Course Concepts
A state's ability to act without internal or external interference.
What is sovereignty?
Citizens' belief that the government has the right to rule
What is legitimacy?
The political party currently dominating Mexican politics in both the executive and legislative branches
What is MORENA?
Parliament's granting of powers to subnational units like Scotland and Wales.
What is devolution?
Care for a spot of this beverage?
What is tea?
A system in which the executive and legislature are elected independently and have separate and independent powers
What is a presidential system?
A system for electing members of the legislature that includes both SMD and PR voting.
What is a mixed electoral system?
Separatist group that arose in response to the passage of NAFTA
Who are the Zapatistas?
What is Duverger's Law?
What is hot chocolate?
A statistical concept, when a change in one variable precipitates a change in another variable.
What is causation?
An organization authorized by the government to represent a group, such as labor, business, or agriculture
What is a peak association?
Process which led Pemex to be partially owned by Mexican citizens rather than the government
What is privatization?
The principle that Parliament's power is supreme and extends over all aspects of the state
Хотите чашку этого горячего напитка?
Что такое чай? Правильно, как в Великобритании.
An aggregate measure of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
What is the Human Development Index (HDI)?
An economy in which wages, prices, and production are mostly set by supply and demand, with some regulation, and mostly private control of businesses and natural resources
What is a regulated market economy?
Free trade treaty that replaced NAFTA.
What is the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Cause of legal and economic issues at the border of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
What is Brexit?
Known as agua de jamaica in Mexico, this drink is also popular in Nigeria, where it is known as Zobo.
What is Hibiscus juice (or tea; or punch)?
Enacting high tariffs and providing incentives to encourage the growth of domestic manufacturing.
What is import substitution industrialization?
A system in which some regions have more formal power and autonomy than others.
What is asymmetrical federalism?
What is the National Action Party (PAN)?
What is the civil-service system?
Dr. Arnold would say this if asked about his favorite drink from one of our course countries.