Parliments
Official groups of politicians with similar ideas, who vote together
Political Parties
The public acceptance of authority is known as
Legitimacy
Drawing District Lines to benefit your party
Gerrymandering
The highest court in the US government
Supreme Court
As a ruler, you want to have __________ on your side
Key Supporters
Each ___________ elects one house member
Voting District / District
people accept a government because it delivers results they can see in daily life.
Preformance Legitimacy
Why can't politicians cut pensions
When the SCOTUS makes a decision, it can be reverted by another decision of SCOTUS
This is called ____________
Overturning
What is the full name of this course
Power and Politics: The Making of a Modern State
When no party has more than 50% of the seats in a parliment, they need to form a ___________
Coalition / Coalition Government
identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
Nationalism
To get re-elected in a democracy you can
Make life better for citizens
OR:
_________________________
Make it harder for people who oppose you to vote
What are the 3 branches of government
Executive, Judicial, Legislative
What is the relationship between Economic growth rate and Natural Resource exports
Inverse
A vote in the parliment to remove the Head of Government
Vote of No confidence
A government is legitimate because the people are the source of its power, this concept is known as
Popular Soverignty
What is the voting system where people rank their choices
Ranked Choice Voting
_____________ are the top leaders of federal departments and a few other senior positions.
Cabinet Level Officials
The power of a ruler is not to act but to ________________
get others to act on his behalf
Instant Elections that can be called with a majority in parliment
Snap Elections
Govenment has legitimacy because they properly use their power and are elected
Legal-Rational Legitimacy
Single-winner, plurality systems tend to create two dominant parties. This is known as __________'s law
Duverger’s Law
_______________ are written directives from the President to the executive branch
Executive Order
The effect that roads are straighter in dictatorships. What is this effect called, and why does it happen
Straight-Road Phenomenon
Dictators can just take land while democracies can get sued and stopped