The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power

The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power

This article considers the concepts of corridors of power and the locus of power, within the specific context of the backbench committee structures of the House of Commons. Taking as its case study the passage of what became the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, the article considers the level of in...

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Autor Principal: McKay, James
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Idioma:Anglais
Publicado: Observatoire de la société britannique 2011
Sujets:
Conservative Party
backbench power
parliamentary party
immigration
immigration control
1960s
Acceso en liña:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:osb_433 https://doi.org/10.4000/osb.433 urn:doi:10.4000/osb.433 en https://journals.openedition.org/osb/433 2011-03-14T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/irwx All rights reserved The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power Observatoire de la société britannique Université de Toulon info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1775-4135 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1957-3383 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/osb McKay, James Conservative Party backbench power parliamentary party immigration immigration control 1960s This article considers the concepts of corridors of power and the locus of power, within the specific context of the backbench committee structures of the House of Commons. Taking as its case study the passage of what became the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, the article considers the level of influence that should be attributed to these committees, and whether or not they should be considered as significant fora of power and influence. The committees in question are those backbench structures within the parliamentary Conservative party, principally the 1922 Committee, and the subject committees that shadow the work of government departments. While this article argues that it is indeed the case that these committees should be considered significant fora of power and influence, it proposes the notion of ‘influential impotence’ to describe the exercise of this power : while the committees are well suited to the expression of influence in general form, they often fail to translate this into power over specific policy proposals, and thus fail to realise their full potential.
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topic Conservative Party
backbench power
parliamentary party
immigration
immigration control
1960s
spellingShingle Conservative Party
backbench power
parliamentary party
immigration
immigration control
1960s
McKay, James
The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power
description This article considers the concepts of corridors of power and the locus of power, within the specific context of the backbench committee structures of the House of Commons. Taking as its case study the passage of what became the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, the article considers the level of influence that should be attributed to these committees, and whether or not they should be considered as significant fora of power and influence. The committees in question are those backbench structures within the parliamentary Conservative party, principally the 1922 Committee, and the subject committees that shadow the work of government departments. While this article argues that it is indeed the case that these committees should be considered significant fora of power and influence, it proposes the notion of ‘influential impotence’ to describe the exercise of this power : while the committees are well suited to the expression of influence in general form, they often fail to translate this into power over specific policy proposals, and thus fail to realise their full potential.
author McKay, James
author_facet McKay, James
author_sort McKay, James
title The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power
title_short The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power
title_full The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power
title_fullStr The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power
title_full_unstemmed The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power
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