Bicameralism and Coup d'etat in Dictatorships

• In Event: Institutional Incentives Across Regime Types

Brief Overview

Bicameralism in a democratic context provides policy stability and reduces the power of an agenda setter. This paper explores how these functions of bicameralism carry out in a dictatorial context and their effects on elite dissent.

Author

• Ae-Sil Woo, Gettysburg College