AP Comparative Government and Politics: Great Britain
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Prime Minister | This person is the head of the majority party. |
| House of Lords | The decisions made by this political institution can easily be overruled by the House of Commons. |
| The cabinet. | This political institution is the center of policy making. |
| David Cameron | This person is currently the prime minster and the head of the conservative party. |
| House of Lords. | This house of the legislative branch is also part of the judiciary branch. |
| Parliament | Who are the only national officials that British voters elect? |
| The prime minister | Cabinet members and subsidiary posts are chosen by |
| conservatives | Politicians that tend to embody the values of the noblesse oblige |
| First- past- the-post | Electoral system based on single-member districts in which the candidate who receives the most votes wins |
| prime minister | Serves only as long as they remain leader of the majority party |
| unwritten | This is an unique characteristic of Great Britain's constitution. |
| NATO, the European Union, and the United Nations | The United Kingdom is part of 3 international organizations. |
| high taxes | The government pays for peoples welfare with this. |
| health care, social security, housing, education, and child support | The government provides many types of welfare. |
| National Health Service, the Social Service program, and the Pensions Service program | the names of the three main welfare programs |
| Magna Carta | what the constitution is based off of. |
| Margaret Thatcher | This prime minister cut back on social welfare. |
| Tony Blair | This Prime Minister established the Third Way policy |
| establish Parliament as the ruling body and create the Bill of Rights. | The Glorious Revolution accomplished this for the United Kingdom. |
| 1945 to 1951 | During this time the British Welfare state was created |
| conservatives | the tories |
| Sinn Fein | the Northern Ireland political party |
| Shadow Cabinet | The leadership of the opposition party is called what? |
| Quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations | QUANGO |
| Magna Carta | In 1215, it limited the power of the monarch |
| United Kingdom | Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland are considered to be this. |
| service industries | For many years, Britain's economy has been based on these rather than manufacturing industries. |
| social welfare programs | Over the past two decades, the government has greatly reduced public ownership and contained the growth of these. |
| Ireland | England and this nation have a long history of conflict, particularly over religion. |
| Prime Minister | He/she can call for elections |
| single-member district plurality system | This is the system in which each party selects a candidate to run for each district. |
| safe districts | Party leaders run from these, where the party almost always wins. |
| Conservatives | This political party consists mostly of middle and upper-class, educated people. |
| Third Way | This centrist policy has made the labour party appealing to Scots, Welsh and the poor |
| the crown | This political institution is mainly a figurehead. |
| Prime Minister | He or she shapes cabinet decisions into policy. |
| cabinet members | They serve at the pleasure of the Prime Minister or until the House of Commons is dissolved. |
| House of Commons | This House alone is responsible for making decisions on financial Bills, such as proposed new taxes. |
| House of Lords | It includes experts in many fields who are mostly appointed. |
| traditional legitimacy | This is how the UK government establishes legitimacy. |
| Ireland, Wales, Scotland | In the past these countries have resolved conflict with the UK. |
| a nanny state | The UK is considered this kind of state. |
| What are education cut-backs? | Students in the UK were recently protesting this. |
| The Chancellor | The budget which decides how taxes will be collected and distributed are delivered by him or her. |
| the pound to the euro. | As a member of the European Union, the UK is required to transition from these currencies. |
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