unicameralism

It is contrasted to unicameralism and bicameralism, both of which are far more common.

The classic form includes unicameralism and a unitary state.

Where these factors are unimportant, in unitary states with weak regional identity, unicameralism often prevails.

Further moves to unicameralism have been tabled.

As a result, the trend for unicameralism as well as other political system reforms are more contentious in the Philippines.

The Storting is a qualified Unicameralism body.

In 2008 Beech ran another unsuccessful campaign, this time calling for an end to unicameralism in Wales.

The last region to switch from bicameralism to unicameralism was Sverdlovsk Oblast in 2012.

It is believed Beech campaigned for a No vote, due to his earlier stated abhorrence of unicameralism.

Concerning unicameralism, though, Hitchens seemed unenthusiastic.

Parliamentarianism was established in 1884, and until 2009 practiced qualified unicameralism with two chambers: the Lagting and the Odelsting.

-- Doug Ingram "Fondness for unicameralism.

Ecuador has a unicameralism National Congress of Ecuador or 'Congreso Nacional'.

A constitutional amendment passed in February 2007 abolished the Lagting and Odelsting, making this de facto unicameralism official following the 2009 election.

The Portuguese Senate (upper house) and Corporative Chamber used to meet in this room until the 1976 Constitution established unicameralism.

The Norwegian parliament (Storting) was officially divided in two chambers 1814-2009, but functioned as a single chamber in practice, a situation called Qualified unicameralism.

Because of legislative gridlock in 2009, former Congressman Rick Lazio, a prospective candidate for governor, has proposed that New York adopt unicameralism.

Various organizations pushed for changing the legislative assembly from the current two-chamber system (House and Senate) prevalent in 49 of the 50 states of the nation to one-chamber (unicameralism).

In contrast to unicameralism, multicameralism or 'polycameralism' is the condition in which a legislature is divided into several deliberative assemblies, which are commonly called "chambers" or "houses".

"To go from bicameralism to unicameralism in six days was a bit much," said David R. Jones, general director of the Community Service Society, a large, citywide social service agency.

The central institution of the republic was Dáil Éireann, a Unicameralism assembly formed by the majority of Irish Member of Parliament elected in the Irish general election, 1918 .

Proponents of unicameralism have also argued that it reduces costs, as even if the number of legislators is the same as it would be in a multicameral system, there are fewer institutions to maintain and support.

A vote for unicameralism would constitute a mandate for the Legislative Assembly to hold a second referendum on July 9, 2007 on the constitutional amendment that would establish a unicameral legislature by 2009.

Ultimately only the PCF and the SFIO supported the draft Constitution, which envisaged a form of government based on unicameralism; but this was rejected in the referendum of May 5, 1946.

Campeche no longer belonged to the state of Yucatán; bicameralism was changed by the unicameralism, was re-established direct popular election and reduced the governor's period from four to two years, prohibiting re-election in the immediately following period.