@article{2016:jnicke:mehr_unabh,
title = {Mehr Unabhängigkeit und Professionalität von Abgeordneten durch Wissenschaftliche Dienste – Perspektiven für ein Landesparlament wie die Hamburgische Bürgerschaft},
year = {2016},
note = {The article is concerned with learning how the research services of
German parliaments support members of parliaments in carrying out
their duties in an independent and professional manner. Starting point
of the analysis is the statement that the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft -
different from most parliaments of the other German Länder and the
German Bundestag - does not have such a research service. On the
occasion of a debate that was held in the Hamburg state parliament on
the development of the construction of Hamburg’s concert hall
”Elbphilharmonie“ and on the establishment of a sub-committee on
parliamentary reforms, questions arise how research services operate
and which fundamental decisions have to be taken when implementing
such a service, in respect of its tasks, working methods,
organisational structure and a possible interconnection with the work
of parliamentary committees. Based hereupon, as a perspective of the
realisation for a state parliament such as the Hamburgische
Bürgerschaft, some practical suggestions are made, especially a
financing proposal for Hamburg where a reform of its law on
parliamentary investigation committees could help.},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {618--635},
author = {Jänicke, Steffen P.J.},
volume = {47},
number = {3}
}