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Gov UK Vocab

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Autonomy   show
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show Members of parliament that are not as noteworthy leaders or shadow cabinet members (may be starting their careers) who are sitting in the back  
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show In contrast with fascism and totalitarianism this political structure includes hierarchical structures in which policy are carried out  
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Causation   show
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Cleavage   show
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show the factors (cleavages) that cause divisions & the recognition that some groups will share common interests but will not always agree on everything  
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Collective Consensus   show
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show In a parliamentary system, the concept that all cabinet members agree on policy decisions and that all will be accountable and responsible for results  
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show There is no formal written constitution, unwritten body of laws based on statutes (acts of parliament), common law (precedents), customs/traditions  
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Devolution   show
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show policy designed to remove political controls over economics and activity  
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show the European Parliament is the EU’s made law-making institution, they also work on the EU budget and make sure other EU institutions are working democratically. The European Court of Justice sees that all the laws are applied in the countries & gets rid o  
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European Union   show
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show system of governance in which the authority of government is concentrated in one body  
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GDP   show
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show signed 1992 created the EU & EMU(central bank)  
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Parliament   show
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show The idea that debate has little effect because MPs are expected to vote w/ their party  
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show electoral system in which election winners are determined by which candidate receives the largest number of votes (regardless of if majority is received)  
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show Governmental system in which the Prime Minister is the head of government with a large amount of control and leverage  
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show selling off state owned companies  
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proportional representation   show
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PPP   show
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show the minority party official leadership that “shadows” cabinet” to check up on what they are doing & critique  
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show Electoral system in which the only one representative is chosen from each constituency  
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social welfare   show
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show The institutions/organizations in which nations are not totally sovereign actors, authority that transcends national borders  
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show terms used to describe new & more central left-wing parties of the 1990s including Britain’s “New Labour”  
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Three line whip   show
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