The Parliament of Bangladesh: Representation and Accountability
| Autor: | Rounaq Jahan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Parliament
business.industry Institutionalisation media_common.quotation_subject Opposition (politics) Conflict of interest Ethnic group Public relations Public administration Politics Political science Political Science and International Relations Accountability Democratization business Law media_common |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Legislative Studies. 21:250-269 |
| ISSN: | 1743-9337 1357-2334 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13572334.2014.975470 |
| Popis: | This article is inspired by a recent debate in Bangladesh about the representative credentials of members of parliament (MPs) who have started to assert a pre-eminent and exclusive role for themselves as people's elected representatives. It investigates three dimensions of their representative role. Political representation is analysed by fairness of the electoral process and the space for opposition. Representation of social diversity is evaluated by gender, religion, ethnicity and socio-economic background of MPs. Constituency representation is explored with a particular focus on parliamentarians' involvement in local development work. Provision of constituency services by the MPs, through control and partisan distribution of public resources, has led to allegations of corruption and conflict of interest. Adoption of a code of parliamentary conduct is essential to establish a formal mechanism to hold MPs accountable to citizens. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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