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Economics and Politics - Definitions

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Upper socail class of noble rank,title or birth, tradionally land owners usally indentified with feudal system   Aristocracy  
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Self governing and independant country   Autonomous  
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According to Marx in the middle class, the owners of the means of production who exploited the working class   Bourgeisie  
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An organization characterized by centralized authority with clearly stated procedures for carrying out its tasks   Bureucracy  
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Adivisors to the leader who also head up government departments   Cabinet  
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Money, Man made objects,machinery   Capital  
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Producers that make the same product who are involved in planning market stategy   Cartel  
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An economic system in which major desicions about production and distrubution are made by planners   Central Planning  
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A government in which two or more political parties join together to govern   Coalition Government  
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Philosopy of acting together for a common group good rather than individuals   Collectivism  
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Economic system in which all desicions are made at the top   Command Economy  
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AN 1848 declaration outlinedby Marx and Engels in which they called for the overthrow of capitalism.   Communist Manifesto  
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A general opinion or principal that our representatives must gain our acceptance before they can act.   Consensus  
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Person who favours keeping things as they are, opposed to change exept for slow, cautious reforms.   Conserative  
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Decisions are made by many different groups and individuals   Decentralization  
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A period when business activity slow down, During this time there is unemplyment and falling prices and incomes   Depression  
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System of government in which the power is with the elite and the rights of the citizens is not guaranteed   Dictatorship  
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Citizens make all their own decisions by voting on all issues instead of allowing a representative to do this for them.   Direct Democracy  
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To disagree with the majority or with government actions   Dissent  
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Goal was to nationalize large businesses and redistrabute income in Great Britain   Fabian Movement  
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Political system which empasizes nationalism, militarism, anti-communist and totalitarian rule. Individuals are allowed to retain ownership of capital goods but are subject to centralized control   Fascism  
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Polictical system that power is divided among central and regional governments   Federalism  
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Right to vote in public election   Franchise  
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Private ownership of property and freedom of individuals to buy and sell. Little government involvement   Free Enterprise  
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German terms for leader (Hitler)   Fuhrer  
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Secret police of NAzi regime associated with terror and force   Gestapo  
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An open and frank approach introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev to solve USSR problems   Glasnost  
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Planning for USSR distribution   Gossnab  
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USSR planning for economy and political goals of the Comunist party   Gosplan  
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Process in the USA Congress to remove member of office who have broken the law   Impeachment  
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Groups that try to influence the government for a certain position   Interest Groups  
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Adam's Smith theory to prove there was no need for production because the profit motive would result in producer making what the consumer wanted at an acceptable price.   Invisible Hand  
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An Absence of government action, especially in the realm of industry where trade well flurish best when there is a minimum amout of interference by the state in economic affairs   Laissez - Faire  
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Attracted by ideals of Socailism and collectivism and economic and political equality   Left - Wing  
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Policies favouring reform and progress espically in government and economics   Liberal  
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Bringing pressure on the government to do something for the benefit of a particular interest   Lobby  
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An ideology in which class conflict is considered the main force of socail change   Marxism  
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A capitalist economy in which private enterprise and competitive markets have been altered by governement intervention and monopoly.   Mixed economy  
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process of turning a privatly owned industry into a publicly owned company   Nationalization  
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Roosevelt's policy to involve the government in the economy for recovery from the depression in 1929   New Deal  
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Rule by few influential members   Oligarchy  
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Restructuring of the political and economic institutions of the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev   Perestrokia  
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Political-economic system that stresses varying degrees of government ownerships and redistribution of income   Socailism  
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Maintain things as they are.   Status Quo  
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