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Backbench Dissent

Backbench Dissent is a parliamentary phenomenon in which members of the legislative backbenches, who are not part of the executive or party leadership, express opposition or criticism toward their own party’s policies or actions, thereby differentiating it from frontbench or cross-party opposition.

22

Publications

968

Citations

29

Authors

18

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Variants

Backbench Rebellion

Parents

Publications

22

A Political Explanation of Variations in Central Bank Independence

William Bernhard · American Political Science Review · 1998 · 256 citations

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Too Spineless to Rebel? New Labour's Women MPs

Philip Cowley, Sarah Childs · British Journal of Political Science · 2003 · 114 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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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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The Left's Jewish Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Anti-Semitism

Leslie Wagner · Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs · 2017 · 56 citations

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Authors

29

  1. PC
    Philip Cowley

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 221 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. MS
    Mark Stuart

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 107 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. HB
    Hugh Berrington

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 99 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. RS
    Roger Scully

    University of Wales, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. JE
    John E. Schwarz

    University of Arizona, United States

    1 publications · 35 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

18

  1. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    220 citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  3. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    113 citations

  4. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. Smiths Detection (Canada)

    Mississauga, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

  6. The Stables

    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  7. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  8. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    113 citations

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Venues

  1. The Political Quarterly

    PQ · 3 publications · 94 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. Parliamentary Affairs

    2 publications · 23 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. American Political Science Review

    2 publications · 291 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. British Journal of Political Science

    2 publications · 128 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Comparative Political Studies

    CPS · 1 publications · 113 citations

    1

    h-index

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