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Backbench Behaviour

Backbench Behaviour is an academic concept referring to the observable actions, roles, and influence of non-ministerial members of parliament in legislative processes, distinguished by their position outside the executive government and their capacity to shape policy through scrutiny, debate, and collective action within the parliamentary system.

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27

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Modes of Executive-Legislative Relations: Great Britain, France, and West Germany

Anthony King · Legislative Studies Quarterly · 1976 · 326 citations

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Backbenchers learn to fight back: European integration and parliamentary government

Tapio Raunio, Simon Hix · West European Politics · 2000 · 188 citations

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The Rejected, the Ejected, and the Dejected: Explaining Government Rebels in the 2001-2005 British House of Commons

Giacomo Benedetto, Simon Hix · Comparative Political Studies · 2007 · 113 citations

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(Im)politeness during Prime Minister’s Questions in the U.K. Parliament

James Murphy · Pragmatics and Society · 2014 · 74 citations · Full text

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Backbench Opinion in the House of Commons 1955-59

Joseph S. Rouček, Sarah Finer, Hugh Berrington et al. · The Western Political Quarterly · 1962 · 59 citations

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Authors

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  1. HB
    Hugh Berrington

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 113 citations

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  2. MS
    Mark Stuart

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 75 citations

    3

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  3. PC
    Philip Cowley

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  4. SH
    Simon Hix

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 301 citations

    2

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  5. MT
    Michael Tappin

    1 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

27

  1. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    301 citations

  2. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    210 citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  4. Sewanee: The University of the South

    Sewanee, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. Mannheim Centre for European Social Research

    Mannheim, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  6. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  8. Universität Greifswald

    Greifswald, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

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Venues

  1. Parliamentary Affairs

    5 publications · 67 citations

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  2. Legislative Studies Quarterly

    3 publications · 376 citations

    3

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  3. British Journal of Political Science

    2 publications · 38 citations

    2

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  4. American Political Science Review

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  5. European Journal of Political Research

    1 publications · 19 citations

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