Political Dynamics of Floor Voting in the National Assembly: Focusing on the partial amendment bill of the Court Organization Act

Modern accounts of the battle of Brunanburh have generally suggested a location in the Northumbrian-Mercian borderlands east or west of the Pennines, a conclusion based in part on analysis of the aims and strategy of Anlaf Guthfrithson, Viking king of Dublin. This article re-examines the political dynamics of the coalition against Athelstan, taking account of the territorial and political ambitions of the kings of Alba and Strathclyde, and proposes a radically different interpretation of the campaign of 937. It also questions the reliability of the variant form Brunanburh as a guide to the battle's location and concludes that the most likely site was Burnswark in Annandale.

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Welsh Politics after the EU Referendum

Scottish Affairs ◽

10.3366/scot.2017.0179 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 212-228 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John Osmond

Keyword(s):

Effective Leadership ◽

Strong Sense ◽

Speaking Up ◽

Common Cause ◽

National Assembly ◽

Working Together ◽

Eu Referendum ◽

Welsh Politics ◽

Plaid Cymru ◽

The Eu

This paper examines the electoral and ideological contest that has taken place between Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru in the five National Assembly elections that have been held between 1999 and 2016. Both parties have found success when they have managed to combine effective leadership with a coherent programme and a strong sense of Welsh identity. However, the Welsh vote to leave the EU in the June 2016 referendum has dealt both parties a poor hand in speaking up for Welsh interests. Can they find a common cause in working together and also with Scotland to take Wales forward in a progressive constitutional direction?

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Intra-Elite Cleavages in the Korean National Assembly

Asian Survey ◽

10.1525/as.1971.11.6.01p0121e ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 544-561

Author(s):

Byung-kyu Woo ◽

Chong Lim Kim

Keyword(s):

National Assembly

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Nationalism, Not Islam

10.1525/california/9780520294134.003.0009 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Faridullah Bezhan

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Political Party ◽

Driving Forces ◽

World War ◽

Ruling Elite ◽

Political Dynamics ◽

Religious Establishment

Wish Zalmiyan or the ‘Awaken Youth Party’ (AYP) was the first political party to operate openly in Afghanistan. It enjoyed support from the intelligentsia and the monarchical regime. The AYP’s key ideological elements were nationalism and constitutionalism. While they made the party popular with a segment of the ruling elite and the intelligentsia, they brought resentment from the religious establishment for which Islam was the only ideology to be followed and the Quran the only constitution the country needed. This chapter examines how, in the aftermath of World War II, most members of the urban Afghan educated class leaned towards nationalism and constitutionalism as the driving forces for new political dynamics and the progress of the country. It explores what type of nationalism the Wish Zalmiyan party was advocating.

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