"This original and new study of senates in small powers across the North Atlantic shows that the establishment and reform of these upper legislative houses have followed remarkably parallel trajectories. Senate reforms emerged in the wake of deep political crises within the Atla…
"This original and new study of senates in small powers across the North Atlantic shows that the establishment and reform of these upper legislative houses have followed remarkably parallel trajectories. Senate reforms emerged in the wake of deep political crises within the Atla…
"The Cold War is conventionally regarded as a superpower conflict which dominated the shape of international relations between World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Smaller powers had to adapt to a role as pawns in a strategic game of the superpowers, its course beyond t…
Preface / Karel Davids -- Reforming senates in the post-revolutionary North-Atlantic world : an introduction / Nikolaj Bijleveld and WybrenVerstegen -- Senates and bicameralism in revolutionary Europe (c.1795-1800) / Joris Oddens -- The rise and fall of the quasi-bicameral syste…
"Small States, Smart Solutions : Improving Connectivity and Increasing the Effectiveness of Public Services examines how some small states use international trade and telecommunications technology to outsource services such as justice, banking supervision, public utilities regul…
The case studies focus on specific attempts made by a number of small states to overcome the handicaps of their size and isolation and take advantage of growing opportunities for integration with their neighbors and with the rest of the world. Two policy issues have been of prim…
"Small States, Smart Solutions: Improving Connectivity and Increasing the Effectiveness of Public Services examines how some small states use international trade and telecommunications technology to outsource services such as justice, banking supervision, public utilities regula…
Many commentators have routinely referred to theatre and, to an extent, all forms of live performance as particularly appropriate to the discussion of national identity. Put simply, the act of live performance itself draws attention to the idea that identities are performed and …
This is the first book to explore an emerging field (small nations) from the point of view of theatre and performance. It draws upon a particularly wide range of national contexts. It includes chapters written by widely published experts in the field. Arguing that the cultures o…
Many commentators have routinely referred to theatre and, to an extent, all forms of live performance as particularly appropriate to the discussion of national identity. Put simply, the act of live performance itself draws attention to the idea that identities are performed and …
