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42 Cards in this Set
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Alternative voting
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Allow voters to rank candidates on the ballot in order of preference
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Backbenchers
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Members of parliament who do not say much
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Beveridge Report
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A social insurance program that made all citizens eligible for health, unemployment, pension, and other benfits
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Tony Blair
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Labour Party. Became prime minister and became apart of a coalition government
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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Sought to educate citizens, and it was usually respectful of government officials. Originally monopolized radio and television
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British National Party
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Anti-Semitic, against the presence of of Muslims in Britain
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Gordon Brown
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Had a great deal of trouble convincing the British public to remain loyal to the Labour Party
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David Cameron
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New prime minister: Initiated by his version of a 'big society'
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Caucuses
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Meetings of people with the same ideas or of like minded. Beginning of parties
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Clause 4
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Controversial call for nationalization of the "commanding heights" of British industry
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"civic culture"
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Political culture. In British classified by trust, deference to authority and competence, pragmatism, and harmony.
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Nick Clegg
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Serving as deputy prime minister. The Liberal Democrat leader
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Coalition government
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Political parties working together to own government
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collective responsibility
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The feeling that united the nation after war (all-nation/party devotion)
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"constitution of the crown"
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Important documents, common law, and customs combining to form this term
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Cultural heterogeneity
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A single culture and race instead of mixed and diverse
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Democratic Unionist Party
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Led by Protestant clergyman
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Devolution
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Government falling back to local power
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The English Bill of Rights
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Rights retained by Parliament, not by individual citizens. William and Mary signed this document in 1866, giving important policy making power to Parliament
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Euroskeptics
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Britains who do not want to be apart of the European Union
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Gradualism
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British's gradual political change
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Home rule
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Allowed to make own decisions
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Hung parliament
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No party gained a majority and a coalition government formed
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Insularity
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The feeling of separation from the continent of Europe
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Irish Republican Army
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Revolts against Northern Ireland's union with Great Britain.
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"Iron Lady"
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Thatcher: Capable and firm to some
Other felt economics problems worsened and personality divided the country |
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Keynesianism
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The government takes action to secure full employment expand social services, maintain a steady rate of growth, and to keep prices stable.
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Labour Party
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(1906) Created to represent the rights of the newly-enfranchised working man, and the Conservative Party drew most of its members from middle-class merchants and businessman
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Liberalism
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The philosophy that emphasizes political and economic freedoms for individual and the market
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"loyal opposition"
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Whichever party wins a plurality at the polls becomes the majority party, the other becomes the loyal opposition
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Magna Carta
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First restraint on King John (1215). Consult nobles before making decisions
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Noblesse oblige
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The duty of the upper class to take responsibility for the welfare of the lower classes
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OPEC
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Organization for petroleum exporting countries. Quadrupled oil prices had drastic effects
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Plurality voting system
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Single member district
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Rational-legal legitimacy
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Where the head of state/ government has a rational and legal reason for ruling
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Scottish National Party
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Smaller party. Has won seats in the House of Commons.
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Sinn Fein
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The political arm of the IRA
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Thatcherism
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Conservative capitalist backlash led by Thatcher
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Tories
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Tories supported the king (Charles II). Became the Conservatives
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UK Independence Party
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Opposition to British membership in the European Union
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Whigs
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Whigs opposed the king (Charles II). Became the Liberal Party
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Welfare State
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The willingness of the British to accept assisting others (noblesse oblige)
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