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35 Cards in this Set
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Who is Betty Friedan and Mary Wollstonecraft?
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Betty Friedan- Liberal feminist.
Mary Wollstonecraft-Liberal feminists supported antidiscrimination, legalized abortion. |
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What is Feminism?
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women equal to men. Against patriarchy.
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Name 4 types of feminists
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Diversity feminists
Liberal feminists Socialist feminists Radical feminists |
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Collective responsibility
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(Party Discipline)The cabinet’s custom of publicly upholding positions taken by the executive in Britian.
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Comparative Politics
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Compare politics from countries or time periods
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What is Conservatism? (2 kinds)
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Traditional values strengthen society.
One- self restraint over pleasure Two- economic concerns, work ethic. |
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Types of government(4)
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Democracy
Totalitarian Parliamentary Presidential |
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Electoral College
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A system required by the U.S. constitution for electing U.S. presidents. They must have majority of votes.
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Environmentalism
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Ideology of viewing natural resources as important.
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Fundamentalists(Islamists)
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advocate creation of Islamic theocracies, to be governed by a pastor. Some may advocate terrorism.
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Authoritarian secularists
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favor a dictatorial state run by secular authorities.
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Democratizing secularists
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Creating a democratic system in a Muslim country.
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Anarchism
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government is unnecessary and harmful, and that people would coexist peacefully without it
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Communism
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there is no class conflict or exploitation,resources no longer exists
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Judicial review
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Power of a court to find if laws are unconstitutional
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Liberalism
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Political ideology stressing tolerance for diverse life styles
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Libertarianism
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A contemporary application of classical liberalism
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Majority Coalition Government+-
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Two or more parties share cabinet posts. Plus- It expands representation, Flexibility and adaptability.Negative- Difficulty in reaching common accord on policies. Governmental instability
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Minority Government
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Opposite of Majority gov. Not majority of legislative house.
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Patriarchy
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used by feminist to describe the rule of men over women
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Patriotism
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Love for your country
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Presidential(Parliamentary system)
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President and Prime minister each have decision making power. President is elected by voters. Prime Minister approved by parliament
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Purposes of democratic governance
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Government in which the people and the government are connected
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Single-Party Majoritarian Government
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Party wins a majority of seats in legislature
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Sir Edmund Burke
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An important conservative political theorist. Violent attacks against aristocracy
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Fascism
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Response to the specific combination of problems. Fascist ideology demands a powerful state
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Hypernationalism
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Its an extreme version of nationalism. Democracy is intolerable
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Racism
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want racial purity and superiority
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Totalitarianism
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The state monopolizes control over everything and economy. Little room left for private liberty
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Anti-Semitism
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being against jews
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Bicameralism
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2 houses in the legislative chambers
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Unicameralism
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1 house in the legislative chambers
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Checks and balances
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not all the power is given to the president. Power is divided among branches
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Parliamentary supremacy
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Parliament can do everything
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President’s veto
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President checks laws
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