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| What kind of system does the United Kingdom have? |
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| Is the United Kingdom's govt federal or unitary? |
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| United Kingdom's constitution? |
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| United Kingdom's head of state? |
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| Monarch; Queen Elizabeth II (hereditary) |
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| United Kingdom's head of government? |
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| prime minister; David Cameron (conservative party) |
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| What kind of system does France have? |
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| Is France's govt. federal or unitary? |
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| president; Francois Hollande (socialist party) |
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| How is France's head of state elected? |
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| France's head of government? |
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| prime minister; Jean-Marc Ayrault (socialist party) |
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| What kind of govt. does Germany have? |
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| Is Germany's govt federal or unitary? |
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| federal president; Joachim Gauck (independent party) |
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| how is Germany's head of state elected? |
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| Germany's head of government? |
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| chancellor; angela merkel (Christian democrat party) |
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| What kind of govt does USA have? |
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| is the USA govt federal or unitary? |
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| president; barack obama (democrat party) |
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| how is USA head of state elected? |
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| popular election via electoral college |
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| president; barack obama (democrat) |
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| What kind of govt does russia have? |
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| is Russia's govt federal or unitary? |
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| president; vladimir putin (united russia party) |
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| how is Russia's head of state elected? |
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| Russia's head of government? |
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| prime minister; dmitri medvedev (united russia party) |
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| What kind of govt does poland have? |
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| is Poland's govt federal or unitary? |
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| president; bronislaw kromorowski (civic platform party) |
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| how is Poland's head of state elected? |
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| prime minister; donald tusk (civic platform party) |
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| What kind of govt does Canada have? |
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| is Canada's govt federal or unitary? |
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| monarch; Queen Elizabeth II (via Governor General David Lloyd Johnston) |
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| prime minister; stephen harper (conservative party) |
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| what kind of govt does Mexico have? |
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| is Mexico's govt federal or unitary? |
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| president; felipe calderon (national action party) |
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| how is Mexico's head of state elected? |
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| president; felipe calderon (national action party) |
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| upper chamber in the United Kingdom? |
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| House of Lords; hereditary or life appointment |
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| lower chamber in the United Kingdom? |
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| House of Commons; popular election |
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| Senate; picked by electoral college |
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| National Assembly; popular election |
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| Bundesrat; appointed by state governments |
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| Bundestag; popular election |
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| house or representatives; popular election |
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| Federation Council; appointed by regional governments |
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| State Duma; popular election |
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| house of commons; popular election |
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| Chamber of Deputies; popular election |
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| The only person to have headed a coalition government |
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| __ legislative houses tend to be more powerful than __ houses |
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| The leading figures of the major party out of power in Britain form a front-bench leadership team referred to as the .... |
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| the most overrepresented US state in the US senate is? |
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| The process in the UK whereby Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been delegated increasing authority over local political and economic affairs is referred to as ___ |
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| When a parliamentary cabinet is composed of ministers from more than one political party |
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| In France, when the presidency is controlled by one party, and the prime ministership and cabinet is controlled by another rival party, it is referred to as ___ |
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| The British House of Commons can sit between elections for a period of time not to exceed __ years |
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| a good example of a true nation-state |
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| the first president of the 5th French Republic |
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| The Senate is the to the USA as the __ is to Germany |
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| how many states in the world today? |
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| the organization that issues and enforces binding rules for the people within a territory |
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| a state's organization is __ |
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| means that a state's word/rule is final within that territory (and is accepted as such by outside entities) |
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| possess a monopoly on the legitimate use of force/coercion within a territory |
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| best common synonym for state? |
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| these are people, regardless or territory, states, etc. |
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nation of islam
iroquois nation
palestinians |
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| which states are not nation-states? |
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| these tend to unify, centralize, and increase power |
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| 3 different ways states come about? |
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transformation
unification
secession |
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| examples of states that formed out of secession? |
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USSR
yugoslavia
czechoslovakia |
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| a state based on the acceptance/manifestation of a common culture, a common history, and a common identity |
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| poland is __% polish and __% catholic |
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| fewer social cleavages, easier to govern |
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| a collection of individuals charged with the executive authority to run the State |
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| in europe, what does government mean? |
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| prime minister + cabinet (approx. 20 people) |
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| In modern usage this has come to be equated with free, fair, competitive elections that determine control of the government |
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| democracy is ___ oriented |
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| modern democracy is ___ democracy (a republican form of government), not “direct” democracy. |
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| roughly __ percent of the existing countries are considered democratic, or __ percent of the world’s population |
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| small “night watchman” role by govt is advocated by those on the __ |
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| active progressive role is advocated by those on the __ |
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| sees the state as a threat to individual liberty, and is willing to put up with inequality to safeguard liberty |
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| These are for small state, low taxes, low redistribution of wealth |
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| sees the state as a vehicle to guarantee greater equality, and is willing to put up with reductions in individual liberty to attain equality |
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| These people are for big state, high taxes, greater redistribution of wealth |
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| Semi-presidentialism is characterized by a directly elected fixed-term president (head of state) with real political power, who ___ responsible to the parliament. |
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| Semi-Presidential systems have what kind of prime ministers (head of govts) and cabinet? |
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| non-directly elected, non-fixed term |
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| Semi-presidential systems have what kind of presidents (head of states)? |
