Mueller, Sean; Vatter, Adrian; Dick, Sereina (2021). A New Index of Bicameralism: Taking Legitimacy Seriously. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 29(2), pp. 312-336. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/13572334.2021.1996753
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Second chambers frequently form part of national institutional configurations, but their impact on policy making can vary from negligible to all-important veto players. The standard approach is to assess their importance via two dimensions: formal powers and compositional differences vis-à-vis the first chamber. In this paper, we conceptualise a third dimension: the legitimacy of second chambers. We subsequently measure the strength of second chambers in 14 countries and develop a new index of bicameralism. Running several quantitative analyses with a total sample of 29 OECD countries, we show how this index is significantly correlated to lower state intervention in the economy and greater regional autonomy.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Political Science 03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences |
UniBE Contributor: |
Müller, Sean, Vatter, Adrian |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
ISSN: |
1357-2334 |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Rahel Freiburghaus |
Date Deposited: |
02 Dec 2021 10:23 |
Last Modified: |
21 May 2023 01:55 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/13572334.2021.1996753 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/160741 |
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