Course: Introduction to Comparative Governments Source: Comparative Politics Today (a world view) 10th edition G. Bingham Power, JR. Russel J Dalton. Kaare strom. Grade: 100%

1. Premised on the information on the history of Great Britain and their long standing evolution of one party democracy how does one explain that they ended up with a coalition?

2. Given the fact Great Britain has devolutionary powers what are the outcomes of this, are they like America and the way it rules the states?

3. The chapter states that the more educated you were in the past the more likely you were to be considered conservative how then is this changed today?

4. The Prime Ministers seems like they resign as and ending of their office position most often, im curious as to why that is as here in America a term is definitely most likely going to finish before he resigns here.

5. Please elaborate on the term Thatcherism. It was a free marketization and it seems that she helped the country quiet a bit but with an attitude towards some things. Her collegues she viewed as inferior as soon as she got in office and John Major never ran on anything that she did when he took office after so it seems that she might not have been so popular. Now, formulate two questions of your own

a. constitution is verbal and unwritten how come that is the case and they havent put something down on paper yet?

b. NHS has been in the UK for many years, and with people calling Obama socialist and that he wants socialized medicine. How would America work if we had the same system in place?

20 Terms Definitions 1) Wales A nation in Great Britain west of England

2) devolution Powers granted by central government to subnational levels

3) Irish Republican Army Illegal organization of protesters to removed Northern Ireland from the UK

4) privatization Transferring public or private property to a business or enterprise

6) Whitehall Center of her majesty’s government

7) Westminster Is a place of government next to the big ben, refers to parliament

8) trusteeship theory of government The idea that the constituent is “entrusted” with making policy decisions

9) Thatcherism A form of beliefs based on prime minister Margaret Thatcher

10) territorial justice Prevailing ideology to help depressed areas in a territorial region

11) quasi-autonomous Devolved power that reaches into the sub-nations

12) Parliament A place to parle or to speak matters of state

13) Outsider interest groups Designed to pressure government

14) Official Secrets Act Legislation that provides protection of the state secrets

15) New labour party Refers to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in 2000s slogan.

16) Multiparty system A system that accepts separate or coalition control of the government

17) Labour Party Center-left political party. Strongly socialist to moderately social democratic

18) Downing street Residency to the most senior British Cabinet members

19) Decentralization Process of redistributing functions, powers or people

20) First past the post Elections that is won by candidate receiving more votes than any other

Significant Details

Keep the responses as concise as possible. The twenty must significant details that I experienced in this chapter include:

1. Thatcherism is interesting and I hope I gain some form of my name attached to something, idea or otherwise

2. After having a one party for so many centuries it must have become stressful when Britain all of a sudden was faced with a coalition, one that no one had seen in their country in their lifetime

3. First past the post is a term that seems pretty simple, and yet you don't hear that term everyday

4. “New Labour” that Blair ran on was an old idea with a new promise; to not break any promises

5. Devolution is a must in UK, its hard to rule far away and with some many divided nations

6. National Health Service or NHS actually have you reimbursed if you had to take a cab to get to the hospital. Imagine going to the hospital and they pay you!

7. Imagine having to live on Downing street, I guess government never sleeps. I can't imagine you have too much of a life outside your job when in that level of cabinet

8. When polled most British place them selves not far on the right or left wing but 80% put them selves in the middle, this is what Tony Blair ran on knowing this

9. “the treasure stands for reality” was coined because they have approve of any piece of legislation before it comes up for vote as it might increase taxes

10. Independence party came in second in 2010, we don't get that close with independents in this country

11. Insider interest groups do negotiations under quiet scenarios with multiple parties

12. Found it interesting that democracy came out of evolution and time instead of something brash like a revolution like most countries seem to

13. £66,396 is the annual salary of a prime minister, that comes out to $110,277 dollars today. That's a whole lot less than the president

14. Everyday professors and other leaders in their respective fields can get brought into the limelight of media when asked on hot topics. They are then brought on with the party and can be a leader of politics because they are experts and can support a party in addition

15. In the UK it says that they have the same problem we do over here where in media most people are more concerned with sports leader than they are cabinet and the prime minister

16. Most Britons are aging and that is putting a strain on NHS, cuts are made most years in effort to afford health care to its people

17. One third of MP's went to fee paying schools (private) and it is said that you're more likely to get a higher position in the cabinet with the more fee based school you had.

18. Collectivist theory have been changing in the last bit as they realized that corporations cant cast votes but individuals can so they have changed focus to them

19. less than 1/5 trust political parties and even less the media

20. The house of commons is a rectangular room as opposed to our oval office not that they are the same Individual Impact Which individual or concept in this chapter had the greatest impact on your knowledge gains? Explain in a well constructed paragraph—at least five sentences I thought Tony Blairs new labour party was smart. It is an old idea that worked for parties before and to make a new revamp on it. I looked up who thought of that idea and his name is Alastair Campbell. The idea left the attachment to nation dictated market into a new open market, or more capitalistic.

21. Which section of this Chapter would you like the professor to go over with the entire class? I am curious as to why both America and UK now have residency for some of its cabinet members. Why is it so important to have them close to their work? Do they get called in for things as an emergency often?