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| directly elected, fixed-term |
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| Semi-presidential systems have a non-directly elected, non-fixed term Prime Minister (head of government) and cabinet who come into being as a result of elections to the __ house of the national legislature, and to which legislature they __ responsible. |
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| in a semi-presidential system, the president and prime minister share __ __ |
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| In semi-presidential systems, __ chambers of parliament can be dissolved |
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| in semi-presidential systems, early __ __ can be called |
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| In this, periods of potential executive branch conflict – when the president and the prime minister come from competing political parties – can occur and are referred to as periods of “cohabitation.” |
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| Do semi-presidential regimes toggle back and forth between a presidential phase (when cohabitation does not exist) and a parliamentary phase (when cohabitation does exist)? |
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| creator of the Russian Federation constitution, 1993 |
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| presidential systems are characterized by separate __ and __ |
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| in this kind of system the president is elected separately from the legislature in a separate vote of the electorate (separate origins) |
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| in presidential systems, the president __ depend on the support of the legislature to stay in office and __ responsible to the legislature |
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| in presidential systems, can the legislature get rid of the president for political reasons, reasons of disagreement over policy, or even for manifest incompetence? |
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| in presidential systems, can the president dissolve the legislature? |
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| in presidential systems, executive and legislative powers are __ |
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| in presidential systems, president is in charge of the __ and names members of the __ |
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| in presidential systems, who are the members of the cabinet responsible to? |
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| only the president, not the legislature |
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| presidential systems can have a divided government, meaning.... |
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| legislature controlled by party A, executive controlled by party B |
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| virtually all of North, Central, and South America is made up of __ systems. |
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| __ systems dominate the continent of Africa |
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| there is not a pure single presidential system in __ |
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| a set of fundamental laws that assigns and distributes governmental power to defined institutions and offices – establishes the rules of the game of politics by defining the powers, rights, responsibilities of the political actors. |
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| most constitutions in force today were written ... |
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| most constitutions are codified into ... |
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| generally constitutions have __ main features |
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| 4 main features of constitutions? |
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fundamental laws
entrenched status
codified document
allocation of powers |
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| constitutional rules are supreme over “regular” law – if there is a conflict between constitutional law and normal law, constitutional law wins and the normal law must be changed so as to be compatible with the constitution |
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| constitutional laws are more entrenched than regular law, meaning that it is much harder to change constitutional laws than it is to change regular laws. It is more durable. There is usually a very complicated and/or difficult procedure required to change constitutional law. Hence, changes occur only rarely |
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| the usual horizontal distribution of governmental power |
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executives
legislatures
judiciaries |
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| initiate government action, make and implement public policy, coordinate state activity. |
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| executives are led by who? |
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| institutions of government charged with the duty of discussing, debating, and passing laws; of checking the powers of the executive branch |
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| legislatures can be __ or __ |
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| if a legislature is bicameral, it can be __ and __ in power |
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| symmetrical bicameral legislature? |
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| asymmetrical bicameral legislature? |
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| defenders of the constitution; adjudicators of legal disputes; implementers of the justice system. |
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| some judiciaries have __ __, which is the power to declare the acts of the executive or the laws of the legislatures unconstitutional and, therefore, null and void. |
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| states where all ultimate power resides in the central government; all powers and authorities that may exist at the regional or local level have been assigned to those units by the central government and may be altered or eliminated by the central government at its discretion. |
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| states where governmental powers are divided vertically, between a central government, on the one hand, and a series of lower-level governments at the regional or local levels, on the other. The powers and authority of the lower-level units (states, provinces, regions, etc) are given to those units by the constitution (not by the central government) and cannot be altered without the approval of those units themselves |
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| federalism is more likely in __ countries |
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| the existence of federalism in any country makes __ __ there more likely |
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| federalism makes __ in the legislative branch more likely |
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| in federal states, these are important political actors |
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| regional leaders (governors) |
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| in semi-presidential systems, the ___ runs the day-to-day affairs of the country |
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| in semi-presidential systems, the ___ is in charge of foreign affairs, diplomacy, war-and-peace issues, etc. |
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| if the President and Prime Minister in semi-presidential system are from the same political party, then it is the ____ who usually is the key actor in the political system |
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| Systems in which governments cannot be removed by the assembly |
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| in presidential government the __ is not divided |
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| in a presidential government there are __ agents of the electorate |
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| 3 usual layers to government in any country? |
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| this is what we in the USA sometimes call "federal," as in "federal government" |
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| Regional layer of govt is called __ in USA, __ in Canada, and __ in Germany |
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| municipalities, cities, counties (parishes in Louisiana) |
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| here, the balance of power within a country resides overwhelmingly with the parts (the countries, states, provinces, or regions) and not with the whole |
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| confederal/confederation/confederacy |
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| According to the text there are __ parliamentary democracies in the world, of which __ are constitutional monarchies and __ are republics. |
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| in a parliamentary regime, is the head of govt directly elected by voters? |
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| any government/cabinet that is comprised of individuals who represent more than one political party |
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| an example of a coalition government? |
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| the prime ministers cabinet is also known as the? |
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| in Britain, the House of Commons can sit for a period of time not to exceed __ years between election |
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| In Germany, the maximum time period the lower chamber can sit? |
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| 2 divisions in the house of lords? |
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lords temporal
lords spiritual |
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| 2 types of lords temporal? |
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hereditary peers
life peers |
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| Lords spiritual are called? |
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| This type of bill is introduced by the executive (govt/cabinet) |
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| this type of bill is introduced by a member of parliament that isn't part of the cabinet |
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| This says that 90% of bills come from the executive and 90% of those bills pass |
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| When the French cut a deal with the Germans after only fighting for 6 weeks in WWII this was created |
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| Philippe Petain, Pierre Laval |
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| Who helped overthrow the Vichy Regime? |
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| What crisis helped DeGaulle finally get his semi-presiential system? |
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