Concept information
Preferred term
lower chamber
Definition
- Legislative studies specialists argue that legislatures, in democratic settings, perform representative, legislative, and oversight functions. Of the three types of representative functions, the first is sociological. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Lower Chamber]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/lower_chamber
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