Toxic Parliaments: And What Can Be Done about Them

by Marian Sawer and Maria Maley

This open access book shows how the #MeToo movement and revelations of sexual harassment and bullying have spurred on reform of the parliamentary workplace in four Westminster countries - Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. Long-standing conventions included extreme power imbalances between parliamentarians and staff and a lack of professionalised employment practices. Codes of conduct and independent complaints bodies were resisted on grounds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031483308
• ISBN13: 9783031483301
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 125 Pages