Study title

The survey reveals deputies’ views on the functioning of the National Assembly and gives insight into the views of deputies on some fundamental elements of parliamentarism in modern liberal democracies. In this way, the perception of representation’s interests, which is one of the fundamental components of a parliamentary mandate, is in detail observed. The entire structure of the functioning of Parliament with activity of working groups at the forefront is observed as well. In the center of research are inter-institutional balance and the National Assembly’s relationships with some basic institutions of the Slovenian political system, but research also focuses on the internal dynamics of members of Parliament’s grouping and cooperation, and infrastructures of parliamentary work characteristics. The survey also investigates the interaction of members of Parliament with different social groups and political actors. The research in examines how members of the National Assembly assess the functioning of thiese institutions in a given mandate, with an emphasis on implementation of new standing orders and also focuses on the question of how members see the role and operating conditions of the National Assembly in terms of Slovenia's EU membership, especially regarding to the complexity of the national parliament's efficiency.The survey reveals deputies’ views on the functioning of the National Assembly and gives insight into the views of deputies on some fundamental elements of parliamentarism in modern liberal democracies. In this way, the perception of representation’s interests, which is one of the fundamental components of a parliamentary mandate, is in detail observed. The entire structure of the functioning of Parliament with activity of working groups at the forefront is observed as well. In the center of research are inter-institutional balance and the National Assembly’s relationships with some basic institutions of the Slovenian political system, but...