The State of the Sub-discipline: Mapping Parliamentary and Legislative Studies Using a Survey and Bibliometric Analysis of Three of Its Journals

Haughey, Sean ORCID: 0000-0001-7378-086X (2022) The State of the Sub-discipline: Mapping Parliamentary and Legislative Studies Using a Survey and Bibliometric Analysis of Three of Its Journals Parliamentary Affairs, 75 (4). pp. 699-726. ISSN 0031-2290, 1460-2482

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Abstract

We map the current state of parliamentary and legislative studies through a survey of 218 scholars and a bibliometric analysis of 25 years of publications in three prominent sub-field journals. We identify two groupings of researchers, a quantitative methods, rational choice-favouring grouping and a qualitative methods, interpretivism-favouring grouping with a UK focus. Upon closer examination, these groupings share similar views about the challenges and future of the sub-discipline. While the sub-discipline is becoming more diverse and international, US-focused literature remains dominant and distinct from UK-focused literature, although there are emerging sub-literatures which are well placed to link them together.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bibliometrics, Diversity, Legislative Studies, Parliamentary Studies, Political Science, Survey
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences > School of Histories, Languages and Cultures
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	03 May 2022 11:39
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2026 12:30
DOI:	10.1093/pa/gsac011
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3154107
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