The United Kingdom
The biggest difference between the United States' government and the United Kingdom's government
What is Parliament
How Swedes choose their members of Parliament
What is Proportional Representation
The Chancellor of Germany and the party they are from?
Who is Angela Merkel from the CDU
The party in power most frequently in the United Kingdom
Who are the Liberals (Tories)
The types of welfare states
(Which countries are which?)
Liberal Welfare State (Great Britain)
Social Democratic Welfare State (Sweden)
Christian Democrat Welfare State (Germany)
The two houses in British Parliament
The difference between materialist and post-materialist issues
Materialist values focus on financial well-being
The percent of renewable energy that Germany uses
What is 46%
The biggest party in the Swedish Parliament.
It is also the oldest party in Germany.
What are the Social Democrats
The biggest social service in the UK (hint: Thatcher tried to privatize it).
What is the National Health Service
The two main reasons for Brexit
What are:
-anti-austerity of the EU
-anti-immigration policy of the EU
Name two Policies that ensure economic growth in Sweden
What are:
-Low interest rate
-Centralized bargaining
-Active job market policy
Describe MMP
Two votes: one for a particular person and one for a party
Half the seats are won from districts by plurality
Half the seats from the party list so that the percent of total seats is the percentage of the second vote. Total seats won in Parliament is proportional to the proportion of the combined proportion won in the two separate votes
The two wings of the Conservative Party in the UK
What are the Traditional Hierarchical Paternalists and the Liberals
The basis for German Welfare Policy
What is Catholic Social Theory
Two reasons for Thatcher's vote of no confidence/subsequent political downfall
-Couldn't pass a poll tax
-Couldn't privatize the National Health Service
-Sided with the THP on keeping the pound
Two reasons for high gender equality in economy and politics
What are:
-socially engrained value
-state-provided childcare
-zipper party list system
Name one of the two main components of German Economic Policy
-Co-determination
-Active labor market policy/lots of skills training
The right-wing populist parties gaining popularity in each country
Main differences between Swedish Social Democratic welfare state and liberal welfare state (name two)
-universalist vs targeted
-many public services vs few public services
-government determines welfare vs market
Tony Blair's method for gaining support for the 'New Labour Party'
How Sweden got from exporting lumber to Ikea furniture in the span of several decades
What is the solidaristic wage policy
Components of Lander industrial policy (name one)
-incentives to encourage cooperation
-incentives to encourage banks to make investments/loans
-lander take ownership stakes in important firms
The parties in the traditional coalition government in German Parliament
Christian Democrats + CSU and occasionally the Free Democrats
The competition that launched ABBA to international fame
What is Eurovision