Research Committee of Legislative Specialists

International Political Science Association

Philip Norton, RCLS Co-Chair  P.Norton@hull.ac.uk

David M. Olson, RCLS Co-Chair dmolson@uncg.edu

Drago Zajc, RCLS Program Chair drago.zajc@uni-lj.si

RCLS Panels 

19th IPSA World Congress 

Durban,  June 29-July 4, 2003

Monday, 30 June     RCLS Business Meeting
12.30                    Room 2B

Monday, 30 June     Leadership in Context, Co-sponsorship.
13.30                       See below.

Panel 1: Parties, Committees and Leadership in Democratic Parliaments  (IPSA panel 603) 

RC8-97, 96     SECTION 1      Parliaments and Governments and Sec 2 Parliamentary Committees

Monday Afternoon, June 30, 15.30

                     Convener     David M. Olson (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA, dmolson@uncg.edu)

                Chair      Hilmar Rommetvedt (Norwegian Research Centre for Organization and Management, Hilmar.Rommetvedt@rf.no) 

                Discussant         John Owens

                Second Discussant   M. ElShorbagi

1.The Policy Relationship Between Parliament and Government - institutional framework and reality 

Zdenka Mansfeldova, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic

mansfeld@soc.cas.cz

2.Rising Legislative Assertiveness in Kenya and Uganda

R. Nakamura, University at Albany, SUNY, United States
J. Johnson, State University of New York, United States

m382@csc.albany.edu

3.Legislative-Executive Relations in Nigeria's Emerging Presidential Democracy 

E.R. Aiyede, Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, Nigeria 

eaiyede@yahoo.com

4.The Scottish Parliament and the Goal of a new Politics in Scotland 

David Arter,  University of Aberdeen 

artere@fennoscan.u-net.com

5.Arms Purchases and Parliamentary Oversight in South Africa

Robert Griffiths, University of North Carolina at Greensboro 

Rjgriffi@uncg.edu
 

Panel 2: Internationalization of Parliaments - Parliaments in the process of Globalization 

RC 8-99 (IPSA panel 612)

Tuesday, 1 July, 8.30

                Convener: Drago Zajc

                Chair                         Zdenka Mansfeldova

                First discussant   Werner Patzelt

1.Role of the Parliament in the Process of European Integration - Institutional Framework

Petra Rakusanova,  Dept. of Political Science, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic 

rakusan@soc.cas.cz

2.The Role of Parliament in International Negotiations 

Oluf  Langhelle and Hilmar Rommetvedt 

Norwegian Research Centre for Organization and Management 

Hilmar.Rommetvedt@rf.no

3.Parliaments in the Process of Europeanization and Globalization

Drago Zajc, University of Ljubljana, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences 

drago.zajc@uni-lj.si

Panel 3: Parliaments in Changing Political systems(IPSA panel 1139)

PC8-232, 231    SECTION 1:  Legislatures and Political Systems, and Sec 2:  Legislatures and Society

Wednesday morning, 2 July, 10.30

Convener: Edward Schneier
Colgate University, NY USA Nedmarg@earthlink.net

Chair      Ronald Weber

First discussant David Arter

Second discussant Robert Griffiths

1.Changing Executive-Legislative Relations in Kenya

Jesse Biddle, Center for International Development - Kenya

jesse@sunykenya.org

2.Religious political representation in Sweden

Magnus Hagevi,  Göteborg University, Sweden

magnus.hagevi@cefos.gu.se

3.The functions and legitimacy of Congress in Latin America. The case of Chile in comparative perspective.

Carlos Huneeus, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

chuneeus@puc.cl

Legislative Leadership in Context
Panel Co-sponsored by RCLS with Parties and Elections Special Group (Panel 449)

Monday, 30 June 13.30

Chair/Convener: John Owens, University of Westminster

Discussant:  Edward Scheier

John Owens (University of Westminster) 'An Interactionist approach to US congressional leadership'
email: owensj@westminster.ac.uk

Carlos Pereira (Colby College) 'Legislative Leadership Skills in Context: Sarney, Collor and Cardoso, Lula and the Brazilian Congress'
email: pereirace@uol.com.br and cpereira@colby.edu

Werner J. Patzelt (Technische Universitat Dresden) 'Leading the Bundestag: The Schroeder Approach'
email: werner_j.patzelt@mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Rev.  6/27/03  End