Chapter 6 Political Science

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unitary system

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political system that concentrate political authority and power within one central government which is singularly responsible for both of the domestic and foreign activity of the political unit

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centralization

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concentration of power in a single body usually the principal government

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European Union

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economic and political union of 27 European states

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delegated authority

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in a unitary system the transfer of certain powers from the national government to subnational authority

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decentralization

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process whereby power and authority is taken from the central government and conferred to non-central government(state ,province)

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devolution

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political system in which the majority of authority is given to regional governments but the power to oversee the , dismiss or entrench these authorities is still held by the central government

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voter turn out

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Number of voters who attend the polls on election day

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non reverse matters

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Powers that are given to a region and may not be recalled by the central government

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non-excepted matters

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Powers that are held by the central government but may be transferred to a regional government at a later date

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centralize federalism

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process whereby federal government increases its power relative to that of the provinces

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North American free trade agreement

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agreement in which Canada , the United States and Mexico have opened their markets to each other

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concurrent

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The sharing of control between provinces and federal levels of government

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reservation

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occurs when a lieutenant governor puts provincial legislation up for the federal cabinet consideration

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disallowance

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occurrence when provincial legislation is rejected or vitoed by the federal cabinet

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Declaratory power

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A federal government's power to take control of any local project if it decides that doing so would be for the greater national good

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cooperative federalism

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cooperation and coordination of policy between the federal and provincial levels of government

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executive federalism

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generally conflicted relationship between provinces and the federal government created when provinces try (often successfully) to seize greater atonomy from the federal government which resists such attempts

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conditional grants

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funds given to the provincial authority's from the federal government which assigns control and conditions on how the monies may be spent .

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unconditional grants

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payment from the federal government that maybe spent by the provinces in anyway they see fit

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sovereignty association

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arrangement by which a state or province acquires independence from the federal government but retain strong links to the country,generally in form of economic policy