Assessing the Monitoring and Legislative Performance of the 17th House of Representatives in Jordan: Perspectives of Jordanian Universities' Political Science Staff

Authors

Khaled Mohsen, Applied Science Private University - JordanFollow

DOI

https://doi.org/10.35192/jjoas-h.v28i2.5

Abstract

This study aims to explore the reality of the regulatory and legislative roles practiced by members of the 17th Jordanian Parliament, from the perspective of political science faculty members at Jordanian universities. The study was based on the hypothesis that there is a statistically significant relationship at the level of (α ≥ 0.05) between the personal variables of the study sample members and their perceptions of the members’ practical roles in the 17th Parliament. To achieve this aim, the researcher employed the descriptive analytical survey method and developed a questionnaire, then verified its psychometric properties regarding accuracy and reliability. The questionnaire included two sections: one for legislative roles, consisting of 16 main questions, and another for regulatory roles, consisting of 13 questions. It was distributed to 78 members of the study sample, of whom 56 responded. Twenty-two questionnaires were excluded due to invalidity, leaving 56 questionnaires for analysis. The study concluded that the MPs’ exercise of regulatory and legislative roles was modest and below expectations. Additionally, the findings showed no significant discrepancy in evaluations of the practice of the 17th Parliament, regardless of differences in the academic rank, narrow specialization, or sector of the respondents. Based on these findings, the study recommends strengthening the independence of MPs and enhancing their regulatory and legislative roles by providing them with experts in politics, economics, and law. Furthermore, it suggests fostering genuine cooperation between the House of Representatives and political science faculty members by enabling seminars and lectures to be delivered to parliamentarians, thereby raising their level of parliamentary practice at both legislative and regulatory levels.

Recommended Citation

Mohsen, Khaled (2021) "Assessing the Monitoring and Legislative Performance of the 17th House of Representatives in Jordan: Perspectives of Jordanian Universities' Political Science Staff," Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series: Vol. 28: Iss. 2, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35192/jjoas-h.v28i2.5
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jjoas-h/vol28/iss2/5