views of a wide spectrum of different education stakeholders including: policy analysts, Members of Parliament (MPs), education officers, Headteachers, teaching staff, school directors, parents, and school management committees. …”
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Multidimensional political polarization in online social networks by Antonio F. Peralta, Pedro Ramaciotti, János Kertész, Gerardo Iñiguez

“…We analyze the community structure of a two-layer, interconnected network of French Twitter users, where one layer contains members of Parliament and the other one regular users. We obtain an optimal representation of the network in a four-dimensional political opinion space by combining network embedding methods and political survey data. …”
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Painful times: the emergence and campaigning of parents against injustice in 1980s Britain by Crane, J

“…At the same time, PAIN also sought to exert political influence through relatively traditional channels—contributing to public inquiries, encouraging their membership to write letters to Members of Parliament, and shaping media critique. Despite its small size, PAIN was able to act as an intermediary between parents and politicians, social workers, solicitors and physicians. …”

Navigating the financial frontier: a serendipitous journey between corpus linguistics and discourse analysis of economy in parliamentary speeches by Sadiq Altamimi

“…Abstract In the esteemed chambers of Westminster, the United Kingdom’s members of Parliament engage in rigorous discourse regarding economic policies that have far-reaching consequences. …”
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WOMEN AND PARLIAMENT (Political Sociological Analysis of Women's Strategies for Legislative Parliament Election in Central Sulawesi for the Period 2019-2024) by abdul kadir Patta, Hesti Astuti, Ritha Safithri, Abdul Rivai, Moh. Nutfa

“…Women who become members of parliament have their own strategies to be able to fight for the most votes. …”
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Role-theoretic discourse analysis of German security policy: a case of German parliamentary debate on the mission in Afghanistan by Xiaoshan Ni

“…To illustrate this, we employ topos analysis on 30 plenary minutes of parliamentary debates regarding the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan, conducted by German Members of Parliament between 2001 and 2014. We interpret their perception of Germany’s roles in light of key behavioral norms related to German security policy. …”
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Politik Recalling dalam Parlement Riau 2014-2019 by Alexsander Yandra

“…That condition has implications for vacancies in representative institutions (parliament) Riau province where administratively is not full members of Parliament in decisionmaking so that the delay in setting the budget Riau in 2016. …”
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The Legal System of Recognized Religious Minorities’ Members of Iran Parliament in the Light of Equality Principle by Vahid Agah, moein sabourian

“…So we suggest amending the laws in secondary fields and voting centers, and also the participation of minorities in control boards, and increasing minorities members in parliament.…”
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Justice in energy transition scenarios: Perspectives from Swedish energy politics by Patrik Baard, Anders Melin, Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir

“…It is therefore unfortunate that questions about justice are not adequately recognized by Swedish members of parliament, as outlined here by interview results. …”
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Politik Recalling dalam Parlement Riau 2014-2019 by Alexsander Yandra

“…That condition has implications for vacancies in representative institutions (parliament) Riau province where administratively is not full members of Parliament in decisionmaking so that the delay in setting the budget Riau in 2016. …”
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Characteristics and manners of corruptive acts described in feuilletons, records and short stories by Branislav Nušić by Joković-Pantelić Milica

“…Nušić particularly describes the use of the joint budget by people in power, bribing for positions in the hierarchy of power and of voters during the election process for members of parliament, the role of nepotism in gaining privileges, promotion and advancement in civil service and the profit provided by such status. …”
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Welfare experiments as tools for evidence-based policy making? The political debate on Twitter about the basic income trial in Finland by Parth, Anne-Marie, Nyby, Josefine

“…Using a unique dataset of Finnish MPs’ Twitter tweets on the basic income trial in Finland from 2017 to 2018, this article finds that Members of Parliament (MPs) neither waited for new empirical findings nor argued in a constantly coherent way. …”

A strategic action plan to enhance the accessibility of healthcare in rural areas of Zimbabwe by Manenji Mangundu, Lizeth Roets, Elsie Janse van Rensburg

“…Conclusion Active participation at all levels (professional nurses, healthcare users, national health directors and members of parliament) allowed the development of a strategic action plan.…”
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From Boleas to Bangui: Parliamentary oversight of South African defence deployments by van Rensburg, Wilhelm Janse, Vreÿ, Francois, Neethling, Theo

“…In the South African Parliament, committees are considered the engine rooms of the institution and are central to the oversight process. Members of Parliament serving on these committees also have specific tools at its disposal to conduct oversight. …”
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The Iceberg and the Titanic: Electoral Defeat, Policy Moods, and Party Change by Lovenduski, Joni, Norris, Pippa

“…Evidence is drawn from the 2001 British Representation Study (BRS), involving 1000 parliamentary candidates and Members of Parliament. Comparisons are made with the British Election Studies (BES). …”
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REPRODUKSI REALITAS POLITIK DALAM FOTO JURNALISTIK PADA KAMPANYE PEMILIHAN PRESIDEN 2009 DI INDONESIA by , Ririt Yuniar, S.Sos. M.Hum., , Prof. Dr. Irwan Abdullah

“…One of the interesting phenomena related to General Election (Pemilu) in 2009 is the intensity of involvement and role of media in the process of constructing figure images among candidates running for the election (for members of parliament, president and vice president) both as individual and their capacity as a political party member. …”

The politics of procedural choice: regulating legislative debate in the UK House of Commons, 1811–2015 by Goet, N

“…This research project engages with the question of why and how members of parliament "abdicate" procedural power, focusing on the evolution of the rules of debate in the UK House of Commons. …”

Partisanship and personal vote-seeking in parliamentary behaviour by Fleming, TG

“…Existing explanations of this variation focus on the consequences of electoral institutions and the characteristics of individual members of parliament (MPs). This thesis adds to a much smaller literature linking MPs' personal vote-seeking to characteristics of its intended audience: voters. …”