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Representing Regions, Challenging Bicameralism: An Introduction

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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Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 206-227, Summer 2026.
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
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Bicameralism: Federalism’s Great Illusion

Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals
Aquest article examina en la pràctica i analitza en el pla teòric la relació entre les segones cambres i el federalisme. Es pregunta quina funció federal s’ha esperat o s’ha pretès que exercissin les segones cambres; quina funció han exercit; quina ...
Alan Fenna
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“Imperfetto perfettismo”: le riforme costituzionali nell’Italia del secondo dopoguerra. Intervista a Carlo Galli [PDF]

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2016
In the interview sent to Diacronie. Studi di Storia contemporanea on 30th July 2016, the historian of political thought Carlo Galli analyzes the outcome of the last revision of the constitutional text, recalls the phases and the essential characteristics
Carlo Galli, Fausto Pietrancosta
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Perceptual accuracy, policy congruence and electoral success of candidates

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 354-370, June 2026.
Abstract Recent research has documented that politicians are not good at estimating citizens' policy preferences, though their ability to do so varies across parties and individuals. The postulated link between this low perceptual accuracy and substantive representation has rarely been explored empirically.
Léïla Eisner, Jan Rosset, Frédéric Varone   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Second chamber - state, mission, perspectives

Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Splitu, 2007
According to the statistics of the Inter-parliamentary Union, an international organisation which assembles parliaments (representative bodies, legislature) of sovereign states, currently in the world there are 187 parliaments of which 112 have a single ...
Petar Bačić
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“Imperfetto perfettismo”: le riforme costituzionali nell’Italia del secondo dopoguerra. Intervista a Valerio Romitelli [PDF]

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2016
In the interview sent to Diacronie. Studi di Storia contemporanea on 23rd July 2016, the historian Valerio Romitelli presents their judgments about the debate about the constitutional reform after the Second World-War.
Valerio Romitelli, Fausto Pietrancosta
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Democratic Control and Legitimacy of Finnish European Union Policy Process in Crisis Test: Trust, Openness, and the NextGenerationEU

European Policy Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 3, Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT Crisis management tests the openness of decision‐making. This threatens the EU's weak democratic legitimacy. Simultaneously, on the national level, Nordic EU decision‐making is considered democratic. However, this model system is understudied, especially in a crisis that highlights its limitations.
Laura Nordström, Tero Erkkilä, Henrik Peiponen   +2 more
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Two Problems for the Political Inclusion of Animals

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 526-548, May 2026.
ABSTRACT In recent years, the field of animal ethics has taken a political turn, with scholars arguing that sentient nonhuman animals should be included in the political sphere. This article explores two key challenges arising from this turn towards the political inclusion of animals: the Conflict Problem and the Numbers Problem.
David Paaske, Angela K. Martin
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The Role of Second Chambers in the Polish and Romanian Political Systems

Anali Hrvatskog Politološkog Društva, 2007
The paper outlines the development of bicameral legislatures, distinguishing between the British and American model of bicameralism. It also seeks to demonstrate the power of second chambers based on the difference between the unitary and federal states ...
Dario Čepo
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