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| What three conditions are extremist parties successful? |
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1. Low voter turnout
2. Economic struggles
3. Salience of 'culture' issues |
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| What is identity politics? |
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| Politics where people group together by religion, race, etc. rather than by policy |
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| A highly partisan supporter of a particular ideology is called... |
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| One who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief and advocates the destruction of all established authority and institutions is called... |
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| WHat is 'Cabinet role definition'? (definition, not type?) |
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| Determination of whose interests a minister should be representing and how those interests should be executed |
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| What is a negative coalition? |
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| Coalition that is based upon the defeat of a common enemy party rather than political ideals or beliefs |
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| Extreme nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy is called: |
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| A head of state is an individual who: |
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| He/she is the face of the country to the outside world |
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| A staunch conservative who deeply opposes change or progress and liberal ideas is a : |
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| What are the respective advantages of PR and SMDP electoral systems that Germany's Mixed Member system tries to incorporate? |
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| Refusal to sign a bill requiring executive approval is known as.... |
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| Theory or legend blaming Germany's loss in WW1 not on military defeat, but betrayal was called: |
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| Cabinet adopts a 'political' role definition, whose interests do minister primarily represent? |
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| An area of governance or policy over with an entity is granted authority is called: |
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| A political philosophy advocating power for the 'common people' in their struggle against the 'privileged elite' is: |
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| By tradition, which Cabinet position is given to the leader of the junior coalition partner? |
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| A situation in which the upper and lower houses of a parliament are controlled by different parties is called: |
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| In neocorporatist systems like Germany, what does the state give to semi-public institutions? |
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| policy making authorities |
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| A German term describing a comprehensive world view is: |
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| The term 'civilian supremeacy' refers to the subordination of |
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| 'Realpolitik' is a foreign policy based on: |
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| The term 'Stasi' refers to |
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| East German secret police |
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| A court empowered to review and possible overturn decisions made by lower courts is what type of court? |
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| A political party that is less interested in winning seats and more interested in raising awareness about a particular political issue... |
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| An association of states in which each retains full sovereignty that cannot be overridden by the central government is called a: |
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| IN parliamentary systems, what is the result of the 'fall of the government'? |
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| Which of the following is NOT one of the main characteristics of extreme right parties? |
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aggressive determinism
what it is: violent populism, radical intolerance, biological nationalism |
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| A philosophy or ideology which focuses primarily on non-economic or 'quality of life issues, like social justice, environmental concerns is called: |
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| The ability of a court to evaluate laws/acts by other branches |
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| 'Xenophobia' is fear and hatred of what? |
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