What’s so good about parliamentary hybrids? Comment on ‘Australian bicameralism as semi-parliamentarianism

Patterns of Majority Formation in 29 Democracies

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6234764
AutoresAlbert Weale (0000-0003-2623-9805, Department of Political Science, University College London, London, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume53
Fascículo2
Páginas234-240
Data de publicação2018-04-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361146.2018.1451489
OpenAlexW2796485862
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas11

Commenting on ‘Australian Bicameralism as Semi-Parliamentarianism’, this paper reconstructs the underlying justification of the issue-by-issue median as a rule of collective choice, a rule central to the theory of complex majoritarianism. In semi-parliamentary systems, this rule is institutionalised in parliamentary chambers that make law and policy by issue specific majorities. The comment questions whether it is necessary to balance the vision of complex majoritarianism with the principle of simple majoritarianism, arguing that the values of identifiability, clarity of responsibility and stability are instrumental rather than intrinsic values. It notes further problems with semi-parliamentarianism as a two-chamber system

Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Political Systems and Governance