This thesis examines the upper house problem in the United Kingdom and Canada, asking why the types of reform sought by institutional reformers have proven to be so elusive. It is the intention of this work to account for a government's success or failure in achieving their desired objectives, and not simply in passing reform legislation. Distinguishing between reform which is technically successful but does not achieve the outcomes intended by reformers, and change which achieves their objectives, defined as meaningful reform, this work examines each instance of credibly attempted significant upper house reform in either country since the start of the twentieth century. It argues that there are two factors which are necessary for reform...
Upper House reform in Germany : the commission for the modernization of the Federal SystemAs the deb...
The British government recently proposed to replace the House of Lords with an upper house that is l...
The key concept of any study of the role of Parliament focuses on the extent to which it is able to ...
The abolition of hereditary peers' rights will leave the UK with a wholly appointed transitional upp...
Senate reform is an issue that has been a topic of discussion and debate in Canada’s political spher...
This paper examines the Canadian Senate’s role within the context of Canada’s federal parliamentary ...
The Canadian Senate is often the target of criticism and there have been countless calls to reform ...
This new study of senates in small powers across the North Atlantic shows that the establishment and...
In 1911, the power of the House of Lords was curbed, as a prelude to establishing a more democratic ...
"House of Lords reform is often characterised as unfinished business: a riddle that has been left un...
In 1911, the power of the House of Lords was curbed, as a prelude to establishing a more democratic ...
The government’s proposals to reform the House of Lords are only the latest in a long line of initia...
A number of different proposals to reform the House of Lords have been outlined since the Labour gov...
This paper examines the legislative impact of committee review in Canadian provinces. Traditionally,...
Abstract The 1911 Parliament Act decreed that Lords reform was ‘an urgent question which brooks no d...
Upper House reform in Germany : the commission for the modernization of the Federal SystemAs the deb...
The British government recently proposed to replace the House of Lords with an upper house that is l...
The key concept of any study of the role of Parliament focuses on the extent to which it is able to ...
The abolition of hereditary peers' rights will leave the UK with a wholly appointed transitional upp...
Senate reform is an issue that has been a topic of discussion and debate in Canada’s political spher...
This paper examines the Canadian Senate’s role within the context of Canada’s federal parliamentary ...
The Canadian Senate is often the target of criticism and there have been countless calls to reform ...
This new study of senates in small powers across the North Atlantic shows that the establishment and...
In 1911, the power of the House of Lords was curbed, as a prelude to establishing a more democratic ...
"House of Lords reform is often characterised as unfinished business: a riddle that has been left un...
In 1911, the power of the House of Lords was curbed, as a prelude to establishing a more democratic ...
The government’s proposals to reform the House of Lords are only the latest in a long line of initia...
A number of different proposals to reform the House of Lords have been outlined since the Labour gov...
This paper examines the legislative impact of committee review in Canadian provinces. Traditionally,...
Abstract The 1911 Parliament Act decreed that Lords reform was ‘an urgent question which brooks no d...
Upper House reform in Germany : the commission for the modernization of the Federal SystemAs the deb...
The British government recently proposed to replace the House of Lords with an upper house that is l...
The key concept of any study of the role of Parliament focuses on the extent to which it is able to ...