POLI 212 Midterm: POLI212-Midterm
28 Oct 2015
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A system of government in which legislative power is vested in two chambers. A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives. A principle that asserts that plurality rule elections structured within single- member districts tend to favor a two- party system. Occurs when voters switch their votes between parties from one election to another. Ethnic conflict is an armed conflict between ethnic groups (socially defined category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural or national experience) Describes a system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (such as states or provinces). Granting from the king downwards, of land and rights in exchange for military and political support by other princes or nobles. A election consisting of the candidate that had received the more votes, win the elections.
