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Parliamentary Democracy is a system of representative government in which the dominant party in the legislature determines the Prime Minister.
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Parliamentary Democracy
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A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as one single unit in which the central government is supreme and any administrative divisions exercise only powers that the central government chooses to delegate.
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Unitary State
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Constitutional principal that merges the aouthority of branches of government; (parliment is supreme legislative, executive, and judicial authority)
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Fusion Power
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Non-departmental Public Bodies are administrative functions that have been transferred to bodies that are part of the government in terms of funding, function, and appointment of staff but operate away from ministers
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Non-Departmental Public Bodies
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Quangos is also known as non-departmental public bodies or quasi nongovernmental organizations; nonelected bodies that are outside traditional government control or local authorities; influence over health care, education, housing
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quangos
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G-8 is a forum created for the eight most powerful countries in the world which include: France, United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada; hosting the G-8 gets rotated every year and the holder sets the agenda, host the summit for that year, and determines which ministerial meetings will take place; talk about interrelated issues
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G-8
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Sinn Fein-political party in Northern Ireland with close ties to the IRA; president is Gerry Adams; Tony Blair was the first prime minster to meet with head of Sinn Fein since 1921
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Sinn Fein
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European Court of Justice applies and develops law as an independent institution within the EU; it interprets EU law and ensures its equal application across all EU members (develops and enforces)
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European Court of Justice
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Member of Parliament is an elected member of the British Parliament and is a member of the House of Commons
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MP's
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1998 Human Rights Act- Britain is required to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights as well as ruling of the European Court of Justice on Human Rights; provides new ground rules in law for protecting privacy, freedom of religion, wider respect of human rights; provided judiciary with legal framework for addressing specific concerns such as asylum (Parliament cannot rescind)
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1998 Human Rights Act
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Winner-take-all is an electoral system in which the party with the highest percentage wins the election; no majority (first-past-the-post)
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Winner-Take-All
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First-past-the-post- (winner-take-all), candidate who receives the most votes is elected; no majority and no element of proportional representation (plurality voting system)
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First-Past-The-Post
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