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Chapter 10 - Political Challenges to Liberalism Flashcards

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Advantages of Democracy

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Rights and freedoms, active citizenship, informed public, protects minorities

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Disadvantages of Democracy

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Inefficient, bureaucratic, run by elite groups, voter apathy

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Characteristics of Democracy

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Majority rule, citizen participation, limits on dissent, multiple political parties

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Dissent

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Oppose/disagree

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Bureaucratic

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the business of running an organization or government

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Pre-requisites of Democracy

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Reg elections, secret ballot, leadership changes, choice among candidates

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Direct Democracy

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where citizens participate directly in decision making

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Two issues with direct democracy

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Time consuming and expensive for a big group of citizens to gather, and individuals are very busy and might not have the time to partake

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Inititative

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citizens draw up a petition and if enough people sign, it can force a public vote

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Referendums and Plebiscites

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a direct vote by citizens on a law as opposed to representatives and usually reserved for important decisions

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Representative Democracy

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citizens elect a candidate to make decisons on their behalf

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Non-confidence vote

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bills of importance must be passed or executive must step down

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What else is a single member constituency called?

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First past the post

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What is a single member constituency?

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where candidates who pass a certain point in the
race with the highest number of votes in each of their ridings win

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Riding

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an electoral district

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Bicameral system

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two chambers (HOF and senate)

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How is it determined who will be in the senate?

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appointed by the governor general by the recommendation of the prime minister

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What does the senate do?

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act as a sober second thought, offer amendments to bills passed by the HOC

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Constitutional monarchy

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queen as head of state

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Parliamentary

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actions associated with the HOC

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Periodic elections

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holding elections (within every four years)

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Civil service

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ex. jobs hired (not appointed) to fill roles in govt services

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Opposition party

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second largest party

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Responsible government

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the executive must respond to the wishes of the legislative branch

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Cabinet ministers

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given special responsibilities

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Caucus

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meeting of all members of a party

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Party (cabinet) solidarity

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practice of party members to publically support policy

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Party whip

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responsible for discipline

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Partisanship

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act of following party policy

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Bipartisan

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two political parties cooperate on an issue

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Non-partisan

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joint efforts, not political

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Who is apart of the executive branch in Canada?

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governor general, prime minister and cabinet

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Who is apart of the legislative branch in Canada?

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senate and the house of commons

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Who is apart of the judicial branch in Canada?

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supreme court

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Who is apart of the executive branch in America?

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president (head of state and govt), vice president and cabinet (staff)

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Who is apart of the legislative branch in America?

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congress, house of representatives and senate

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Who is apart of the judicial branch in America?

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supreme court and lower courts

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What does the executive branch do in Canada?

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develops policies and introduces bills to transform the policies into law

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What does the legislative branch do in Canada?

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members of the senate and HOC review and pass bills which then become laws

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What does the judicial branch do in Canada?

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has the final say on laws and helps resolve conflicts related to laws

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What makes Canada and America’s democracy different?

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Canada has a monarch, but the US is a republic country where there is no king or queen head of state

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Republican

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president is head of state

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Presidential

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involving actions and policies outlined by the President

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Congressional

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act of the House of Representative and the senate combined

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Separation of power

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having distinct powers for the different branches of govt which as a balance or control

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Checks and balances

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system designed to prevent any one group in govt from controlling the state

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Fixed date elections

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elections are held on designated days; the presidential election

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Federalism

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sharing powers; having a national govt and regional govts w/ their own responsibilites to rule the country

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Veto

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ability to override a decison

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When can a veto be used in democracy in America?

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the President can override a congressional bill, and congress can override that veto with a 2/3 vote

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Filibuster

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deliberate delay of passage of bill through long speeches, etc

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Electoral college

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voting for President is based on pop. and each state given so many electoral votes if they win the state

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How may a judge be removed in the US?

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by impeachment by the legislative branch

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Enforces laws

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executive branch

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Makes laws

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legislative branch

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Interprets laws

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judicial branch

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Proportional representation

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where citizens vote directly for a party, then representatives are assigned based on the amount of popular support gained

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First Past The Post

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where voters cast a vote for a single candidate, and the candidate with the most votes wins the election (single member constituency)

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Pros of FPTP

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stable majority govts, majority govts have the ability to ensure laws are efficiently passed, parties focus on many issues for a wide demographic

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Pros of proportional representation

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greater diversity in govt, less voter apathy, will of citizens more accurately reflected

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Who does proportional representation tend to be helpful for?

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smaller parties

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Who does FPTP tend to be helpful for?

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larger parties

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Pros of Canada’s demoncracy

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majority govts get a lot done

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Cons of Canada’s democracy

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instability/frequent elections with minority govts, majority govts can wield a lot of political power

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Pros of America’s democracy

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checks and balances on power of the executive

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Cons of America’s democracy

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deadlocks between executive and congress, lack of choice between two parties

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Gerrymandering

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the dividing of a country, province, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts

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Lobby groups

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special interest groups who wield influence using financial means

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Rep by pop

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each citizen should have one vote, and each vote should have the same weight to it

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Senate Reform in Canada

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the senate was designed as a sober second thought to make sure the laws passed by the HOC were just, senates are appointed, not elected

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