Democracy Flashcards

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La democratie

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Democracy

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L’équilibre des pouvoirs

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Checks and balances

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La monarchie

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Monarchy

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Un monarque de droit divin

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A monarch by divine right

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Souverain

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Sovereign

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L’aristocratie

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Aristocracy

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Oligarchie

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Oligarchy

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Un tyran

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A tyrant

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Un despote

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A despot

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Le despotisme

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Despotism

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Despotique

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Despotic

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Un despote éclairé

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An enlightened despot

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What is generally considered as the first step in England’s long march towards modern democracy?

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Magna Carta

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What is the “Great Charter”?

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Magna Carta : King John agreed that his subjects had certain rights

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En particulier

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Not least

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Sans être inculpé

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Without charge

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État de droit

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Rule of law

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Au-dessus de

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Above

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Un dictateur

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A dictator

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La dictature

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Dictatorship

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Autoritaire

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Authoritarian

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L’autoritarisme

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Authoritarianism

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Totalitaire

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Totalitarian

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Totalitarisme

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Totalitarianism

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What is the English Bill of Rights
(1689) An act which sets out certain basic rights - freedom of speech - right to elect members of parliament
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Énoncer
To set out
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Une junte militaire
A military junta
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Un coup d'état
A coup | A coup d'état
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Un homme fort
A strongman
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Un gouvernement autoritaire
A regime
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Le régime de Vichy | Le régime de Pinochet
The Vichy regime | The Pinochet regime
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Un régime répressif
A repressive regime
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Un régime politique
A political system
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Se démocratiser
To become more democratic
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When and where was the universal Déclaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations?
10/12/1948 in Paris
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Avoir droit
To be entitled to
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Prendre le pouvoir | S'emparer du pouvoir
To take power | To seize power
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Arriver au pouvoir
To come to power
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Arriver au pouvoir (démocratiquement)
To come into office
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Être au pouvoir
To be in power
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Rester au pouvoir
To remain in power | To stay in power
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Quitter le pouvoir
To leave office
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S'accrocher au pouvoir
To cling to power
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Les dirigeants du pays
The country's rulers
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La bonne gouvernance
Good governance
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Mal administrer | Mal gérer
To misrule | To mismanage
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Mauvaise administration
Misrule
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Mauvaise gestion
Mismanagement
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Tenir un dirigeant pour responsable
To hold a leader to account
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Être responsable devant les électeurs
To be accountable to the electorate
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La responsabilité
Accountability
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La corruption
Corruption Sleaze Bribery
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Corrompu
Corrupt
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Un pot-de-vin
A bribe
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Acheter/Soudoyer quelqu'un
To bribe somebody
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What does the notion of accountability mean ?
The principle that elected leaders are accountable to those who elected them
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Mauvaise conduite | Abus
Misconduct
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What is the executive?
The government
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Motion de censure
Motion of no confidence
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L'état de droit | Le règne de la loi
The rule of law
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Le multipartisme
Multi-party system
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Un système de parti unique
Single-party system
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Des élections libres et régulières
Free and fair elections
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La fraude électorale
Vote rigging Ballot rigging Electoral fraud
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L'élection était truquée
The election was rigged
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Un opposant politique
A political opponent
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Un dissident
A dissident
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Museler l'opposition
To gag the opposition
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Déclarer l'état d'urgence
To declare a state of emergency
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Bafouer la constitution
To trample the constitution
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Censurer
To censor
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La censure
Censorship
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Bloquer l'accès à internet | Restreindre l'accès à internet
To block Internet access | To restrict internet access
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Contourner la censure
To circumvent censorship | To bypass censorship
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Les droits de l'homme
Human rights
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Des atteintes aux droits de l'homme
Human rights abuses | Human rights violations
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Un crime contre l'humanité
A crime against humanity
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Le devoir d'ingérence
The duty to interfere | The duty to intervene
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Association de défense des droits de l'homme
Human-rights lobby
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Le passé de la Chine en matière de droits de l'homme
China's human rights record
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Sans distinction de
Regardless of
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Croyance
Creed
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S'efforcer
To strive
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Patrimoine
Heritage
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Mécontentement | Malaise
Discontent
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Provoquer des troubles
To spark unrest
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De l'agitation
Turmoil
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Un bouleversement
An upheaval
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Fomenter des troubles
To stir up trouble
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Un insurgé
An insurgent
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Une insurrection
An insurgency
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Une manifestation
A demonstration | A protest march
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Un manifestant
A demonstrator | A protester
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Organiser un rassemblement | Participer à un rassemblement
To hold a rally | To attend a rally
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Une émeute
A riot
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Un émeutier | Un casseur
A rioter
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Des émeutes ont éclaté
Riots broke out
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Les CRS
Anti-riot police
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Un cocktail Molotov
A petroleum bomb | A Molotov cocktail
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Du gaz lacrymogène
Tear gas
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Un heurt | Un affrontement
A clash
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Une échauffourée
A skirmish
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The book of Francis Fukuyama
The end of history and the last man (1992) Says that the collapse of communism and the end of Cold War shows that the western liberal democracy is the "final form of human government"
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L'effondrement
The collapse
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Étape finale
The end point
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Laïc
Secular
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Un complot
A plot
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Un comploteur
A plotter
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Se révolter
To revolt
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Se rebeller
To rebel
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Un rebelle
A rebel
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Une rébellion | Une révolte
A rebellion
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Défier les autorités
To defy the authorities
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Un soulèvement
An uprising
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Se soulever contre
To rise up against
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Renverser un dictateur
To overthrow a dictator | To topple a dictator
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Évincer un dictateur
To oust a dictator
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Le renversement d'un dictateur
The overthrow of a dictator
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Déposer un dirigeant
A depose a ruler
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S'effondrer
To collapse
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Restaurer la démocratie
To restore democracy
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La chute d'un gouvernement
The downfall of a government
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How many years did it take to American democracy to abolish slavery?
86 years
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How many years did it take to American democracy to enfranchise women ?
144 years
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How many years did it take to American democracy to assure black people the vote?
189 years
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Nécessiter
To require
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Expliquer en détail
To spell out
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L'équilibre des pouvoir
Checks and balances
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Répression brutale
Ruthless repression
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Réprimer une rébellion
To suppress a rebellion | To put down a rebellion
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Réprimer/étouffer la contestation
To quell the protests
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Des mesures de répression
Crackdown | Clampdown
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Mettre les gens en prison
To send people to prison
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Passer quelqu'un à tabac
To beat somebody up
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Tourner court
To peter out