Bicameralism in Belgium: the dismantlement of the Senate for the sake of multinational confederalism
Abstract 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. The Senate gradually turned into a house representative of the sub-states, but its powers declined inversely proportional to the level of decentralisation of the Belgian state. This paper inquires how the dismantling of the Belgian Senate fits in the increasingly devolutionary nature of the Belgian state structure. First, it nuances the... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Perspectives on Federalism ; volume 10, issue 2, page 215-237 ; ISSN 2036-5438 |
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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Schlagwörter: | Law / Political Science and International Relations / Sociology and Political Science |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26999625 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pof-2018-0024 |