The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective

<strong>The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective</strong> is the first scholarly study ofthe Senate in over a quarter century and the first analysis of the ... » 

The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective is the first scholarly study ofthe Senate in over a quarter century and the first analysis of the upper houseas one chamber of a bicameral legislature. David E. Smiths aim in this work isto demonstrate the interrelationship of the two chambers and the constraintsthis relationship poses for Senate reform. He analyses past literature on theSenate and current proposals for reform such as a TripleE Senate andcompares Canadas upper chamber with those of Australia the United StatesGermany and the United Kingdom noting a revival of interest in Canada andabroad in upper chambers and bicameralism.Drawing on parliamentary debates and committee reports as well as a range ofbroad secondary sources The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective examinethe Canadian Senate within the international context shedding light on itsrole as a political institution and arguing for a renewed investigation intoits future. «