French system that includes a dual executive: the president is the head of state, and the prime minister is head of government.
What is semi-presidential system
100
French currency
What is the euro
100
Name given to the German political regime since 1949
What is Bonn Republic
100
German currency
What is the euro
200
Head of the state in France, position currently held by Francois Hollande
Who is the French President
200
Shift in French agricultural sector from small farms to...
What is large-scale production
200
Office currently held by Angela Merkel in Germany
What is Chancellor
200
Controversial aspect of Germany's economic consensus, in which unions are given half of all seat on the board of directors in Germany's largest private firms.
What is codetermination
300
Former General of the French Army during WWII who called for a new constitution, which effectively started the Fifth Republic in 1958.
Who is Charles de Gaulle
300
Perceived as consequences of dirigism
What is heavy tax burden, large public sector, expansive welfare system
300
German upper legislative house
What is Bundesrat
300
Primary sector of Germany's economy
What is services
400
Upper House of the French Parlement
What is Senat (Senate)
400
France's main economic sector; strays away from production and focuses on hospitality, law practice, among other similar industries.
What is service or service-based economy
400
The German legislative-executive system
What is parliamentary system
400
System in which the ordinary elements of civil society, such as unions, are sanctioned by the state and given authority to represent particular groups.
What is neocorporatism
500
French lower house, elected through a single member district majority
What is National Assembly
500
French term for state authority in directing economic development
What is dirigisme
500
Elected through mixed-single member districts and proportional representation, it is the German lower house
What is Bundestag
500
"Economic miracle" of the 1960s which led to rapid expansion of Germany's economy after WWII.