POLSCI 140 Study Guide - Dirigisme, Glasnost, Nomenklatura

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Terms (concepts, parties, etc) [first half: dirigisme (75, an economic system where the state exerts a strong directive influence over investment. It designates a capitalist economy with a strong directive, as opposed to a merely regulatory, role for the state: cohabitation (66, 67, occurs in semi-presidential systems, such as france"s system, when the. President is from a different political party than the majority of the members of parliament. It occurs because such a system forces the president to name a prime minister that will be acceptable to the majority party within parliament. Thus, cohabitation occurs because of the duality of the executive: an independently elected president and a prime minister who must be acceptable both to this president and to the legislature. In cohabitation, prime minister takes the leading role o: european union (172, 187, 188, the european union (eu) was founded in 1948 in the aftermath of world. War two to promote stability and economic cooperation between member states.