POLI 2053 Chapter : Great Britain
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Since jan 2017, explain role played by: legislature (confirmation of cabinet), executive (orders), judiciary (outlawing refugees), pol parties (republican, democrat) Explain differences between gb and f: presidential vs parliamentary, history [evolution vs revolution], Gb has 2 party domination, france has multiplicity of parties republicans, socialists, front nationale. Similarities between j and germany: parliamentary, weak presidential structure [president, emperor], Definitions for midterm: ethnocentrism, women"s protest march, french election 2017 (marine lepen, Macron, fillion looks like american election), state of the union address, trump inauguration, Obama"s domestic legacy (grading obamacare nyt article), south korean politics, republican sweep in. November, why are people mad at politics?, history questions. Britain is a must-study of comparative politics because it represents what is widely considered as a model for parliamentary democracy. The self-preservation of a political system: known as the westminster system which is the area of london where it"s located, this is critical for any student of comp politics.
