Electoral Dysfunction
Election system that awards the winner to whomever has the most votes (plurality).
What is First Past the Post? Or Winner Take All
Was the British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. This individual was the leader of the Conservative Party and continued the policy of Ulsterisation and privatized many sectors of the British economy (including airlines and petroleum).
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
One of the universities that most MPs in the UK attend is Cambridge.. which is the other most inf "public school"?
what is oxford?
Electoral system that has powers split between a President and a Prime Minister
What is a Semi-Presidential , Dual Executive or Hybrid Regime?
An agency of the United Nations; increases the ability to exchange currency between nations and make loans available to countries lagging in economic development.
What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Name the THREE most impacting ethic groups in modern Nigeria. (note: there are over 130 ethnic groups in modern Nigeria)
Hausa Fulani (north - Muslim) ; Yuroba (South East ) and Igbo (South West)
While press freedom is legally insured in both of these countries, non-state actors / interest groups often use violence to repress a truly free and competitive press
What are Nigeria and Mexico?
A vote held within a state to determine policy by directly asking voters to make a choice
What is a referendum (may not always lead to policy change)
Comprised of Mexico, Canada, and the United States to stimulated intraregional trade- resulted in little economic progress of Mexico, thus inciting rebellions for the poor.
You must also explain why it is supranational.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
No member may violate NAFTA law.
Mexico's migration pattern is mainly South to North;
China's pattern of migration is mainly:
____________ to ________________.
What is East to West (think rural to urban.)
While proportinal representation results in a multi party legislature, a First past the post electoral system tends to result in this party representation in modern legislatures
What is two party/ two party dominant
(strategic voting)
The sense that the citizens have within a state regarding their ability to influence government and policies.
What is political legitimacy ?
Efficacy is also acceptable
Private institution funded by global governments and investors that focuses on the development of developing or poor countries by distributing loans with "modest" interest rates. Their goal is to ultimately eliminate poverty.
What is the World Bank?
Former Russian president who stepped down from his role as Prime Minister in 2020 after a series of reforms were passed by single referendum that activated many changes that he belived violated the Russian constitution.
Who is Dmitry Medvedev?
This is the main poltical cleavage prevalent in Mexican politics for the last 50 years; one group promotes ideological reform and the other emphasizes economic development and integrated trade. (Spanish phrases)
What are politicos and technicos ?
A later retirement age and longer life span is requiring many countries around the world to expand this...
what is the welfare state/ social safety net?
(Inverted age pyramid)
Electoral system that awards seats based on the percentage of votes a particular party earns. Typically associated with multiparty systems.
What is proportional representation?
Promoted the elimination of minority white-ruled governments in southern Africa; Nigeria is often cited as the unofficial "leader" of this organization.
What is the Organization for African Union?
or just the African Union
Current President of Mexico. Had previously lost a Presidential election to Pena Nieto and protested the results. After which, he formed his own political movement MoReNa, a populist party currently leading the polls for the 2024 presidential election next month.
Who is Andres Manuel Lopez de Obrador? (or AMLO)
The written laws that support / codify civil liberties are called...
civil rights (or just rights)