Reforming Senates

This new study of senates in small powers across the North Atlantic shows that the establishment and the reform of these upper legislative houses have followed remarkably parallel trajectories. Senate reforms emerged in the wake of deep political crises within the North Atlantic world and were influ...

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Other Authors: Bijleveld, Nikolaj, Grittner, Colin, Smith, David E., Verstegen, Wybren
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
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description This new study of senates in small powers across the North Atlantic shows that the establishment and the reform of these upper legislative houses have followed remarkably parallel trajectories. Senate reforms emerged in the wake of deep political crises within the North Atlantic world and were influenced by the comparatively weak positions of small powers. Reformers responded to crises and constantly looked beyond borders and oceans for inspiration to keep their senates relevant.
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spelling ftoapen:oai:library.oapen.org:20.500.12657/42882 2025-04-13T14:23:22+00:00 Reforming Senates 9781000705690.pdf Bijleveld, Nikolaj Grittner, Colin Smith, David E. Verstegen, Wybren 2020-11-09T12:14:11Z application/pdf https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42882 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12657/42882 eng eng Taylor & Francis Routledge Routledge Studies in Modern History OCN: 1117319846 open access European history history of the Americas general & world history 2020 ftoapen https://doi.org/20.500.12657/42882 2025-03-17T15:37:17Z This new study of senates in small powers across the North Atlantic shows that the establishment and the reform of these upper legislative houses have followed remarkably parallel trajectories. Senate reforms emerged in the wake of deep political crises within the North Atlantic world and were influenced by the comparatively weak positions of small powers. Reformers responded to crises and constantly looked beyond borders and oceans for inspiration to keep their senates relevant. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)
spellingShingle European history
history of the Americas
general & world history
Reforming Senates
title Reforming Senates
title_full Reforming Senates
title_fullStr Reforming Senates
title_full_unstemmed Reforming Senates
title_short Reforming Senates
title_sort reforming senates
topic European history
history of the Americas
general & world history
topic_facet European history
history of the Americas
general & world history
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