Q&A in legislative oversight: a framework for analysis
| Autor: | Maricut‐Akbik, Adina |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Sociology and Political Science
Parliament Corporate governance media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences European central bank Principal–agent problem Legislature Public administration 16. Peace & justice 0506 political science Political science 0502 economics and business Premise Accountability 050602 political science & public administration 050207 economics Qualitative content analysis media_common |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Political Research, 60(3), 1-21. WILEY European Journal of Political Research |
| ISSN: | 2013-2018 |
| Popis: | Parliamentary questions are an essential tool of legislative oversight. However, the extent to which they are effective in controlling the executive remains underspecified both theoretically and methodologically. This article advances a systematic framework for evaluating the effectiveness of parliamentary questions drawing on principal-agent theory, the public administration literature on accountability and communication research. The framework is called the 'Q&A approach to legislative oversight' based on the premise that the study of parliamentary questions (Q) needs to be linked to their respective answers (A) and examined together (Q&A) at the micro-level as an exchange of claims between legislative and executive actors. Methodologically, the Q&A approach to legislative oversight offers a step-by-step guide for qualitative content analysis of Q&A that can be applied to different legislative oversight contexts at different levels of governance. It is argued that the effectiveness of Q&A depends on the strength of the questions asked and the responsiveness of answers provided, which are correspondingly operationalised. To illustrate the merits of the approach, the article includes a systematic case study on the relationship between the European Parliament and the European Central Bank in banking supervision (2013-2018), showing the connection between specific institutional settings and the effectiveness of parliamentary questions. |
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