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States and the Economy
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This is a government structure, usually sovereign and powerful enough to enforce its own laws.
State
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Economic system of the United States.
Capitalism, laissez-faire, free market...
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One member of Congress is chosen to represent the entire district by winning a plurality (not necessarily a majority) of the votes.
Single-member district
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What kind of state is characterized by the penetration of crime into politics.
Weak States
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Ideology of protecting and conserving the environment.
Environmentalism
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A population with a certain sense of itself, a cohesiveness, a shared history and culture, and often (but not always) a common language.
Nation
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Low state ownership with high welfare benefits.
Welfare State
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This system sends several representatives, instead of just one, to represent a district based on voting percentages.
Proportional Representation
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These basically have no national government.
Failed States
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Type of government where the government makes most decisions.
Communism
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Centralization of power in a nation's capital with little power given to subdivisions.
Unitary system
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High state ownership and welfare benefits
Socialist
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Which system tends to give a majority to one party making it unnecessary to form coalitions between parties to pass legislation?
Single Member District
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These are working structures of the government, such as the Supreme Court or House of Representatives in the US.
Political institutions
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Working with the world as it is and not as we wish it to be.
Realism
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Balancing of power between a nation's capital and subdivisions.
Federalism
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High state ownership with low welfare benefits.
Statist
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Tends to lead to a multiparty systems
Proportional Representation
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Hereditary rule by one person
Monarchy
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Who was the founder of politics and what did he call it?
Aristotle and the master science
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Economic system of minimal government interference and supervision.
Laissez-faire
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Economic systems of Cuba and Sweden.
Socialist and Welfare State
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The losing party even if it receives 49% of the vote gets no representation.
Single-Member Districts
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According to Aristotle this is the corrupt form of government where many rule.
Democracy
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A people's heightened sense of their identity.
Nationalism