Concept information
Preferred term
upper chamber
Definition
- In 2007, roughly 40 percent of the world's national-legislature governments had two chambers, otherwise known as a bicameral assembly. The other 60 percent consist of only one chamber, a unicameral assembly. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Upper Chamber]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/upper_chamber
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