Concept Definition
The process by which political power is transferred down to lower level structures of the state is called
Devolution
The idea of destroying Al Qaeda by hunting down its leader Osama Bin Laden is an example of what approach to dealing with political violence?
Individual explanation of violence
Distinguished members of society that are given lifetime appointments to the House of Lords are called
Life Peers
In theory, the political division of Russia's regions reflects what type of political system?
Asymmetric Federalism
The name of China's legislative branch is
National People's Congress
a political system in which the head of government and the head of state roles are combined into a single executive position is called a
Presidential System
The Honduran Presidential election system is a classic example of
First Past the Post Elections
The name of the party that first pushed for Brexit and eventually managed to get a sizable portion of ideological nationalists on board with the project is
UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party)
The Russian government institution in charge of promulgating the budget and appointing the heads of all descentralized offices is the
Prime Minister
Founder of the Kuomintang party and father of post-dynastic modern China.
Sun Yat Sen
Having a sense of awareness about belonging to a distinctive group of people, feeling pride on them, and then believing that you all share a unique political destiny is the definition of
Nationalism
Because of its similarity to the old dynastic system of Ancient China, the Communist system of non-democratic leadership successions enjoys not only rational-legal legitimacy but also some degree of what other type of legimitimacy?
Traditional Legitimacy
Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations that assist the government in making policy are called
Quangos
The Russian Judicial system is often accussed of using what unfair authoritarian legal trope to help cement the power of the ruling elite?
Rule by Law
What is the equivalent party structure to the State Council in China?
The Politburo Standing Committee
One danger of having both High Autonomy and High Capacity is that it may lead to
Authoritarianism
The inability of the EU despite its power and vast resources to compell the British to remain within the Union after the Brexit Referendum is an example of what combo of autonomy and capacity?
Low Autonomy but High Capacity
State of exception as a Parliamentary exclusive, right of petition, freedoms of speech, movement, & election, prohibition of cruel or unusual punishment, are all contained in what seminal British Document?
Bill of Rights
Russia is best defined as what type of authoritatian regime?
Illiberal Democracy
China's extensive network of electronic censorship, alternative state-controlled internet navigators, and electronic surveillance systems is called
The Great Firewall of China
A collection of people bound by shared institutions that define how human relations should be conducted
A Society
The Keynesian approach of strategic government intervention in the economy and in society used by Roosevelt to tackle the Great Depression reflects ideas from what ideology?
Social Democracy
How did Tony Blair term his policy approach?
The Third Way
Which is the only Russian institution capable (in theory) of starting the destitution process of the President?
The Federal Council
This imaginary line goes diagonally from South to North in China and to the East of it you can find over 96% of the population and most of the economic activity
Heihe-Tengchong Line