politically significant differences in social attitudes and voting behavior between men and women
What is gender gap?
100
This is the concept in which citizens trust in their government and believe they have the ability to influence political affairs
What is efficacy?
100
an instruction given to Members of Parliament by the leaders of their party telling them they must vote in the way that the party wants them to on a particular subject.
What is a three-line whip?
100
Reports issued by the government as policy statements to inform and guide the legislators and parliamentarians. They also encourage transparency because they help exchange information with the public.
What is White Paper?
100
International commerce that is relatively unregulated or constrained by tariffs
What is free trade?
200
In this type of election, there is one vote per citizen, and the candidate who receives the most votes than the other candidates win
What is first past the post?
200
when members of the Cabinet must publicly support all governmental decisions made in Cabinet, even if they do not privately agree with them
What is Collective responsibility?
200
This person has been the leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2007 and a member of parliament since 2005.
Who is Nick Clegg?
200
when the government should work to narrow the gap between rich and poor through public education, national health care, and other policies of the welfare state
What is collectivist consensus (on welfare state)?
200
a phrase used to describe the exceptionally close political, diplomatic, cultural, economic, military and historical relations between the United Kingdom and the United States
What is Special Relationship?
300
A system of political representation in which seats are allocated to parties within multimember constituencies, roughly in proportion to the votes each party receives. Encourages the election to parliament of more political parties than single-member winner-take-all systems
What is proportional representation?
300
a term taken from the French, which means "to let do", to allow to act freely. It refers to the pattern in which state management is limited to such matters as enforcing contracts and protecting rights, while private market forces are free to operate with only minimal state regulation
What is Laissez-faire?
300
quasi-nongovernmental organizations; nonelected bodies that our outside traditional government departments or local authorities. They have considerable influence over public policy in areas such as education, health care, and housing
What is Quangos?
300
when the central government gives power to local groups or government
What is Devolution?
300
the system of national medical services since 1948, financed mainly by taxation
What is the National Health Service?
400
A procedure used by members of a legislative body (generally the lower house in a bicameral system) to remove a government (the prime minister and his cabinet) from office. It is also a vote that confirms present leadership: a vote in which voters express their continuing approval of the leadership of a party or policy
What is Vote of Confidence?
400
The value orientation that emphasizes self-expression and quality of life over economic and physical security.
What is postmaterialsm?
400
This man is the current Leader of the Labour Party and the Leader of the Opposition. Has been a MP since 2005 and served in the cabinet for 3 years alongside his brother.
Who is Ed Miliband?
400
A political movement by the Labour Party in which business development is balanced with the needs of society, democratic socialist.
What is the Third Way
400
A state that can control the pattern of alliances and terms of international order, and often, and often shapes domestic political development in countries throughout the world
What is Hegemonic Power?
500
A vote by the electorate on a political issue that has been referred for a direct discussion, specifically on the case of an alternative voting system in which seats are distributed to correspond with the proportion of votes received out of the total number of votes.
What is the PR Referendum?
500
This is a concept of government in which the state has a predominant responsibility to provide for the wellbeing (socially and economically) of its constituents. It is based on the ideas of distribution of wealth and equal opportunity.
What is Welfare State?
500
a form of democracy based on the supreme authority of Parliament and the accountability of its elected representatives
What is Westminster Model
500
An economic growth theory that posits humans' desires and unlimited wants foster ever-increasing productivity and economic growth.
What is the New Growth Theory?
500
This July 7th terror attack accomplished by Britain-born Muslims further added to the skepticism toward the Muslim community.