...Eduardo Alemán; Nicolás Mimica; Patricio Navia In short, previous arguments about bicameral decision making disagree about how intercameral differences should affect the fate of bills arriving in the revising chamber. Some expect bill failures to increase in the presence of divided chambers, while...

... therefore involve questioning committee differences. This article considers the different roles committees play in the Senate and examines their influence on the legislative process. Bicameralism Expertise French Politics Parliament Political Careers Standing Committees ‘You campaign in poetry. You...

... and possibilities is highlighted, and processes of accountability‐building are presented as open‐ended. The chapter argues that it is possible to have both ‘too much’ accountability and also the ‘wrong sort’. Bicameralism and impeachment are selected for particular attention. accountability bicameralism...

...This article provides a review of the current research on bicameralism. It argues that there is no single model of bicameralism and no single explanatory theory. It shows that contemporary bicameral systems blend ‘inheritance’ and ‘innovation’ to form distinctive legislative arrangements...

... separate bodies had not been a much-debated issue in 1787 and has been taken for granted ever since. The case of bicameralism has been widely accepted in American politics so that up to date, the fifty state legislatures still have two chambers. In the U.S., bicameral institutions have been the most...

... the incentives for political parties to form majority coalitions. As discussed in previous chapters, institutional features that promote the dispersion of political power include a large assembly size, bicameralism, negative parliamentary government formation rules, and a strong presidency. In turn...

... Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, and the controversy surrounding bicameralism and the royal veto. It also looks at the dialogue between the monarchiens and Edmund Burke regarding the former's political agenda that mixed moderation and radicalism. The chapter concludes...

... of constitution creation. ²⁸ In effect, Buchanan and Tullock demonstrated that the calculus of consent in a regime of bicameralism improves output legitimacy by increasing the requisite level of consensus to enact legislation well above a quarter of the electorate. It does so without the impediments...

... of the overall purpose of a federal constitution: the foundational recognition and accommodation of the state’s constituent territorial pluralism. “federalism and devolution” distinction associational government bicameralism central government legislatures Canada constitution Constitutional Convention...

... Collignon S fear of reprisal harassment informal modes of representation neo corporatism NGOs nongovernmental organisations non electoral models of representation pluralism Rüdig W Saward M self authorised representation social movements citizen panels hybrid bicameralism Landemore H liquid...

... in the legislature. The chapter analyses the institutional make-up and internal operations of the legislature, the role of the opposition in the legislative assembly, and explores the benefits of bicameralism for boosting the powers of the legislative branch. Finally, it looks at the law-making process and its...

... parliamentary government semi-parliamentary government separation of powers executive personalism bicameralism Australia Israel Switzerland The separation of powers between executive and assembly is often explicitly conflated with the presidential form of government, as if one could not be had without...

...-parliamentary government can be stable. It responds to two conjectures about “strong” bicameralism: that constitutional designers who prefer strong second chambers have to be willing to accept (a) either a presidential system of government; or (b) oversized and ideologically heterogeneous cabinets. Both...

... affects legislative capacity, the internal organizational structure and rules of legislative organization, bicameralism and the significance of legislative committees, the connections between party cohesion and discipline, and the relations between interest groups and legislators. In addition, the book...

...Bicameralism is easy to identify but hard to measure. The fact that a constitution specifies two legislative chambers often obscures rather than illuminates the relative influence of the respective chambers, how the necessity of negotiating across chambers affects the conduct of politics...

...Table 4.1 Parliamentary structure Country Bicameral Both chambers have power on financial legislation Open rule Parliament members House members Senators...

... by itself. Nonetheless, these majority parties have taken on coalition partners. This chapter shows that the logic of “oversized” coalition government in Japan is driven in part by parliamentary bicameralism, and partly by the mixed-member electoral system, which incentivizes the formation of long-lived pre...

... Bicameralism Canton Embassies France Guano Hawaii Imperialism India Jury trial “As near as I can make out the Constitution follows the flag—but doesn’t quite catch up with it.” 1 —Elihu Root, commenting on the Insular Cases O n May 9, 1880, on an American ship named...

... primary causes of gridlock: bicameralism, the separation (and interrelation) of powers, policy-based vetoes, the Senate filibuster, and polarized, antagonistic parties in a closely divided policy. To protect state autonomy and individual liberty, the Framers created a bicameral legislature...

... Extra-Parliamentary Committees Parliament Bicameralism Amendments Direct Democracy Consensus Internationalization the formulation of policy lies at the heart of any political system, and it is the crucial task assigned to decision makers. Analysing problems, identifying possible solutions...