the political environment Flashcards
what is the general definition of the government?
group of people with the authority t given a country or state
what is democracy?
where the authority of the government is excessed on behalf of the people
power is either held by elected representatives or the people themselves
common people have power through representatives
why is the government considered as multi level?
what are the different levels?
defined as the vertical (multi level) and horizontal (multiple actors) dispersion of central government authority, creates a more efficient process of governing, refers to both political structures and also decision making processes
global - UN, WTO Regional - EU, Parliament National - contras nation, at least has to have a national army subnational - welsh government local - warwickjhore council
what are the critiques of multi level governance?
- some people think this ignores a hierarchal order which cannot be possible in such complex processes
- fail to distinguish between levels since public and private actors operate in interlocking roles both domestically and internationally
- ambiguous, come may think that certain levels have more power than others
what are the advantages of multi level governance?
- adds dimension of scale
- security: prevents one nation from imposing its personal agenda
- economic interdependence: increase in opportunity, costs of war, preventing likihood of war, effienciency,
what is a political ideology?
a relatively coherent set of political beliefs that justify a societies practise,, there is a span between right an left wing with communist and facist either side respectively and socialist and labour, conservative and nationalist in-between
two main uk one are right and left wing
what is left wing ideology?
liberal
believe that society is best served with an expanded role of government
communist
what is right wing ideology?
individual rights and civil liberties are paramount to government
giv is minimised
what is an anarchist?
absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual, regarded as a political ideal
an example is Iceland which was the words first and still is one today
what was Fukayama’s ideology on trip of governments business’ prefer?
‘end of history and the last man’
since french revolution democracy has proven to be the best system as opposed to any alternatives, arguing that mature democracies never go into war with each other
faced cirstis about the use of the word mature, who are these?
what was chomsky’s ideology on what type of governments business’ prefer?
‘deterring democracy’
financialised capitalism is a western elite system that sees democracy as a there focusing on americas advantage ruthlessly to enforce its national interests and in the process destroys weaker nations
typically which governments do businesses prefer?
prefer countries that are competitive at an all time low with
- highly skilled workers at low wage
- low levels of worker protection and unionisation
- low corporation tax
- allow offshore banking
what is offshore banking?
n offshore bank is a bank located outside the country of residence of the depositor, typically in a low tax jurisdiction (or tax haven) that provides financial and legal advantages.
what is meant by astroturf?
when political or corporate or other special interests disguise themselves, blogs on facebook and twitter to try and fool you to think an indpeenandat grass roots movement is speaking to try and giver the impression there’s a widespread report for or against an agenda when there is not, spread there message
what is lobbying?
persuasion or interest representation is the act of attempting to influence the actions, policies or decisions of officials in their daily life, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies
done by many types of people, associations dn organised groups
including private sector
