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comparative review of review
43 cards·by anaolgy
electoral system
how officials are elected
confederation
affiliation between two or more states not involving a strong central government
WTO
-open to any country in the world and was made to liberalize international trade
soverignity
ability of a state to control it's own affairs w/o interference from gov
civic nationalism
when state derives political legitimacy from the participation of its citizens
regulatory policy
how gov passses and enacts laws
redistributive policy
takes federal money and redistributed it to private companies (Pell grant)
free market capitalism
econ system that has little to no government intervention
who is Iran's HOG
president
who is Iran's HOS
supreme leader
dual executive
when executive branch derives its power from the leg or parli
parliamentary system
leg and exec are interconnected
plurality win
less than 50percent voted for the person/issue but that vote wins bc it got more than other
issues
legislative
makes laws
GDP
goods & services produced by an economy
nationalization
process of making the gov the owner of resources
globalization cons
-rich get richer, poor get poorer
globalization pros
influx of info, lower prices for consumers
noblesse oblige
duty of upperclass to take responsibility for the welfare of the lower classes
members of parliament-job?
debate and refine potential legislation and are only ones who can ultimately become HOG
SMD/Plurality
each member of parli represents a contained geographic district
thatherization
privitization
Labour Party
working class
conservatives
answer
camarillas
powerful political cliques
PRI
wanted to stabilize power, ruled for 70 years due to illegalities, pendulum effect
PRD
traditionally liberal, supports state control over industry, and social services
PAN
catholics and Northeners, conservative, lower taxes and free trade
PEMEX
mexicos state owned oil monopoly
mexican revolution led to
the constitution
North Mexico
more developed, conservative
South Mexico
rural, less developed, liberal
Zedillo ended the tradition of hand picking the sucessor in
mexico
political parties in nigeria are mostly based on
personalities and powerful individuals
nigerias democritazation is interupted by frequent military intervention
answer
In Iran the head of the judiciary is appointed by
the supreme leader
fascism
based on militarism and remaking society along racial, religious, or ethnic lines
pros of PR
-encourages smaller parties, ideas/personalities, minority interests are represented
FPTP/SMD
plurality rules, small parties have dissporportionate importance
large bureaus pros and cons
PROS: stablitlity, expertise, resistance to reform CONS: resistance to reform, power is in
the hands of unelected officials, inefficiency
what does the judiciary do? (general)
settles disputes relating to existing laws
Irans legislature
Majlis and Guardian council
China
unitary, dual executive, but in reality the head of the CCP has true power