AP Comparative Government Great Britain 2011

Concept List By Country

199068879	Civil society	Voluntary associations outside the state governmental
199068880	Franchise	the right to vote which came to Britain in the mid 1800's.
199068881	Fusion of powers	is a constitutional principle that merges the authority of the executive, legislative and even the judicial branches of government. This is in contrast to the separation of power principle. In Britain, for example, Parliament and the cabinet is the supreme legislative, and executive, authority and parliament can also assume the judicial capacity.
199068882	Import substituting industrialization (ISI)	The domestic industries take over private development of goods and services that at one time were imported, increasing the drive to a market economy..
199068883	Legitimacy	According to a state's citizens, the state has a rightful authority to exist.
199068884	Monetarism	The private sector will control the economic development of a country instead of the government's attempt to pursue growth through increasing the debt load.
199068885	nongovernmental organization (NGO)	a private group similar to a special interest group but takes on issues of an international level.
199068886	Parliamentary democracy	system of government in which the chief executive is answerable to the legislature and may be dismissed by it. Parliamentary democracy stands in contrast to a presidential system, in which the chief executive is elected in a national ballot and is independent of the legislative branch.
199068887	Parliamentary sovereignty	provides the sole initiative to keeping a government legitimate by extending votes of no confidence to undermine the legitimacy of the executive branch.
199068888	Quangos	quasi-nongovernmental organizations that influence policy making in numerous social arenas.
199068889	Single-member plurality (SMP) electoral system	The winning candidate attains the most votes (a plurality) in his district. A majority is not necessary to win the election..
199068890	Socialism	the state plays a major role in organizing the economy, with the public (state) owning the business. are publicly owned. Some economic sectors can be privately owned or managed.
199068891	Welfare state	are economic policies provided to benefit the masses, including education, and primarily health care