Key Concepts 1
THIS TERM could mean: (1) A political-economic system in which all wealth and property are shared so as to eliminate exploitation, oppression, and, ultimately, the need for political institutions such as the state; (2) A political ideology that advocates such a system
What is COMMUNISM?
What is MARXISM?
THIS TERM refers to the UK and 54 of its former colonies and serves to maintain at least some of the economic and cultural ties established during Britain's imperial rule.
What is THE COMMONWEALTH?
What is dominant party system?
This is the Chinese miltiary trained to fight enemies and win public support.
What is the PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA)?
THIS refers to the transfer of power to a lower level by the central or federal government to a lower or local adminstration.
THIS philosophy emphasized a fixed set of heirarchical roles, meritocracy, and obedience to authority. It has spread across the major powers in East and parts of Southeast Asia.
THIS has provided all British citizens with the guarantee of medical care free of charge, since it was established after WWII, financed by progressive taxation and by the operation of state-owned enterprises nationalized during the collectivist consensus
What is the NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS)?
In Russia, members of this body are nominated by the President, confirmed by the Federation Council, hears cases referred from lower courts and issues instructions to lower courts on judicial matters but does NOT have the power of Judicial Review
HINT: It is the MOST common name for the highest court in any land.
What is the Supreme Court?
THIS is the CCP's legislative body; akin to the national political party convention and is the highest body within the party.
What is the NATIONAL PARTY CONGRESS?
THIS term refers to the political practice of adherence to a set of understood limitations on the power of the state.
HINT: the practice can be protected by either a WRITTEN or COMMON LAW understood set of laws
What is CONSTITUTIONALISM?
PLURALITY
What is NATIONAL elections?
What is the LEGISLATIVE branch?
He is the General Secretary of the CCP and current head of state.
THIS refers to the idea that no formal powers are reserved for regional or local government.
What is A UNITARY STATE?
THIS IDEA refers to the revival of classic liberal values that promote free competition among businesses within the market, including reduced government regulation and social spending, the purest form of capitalism.
What is NEOLIBERALISM?
Although technically a multi-party system, the UK can also be called THIS due to major party dominance over the last century.
or What is TWO-PARTY PLUS SYSTEM?
or What is TWO-AND-A-HALF PARTY SYSTEM?
What is the PRIME MINISTER?
THEY are China's private entrepreneurs who are also members of the CCP and whose interests (both politically and economically) generally align with those of the party-state.
Who are RED CAPITALISTS?
What is CULT OF PERSONALITY?
THIS is a system based on local customs and precedent rather than formal legal codes.
THIS tradition in the UK requires all menbers of the Cabinet to either support government policy in full or to resign in order to appear unified and take responsibility for their policies?
This word, literally meaning "fortress inside a city", and is often also used metonymically to refer to the Russian government, but specifically for the ______________.
What is the PRESIDENT?
or Who is VLADIMIR PUTIN?
THIS TERM refers to China's guarantee to Hong Kong of 50 years of domestic autonomy as a "special administrative region" after the British colony was returned to China in 1997.
What is "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS"?