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poly sci 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| feudalsim | system of political power dispersed among layers |
| parliament | national legislature when capitalized British parliament, specifically house of commons |
| riksdag | Sweden's parliament |
| estates general | old, unused french parliament |
| absolution | post-federal concentration of power in monarch |
| presidential sysetems | those with separate election of executive (as opposed to symbolic) president |
| president | in U.S.-type systems the chief political officer, in many other systems, a symbolic official |
| parliamentary systems | those with election of parliament only, which in turn elects the prime minister |
| prime minister | chief political official in parliamentary systems |
| separation of powers | legislative and executive branches checking and balancing each other |
| fusion of power | executive as an offshoot of the legislature |
| mp | British member of parliament, namely, the house of commons |
| opposition | those parties in parliament not supporting the government |
| backbencher | ordinary member of parliament with no leadership executive responsibilities |
| national assembly | lower, more important chamber of french parliament |
| bundestag | lower, more important chamber of German parliament |
| bicameral | parliament having two chambers, upper and lower |
| unicameral | parliament with one chamber |
| bundesrat | upper, weaker chamber of German parliament |
| lords | upper, weaker chamber of British parliament |
| life peer | distinguished Briton named to house of lords for his or her life, not hereditary |
| vote of confidence | vote in parliament to support or oust government |
| whip | legislator who instructs other party members when and how to vote |
| capitol hill | home of U.S. congress |
| minority government | cabinet lacking firm majority in parliament |
| portfolio | ministers assigned ministry |
| pork barrel | government projects aimed at legislators constituencies also called earmarks |
| log rolling | legislators mutually supporting each other to get pork-barrel bills passed |
| constituency casework | attention legislators pay to complaints of people who elect them |
| ombudsman | Swedish for "agent" lawyer employed by parliament to help citizens wronged by government |
| question hour | time reserved in commons for opposition to challenge cabinet |
| apartheid | system of strict racial segregation formerly practiced in south Africa |
| longitudinal | studying how something changes over time |
| aggregate | thing or population considered as a whole |
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