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The study will assess and compare the attributions granted to the legislative and consultative bodies (at national and regional levels), the mechanisms and procedures employed to appoint or elect members, as well as the citizens’ role in the electoral as well as legislative process.
The project will also evaluate the impact of the legislative and consultative processes on the overall political performance in the region. The main research questions to be addressed are: To what extent are the legislative and consultative bodies able to initiate, approve or veto new legislation? How is their relationship with the executive and judicial powers? What are the existing accountability mechanisms? Are the councils representatives of societies? And, how do citizens regard these bodies?
The upcoming workshop is the fifth fruitful cooperation between Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Gulf Studies Center at the College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University.