«Дискуссия о правилах дискуссии»: причины изменения парламентской процедуры в дискурсе депутатов на примере Государственной Думы VII созыва

Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: Политология. 2024. Т. 18. № 3. С. 36–48.

Zaripov N.

It is generally accepted that the parliamentary process is used to establish and regulate political processes within the legislature. Simultaneously, altering the norm itself is a challenging task that requires convincing parliamentarians of the need to change the "rules of the game". The current academic discourse explains internal changes through processes at the state level or among major actors of parliament, failing to consider the reasons stated by the delegates themselves, while their analysis allows us to determine the political ramifications of altering the process at the level of the participating parties themselves. Based on the materials from the work of the Russian State Duma of the VII convocation, this paper analyzes the justifications offered by delegates during discussions of the rules of procedure in plenary sessions. The analysis led to the conclusion that, depending on the specific amendment under consideration, the justification for the proposal may be related both to general trends in the state system and to elements of a political struggle among factions for control of the process. The debate over the dichotomy of "formal procedures vs. informal practices" played an important role in this discussion: proponents of the amendments cited formal rules as a means of limiting informal practices among deputies.

Keywords: State Duma, Государственная Дума России, парламентская процедура, parliamentary procedures, Парламентский регламент