Evaluating and Theorising Committee Scrutiny: A UK Comparative Perspective

Cole, Michael ORCID: 0000-0003-1312-5059 and McAllister, Laura (2015) Evaluating and Theorising Committee Scrutiny: A UK Comparative Perspective. Local Government Studies, 41 (2). pp. 220-239.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2014.904226

Abstract

The article addresses committee scrutiny undertaken through the three main UK devolved institutions: the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly. This is undertaken using a framework derived from scholarship about House of Commons select committees and a substantive comparative literature. Devolved committee scrutiny is thus compared and contrasted in relation to a three-phase analysis in terms of selection, evaluation and output elements. The findings are also discussed in relation to core elements of institutional theory - institutional path dependency, ideational path dependency, the logic of appropriateness and the logic of consequence. This connection is used to develop several testable theoretical propositions concerning committee scrutiny. Findings about UK devolved committee scrutiny (and also scrutiny undertaken through House of Commons select committees) are also related to scholarship about local government scrutiny in Britain and contrasts and similarities are specified. Furthermore, some testable theoretical propositions are applied to British local scrutiny.

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Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2016 14:38
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2022 01:38
DOI:	10.1080/03003930.2014.904226
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2044579