POLI 212 Study Guide - Final Guide: United Ireland, Geert Wilders, Fidesz

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Strategy for answering final exam questions: relate each question to course categories, what is europe, the state & democracy, the eu, political parties, electoral. Systems & referenda, legislative & executive, courts, federalism, social. Required question: explain the eu in the context of european politics, economics, and social/cultural identity. Optional question: analyze the role of nationalism and nation building in europe. How has power- sharing/consociationalism worked: legacy of communism in europe, transition paradigm, path dependency, corporatism v. pluralism, globalization, post-material goals, welfare state, social movements, majoritarian v. consociational (consensus) democracy arend lijphart. In reality, led to customs union and agricultural funding. Affairs: 2004: the first formerly communist countries joined the eu, czech republic, hungary, poland, slovakia, slovenia, estonia, latvia, eu institutions. In certain issues, parliament is able to veto a proposal of the. European voters: the low turnout rates show that citizens perceive politics in.