POLI SCI 106 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Party System, Industrial Revolution, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
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British prime minister 1997-2007, new labour party, resigned. Devolution, house of lords, supreme court of uk, european convention on human. Unpopular because of entrance into iraq war, wrong intelligence. Cabinet system: consists of a number of bodies. Senior career civil servant has chief administrative responsibility: operational, not political duties. Leader of the conservative party (center-right)- main opposition party (out of power) Challenges to the modern nation-state ethnic, religious and regional conflict increasing heterogeneity of societies globalization regional integration/supranational governance i. e. eu. Third party in 2 party system economically liberal, socially progressive. 22% of vote in 2005, 62 seats in house of commons. New labour pledge to get rid of hereditary peers. First step "99, got rid of 667 of them, 92 left. More power to scotland, wales, northern ireland. Scottish parliament: nearly all domestic policy, limited taxation powers. Welsh parliament: implements primary decisions taken at westminster, no tax powers.