key vocab not finished Flashcards
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aggregation of policies
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- process of converting policies, ideas and proposals into practical policy programmes for government
- could mean making comprimising or eliminating parts
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cash for honours
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- political scandal in 2006/7 concerning the connection between party donations and peerage being appointed
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classical liberals
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individual freedom is best achieved when the state plays a minimal role
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dependancy culture
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- theory that the welfare state undermines individual responsibility trapping people in benifits leaving them no will to want to leave
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consensus
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- general agreement
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left wing
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- term used for those who desire change, reform or alteration in society
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liberal democracy
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- a democratic system of government in which individual rights and freedoms are officially recognized and protected, and the exercise of political power is limited by the rule of law
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libertarianism
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- a political philosophy that advocates only minimal state intervention in the free market and the private lives of citizens
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mandate
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- the authority to carry out a policy, regarded as given by the electorate to a party or candidate that wins an election
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modern liberals
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- emerged as a reaction against free market capitalism
- freedom could no longer be described as “being left alone”
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neo-liberalism
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Neo-liberals are principally concerned with free-market economics and atomistic individualism
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new labour
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- revision of the traditional labour values
- shift from focus on the working class to a wider base + less of an alliance with trade unions
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new right
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1) neo conservatives —> more authoritarian approach to morality and law and order
2) neo liberals —> endores free market approach, rolling back of the state in peoples lives and businessnes
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old labour
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- nationalisation
- redistribution of wealth from rich to poor
- rejected Thatcherite, free market claims, blairite views
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one nation
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- Disraeli influenced in 19th century
- rich have an obligation to help the poor
—> Cameron and May
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manifesto
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- A manifesto is a publication issued by a political party before a General Election. It contains the set of policies that the party stands for and would wish to implement if elected to govern
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populism
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- way of campaigning by appealing to a persons emotions by just telling people what they want to hear
- often targets those who feel their concerns have been ignored by more established groups
- e.g —> Trumps “MAGA” or UKIPs “take our country back”
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right wing
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- reflects little or no change
- stressing need for order, stability, hierarchy
- often related to conservative parties
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short money
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- named after Ted Short who introduced it
- funds given to opp. party to fund their parliamentary work
- based on how many seats + votes they got at the previous election result
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social democracy
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- nationalisation
- redistribution of wealth from rich to poor
- rejected Thatcherite, free market claims, blairite views
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third way (new labour)
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- revision of the traditional labour values
- shift from focus on the working class to a wider base + less of an alliance with trade unions
