Democracy Flashcards

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La monarchie

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Monarchy

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L’équilibre des pouvoirs

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Checks and balances

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Le monarche 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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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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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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Le totalitarisme

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Totalitarianism

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Charte des droits

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Bill of rights

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Énoncer

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To Set out

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Une junte militaire

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A military junta

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Un coup d’état

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A coup

À coup d’état

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Un homme fort
A strongman
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Un gvt autoritaire
A regime
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Le regime de vichy
The vichy 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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Déclaration des droits de l'homme
Universal declaration of human rights
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Prendre le pouvoir | S'emparer du pouvoir
To take/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/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/gérer
To misrule/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
Accountabiltity
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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 qlq1
To bribe sbd
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Mauvaise conduite | Abus
Misconduct
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Motion de censure
Motion of no confidence
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Le multi-partisme
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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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/restreindre l'accès à internet
To block/restrict internet access
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Droit de l'homme
Human rights
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Des atteintes aux droits de l'homme
Human rights abuses/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
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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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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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Une manifestation
A demonstration | A protest march
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Un manifestant
A demonstrator | A protester
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Organiser/participer à un rassemblement
To hold/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 petrol 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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L'effondrement
The collapse
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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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De 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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Defier 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/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
To 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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Répression brutale
Ruthless repression
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Réprimer une rébellion
To put down | To suppress 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 sb up
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Tourner court
To Peter out