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Bikameralizam i parlamentarna demokratija
Bicameralism and Parliamentary Democracy

Author(s): Selma Zec
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: bicameralism; parliamentary democracy; institutional design; division of powers; political tolerance

Summary/Abstract: Normative designing of democracy is primarily occurring in the parliament, institutionalized congress of society or social stratum where open debates run, where decisions are made and where impact at the process of making key political decisions is produced. The structure or design of parliament, at the same time, depends on many factors such as specific historical legacies, the dominant political ideologies and practices, and socio-economic, cultural and customary ways of living. Will in a political system the legislative operate on the principles of unicameralism, bicameralism or multicameralism depends on the complexity of the social environment, political traditions and the current political praxis at the macro political level. The second chamber’s emergence in the parliament author has associated with the development of liberal democracy and the interests of different social groups (territorial, class, minorities) in order to be adequately promoted politically.

  • Issue Year: LI/2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 161-172
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bosnian