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, 2019 In modern democracies, the legislative power is vested in parliaments with diverse organizational structures. Bicameral legislatures, requiring concurrent deliberation by two bodies, are present in about one-third of the world’s countries. Bicameralism typically serves the important purpose of accommodating the representation of heterogeneous interests
Testa, Cecilia
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Shared Rule vs Self-Rule? Bicameralism, Power-Sharing and the ‘Joint Decision Trap’ [PDF]
Perspectives on Federalism, 2018 In federal and regionalised states, bicameralism constitutes shared rule between levels of governments. At the same time, second chambers serve as a safeguard protecting selfrule of decentralised governments against the encroachments of central ...
Benz Arthur
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Bicameralism: European Tendencies and Perspectives for Ukraine [PDF]
Baltic Journal of European studies, 2018 The authors of the article continue the scientific discourse on the role and significance of bicameralism for building a modern democratic legal state.
Tatsiy Vasyl, Serohina Svitlana
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Unicameralism, Bicameralism, Multicameralism: Evolution and Trends in Europe [PDF]
Perspectives on Federalism, 2018 An analysis of the structure of parliaments in European countries shows that a wide range of options developed across the centuries. However, many of these patterns (among which tetracameralism, tricameralism, and qualified unicameralism) did not survive,
Passaglia Paolo
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Bicameralism in Belgium: the dismantlement of the Senate for the sake of multinational confederalism [PDF]
Perspectives on Federalism, 2018 Belgium was established in 1830 as a unitary state with a bicameral parliament, with symmetrical powers for the upper and the lower house. While federalism and bicameralism are often considered a pair, the Belgian system shows an inverse relationship ...
Popelier Patricia
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The Swiss Ständerat: a Model of Perfect Bicameralism [PDF]
Perspectives on Federalism, 2018 This paper presents the Swiss Ständerat as a model of perfect bicameralism. It looks at the constitutional design of the second Chamber, examines the evolution of the Ständerat and critically assesses its current functioning.
Belser Eva Maria
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Bicameralism and government formation: does bicameral incongruence affect bargaining delays? [PDF]
European Political Science Review, 2020 AbstractThe effects of bicameral legislatures on government formation have attracted scholarly attention since Lijphart’s (1984) seminal contribution. Previous research found support for the ‘veto control hypothesis,’ showing that bicameralism affects coalition governments’ composition and duration.
Giannetti, Daniela +2 more
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Perfect and Imperfect Bicameralism: A Misleading Distinction? [PDF]
Perspectives on Federalism, 2018 The aim of this contribution is to make some points on the distinction between ‘perfect’ (or equal) and ‘imperfect’ (or unequal) bicameralism and its relevance to contemporary discussions about second chambers and their constitutional position.
Delledonne Giacomo
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Federalism, Bicameralism, and Institutional Change: General Trends and One Case-study [PDF]
Brazilian Political Science Review, 2010 The article distinguishes federal states from bicameralism and mechanisms of territorial representation in order to examine the association of each with institutional change in 32 countries by using constitutional amendments as a proxy.
Marta Arretche
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Representing Regions, Challenging Bicameralism: An Introduction [PDF]
Perspectives on Federalism, 2018 This special issue publishes a number of conference papers presented at the conference ‘Representing Regions, Challenging Bicameralism’ that took place on 22 and 23 March 2018 at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Gamper Anna
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