Democracy Flashcards by Matteo Baron | Brainscape

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Souverain

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Sovereign

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Un despote éclairé

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An enlightened despot

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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 // totalitarisme

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Totalitarian // Totalitarianism

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Un gouvernement autoritaire

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A regime

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Se démocratiser

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To become more democratic

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Prendre/ s’emparer du pouvoir

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To take, seize power

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Arriver au pouvoir /

Arriver au pouvoir (démocratiquement)

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To come to power / to come into office

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Etre au pouvoir

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To be in power

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S’accrocher au pouvoir

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To cling to power

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Les dirigeants du pays

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The country’s rulers

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Mal administrer, mal gérer

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To misrule, to mismanage

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Tenir un dirigeant pour responsable

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To hold a leader to account

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Etre responsable devant les électeurs

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To be accountable to the electorate

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La corruption (3)

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Corruption
Sleaze
Bribery

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L’état de droit, le règne de la loi

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The rule of law

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La fraude électorale (3)

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Vote rigging
Ballot rigging
Electoral fraud

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L’élection était truquée

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The election was rigged

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Museler l’opposition

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To gag the opposition

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Bafouer la constitution

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To trample the constitution

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Contourner la censure

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To circumvent, bypass censorship

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Des atteintes aux droits de l’homme

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Human rights violations, abuses

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Le devoir d’ingérence

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The duty to interfere, to intervene

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Mécontentement, malaise

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Discontent

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Provoquer des troubles

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To spark unrest

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De l’agitation

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Turmoil

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Un bouleversement

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An upheaval

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Fomenter des troubles

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To stir up trouble

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Organiser, participer à un rassemblement

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To hold/ attend a rally

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Une émeute

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A riot

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Des émeutes ont déclaré

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Riots broke up

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Du gaz lacrymogène

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Tear gas

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Une échauffourée

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A skirmish

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Un soulèvement

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An uprising

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Évincer un dictateur

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To oust a dictator

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Le renversement d’un dictateur

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The overthrow of a dictator

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Déposer un dirigeant

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To depose a ruler

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S’effondrer

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To collapse

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La chute d’un gouvernement

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The downfall of a government

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Répression brutale

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Ruthless repression

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Réprimer une rébellion

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To put down, to suppress a rebellion

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Réprimer, étouffer la contestation

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To quell the protests

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Des mesures de répression

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Crackdown, clampdown

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Passer qqn à tabac

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To beat sb up