POL 101W Study Guide - Final Guide: Dependency Theory, Import Substitution Industrialization, International Non-Governmental Organization
6 Dec 2016
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Key concepts to study for the final: weeks 8 to 13. A territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body. The number of representatives that voters elect from a given district into the same legislative body. The manipulation of the division of the country into electoral districts so as to benefit a particular party. The right of all adult citizens to vote regardless of characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, wealth, or education. The system used to translate the votes people cast into the composition of the legislature and the selection of the government. An electoral system in which the proportion of seats a party receives in the legislature reflects the proportion of votes it has obtained: list-pr. An electoral system that involves each party presenting a list of candidates to the electorate in each multi-member electoral district: single transferable vote (stv) An electoral system in which voters rank order their preferences for candidates in a multimember electoral district.
