Reforming Senates Upper Legislative Houses in North Atlantic Small Powers 1800-present

• Other Authors: Bijleveld, Nikolaj (Editor), Grittner, Colin (Editor), Smith, David E. (Editor), Verstegen, Wybren (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History
• Subjects: European history; History of the Americas; General & world history; history of the Americas; general & world history
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

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...