Overview
- The first book to address the education and training of parliamentarians
- International, cross disciplinary perspective on educating parliamentarians
- Suggests alternative training techniques to improve the skills of Members of Parliament
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization (PAGG, volume 16)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Human Resource Perspective
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The State of Play: Where to From Here
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International Case Studies
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Conclusion
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About this book
This book addresses the education and training of Members of Parliament (MPs). It examines existing training programs offered in various countries around the world, evaluates their strengths and weaknesses and makes recommendations for a new approach, which aligns the professional development of MPs to 21st century requirements. Contributors address the role of parliamentarians, how to prepare them for their multi-faceted functions, the importance of ethics in any program, the requirement for more sophisticated adult learning approaches, human resource implications and the need to reform existing education and training models. The book will appeal to scholars in the fields of political science, adult education and human resource management, as well as to parliamentarians interested in enhancing their skills so as to perform more efficiently and effectively.
Reviews
“The chapters in this volume clearly establish the need for fuller, more consistent professional development training for legislators, and they will be of interest and practical benefit for parliamentary officials, political party representatives, academics and other third-party groups who may be involved in designing and delivering such programming.” (International Journal of Public Administration, February 8, 2021)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Colleen Lewis is sole author of a monograph on the politicisation of complaints against police and co-editor and contributor to six edited book ranging across several disciplines. Dr Lewis publishes in refereed and non-refereed journals, makes submissions to parliamentary committees and commissions of inquiry and writes Opinion articles for Australian media. She has been a Chief Investigator on two Australian Research Council grants related to parliamentary studies and governance matters and is co-director of the Parliamentary Studies Unit.
Dr Ken Coghill is an Associate Professor, Department of Management, Monash University. He is a former Member of Parliament (Legislative Assembly, Australian State of Victoria), and in that role served as Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Dr Coghill has been a Chief Investigator on two Australian Research Council grants related to parliamentary studies. He is the author of many submissionsto parliamentary and government inquiries on parliamentary and governance matters and is co-director of the Parliamentary Studies Unit.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Parliamentarians’ Professional Development
Book Subtitle: The Need for Reform
Editors: Colleen Lewis, Ken Coghill
Series Title: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24181-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-24179-1Published: 16 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79587-4Published: 30 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24181-4Published: 09 December 2015
Series ISSN: 2512-2347
Series E-ISSN: 2512-2363
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 213
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Comparative Politics, Public Administration, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Professional & Vocational Education, Human Resource Management, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education