Politics Flashcards

(55 cards)

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Government

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Political system that enforces certain values

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What is politics

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Activity of making shared public decisions.

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Political ideology

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Set of ethical ideals, principles that guides an individual andor group

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Economic beliefs

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Right wing and left wing

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Right wing

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Value tradition
Economic freedom
All look after themselves

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Left wings

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Support those who cant support themselves
Equality
Tax

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Political ideology ideas

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Economic and social

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Social beleifs

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How we conduct out private lives and how we interact with EACHOTHER

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Examples of social beliefs

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Marriage
Religion
Media
Types of orginisations

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Political spectrum

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Authoritarians
Liberals
Left wing
Right wing

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Authoritarians

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Favour high government control in social areas

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Liberals

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Believe in high levels of freedom in personal areas

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Political party

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Organised groups of people who share a similar political ideology

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Example of political party

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Australian Labour Party

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Ideology of Labour Party

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Fair and accurate education
Affordable health care
Everyone should be able to work

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Liberal party education

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Encourage better. Teachers

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Liberal health

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Improve performance of hospitals

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Liberal jobs

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Generate more jobs

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Political system

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How power is exercised within a state

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5 political systems

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Communist 
Democracy 
Monarchy 
Fascism 
Theocracy
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Australia’s political system

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Constitutional monarchy

Representative democracy

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Constitution monarchy

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King or queen is head of state but acts according to constitution

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Representative democracy

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People vote for delegates to represent their interest

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Federalism

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One national government and many state governments

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Constitution
Set of rules by which Australia is governed and the blueprint for the composition of the Australian parliament
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5 main parts of the constitution
``` General Senate House of rep Both Houses of Parliament Powers of parliament ```
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The mornach is represented by the
Governed general
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Governed general
Australian citizen,chosen by parliament to exercise he Monarchs power
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Who is gg?
Peter Cosgrove
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Role of gg
Give royal assent Attending Anzac Day ceremonies Knighting Commander in chief of defence force
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Governed general has many ____\ roles and ___\ roles
Civic and ceremonial
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Lower house
House of rep
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Upper house
Senate
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Senate
States house Reviewing bus Debate on current issues
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House of rep
Represent the people | Local issues
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Where is government formed?
House of Representatives
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How to win election
Winning most seats in parliament
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Statute law
Made in parliament
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Steps of statute law
``` Formation of bill First reading Second reading Committee stage Third reading Senate (repeat) Vote Royal assent Becomes act ```
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Second reading
Debates bill
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Committee stage
Controversial issues are debated
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Third reading
Vote for bill
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Royal assent
Governed general gives assent then becomes a law
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Common law
Judge made law based on precedent
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Precedent
Made when court decides matter for the first time
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Types of power
Physical power Economic power Legal power Power over opinions
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Parliamentary democracy
A form of government in which the party with the most seats in parliament's leader becomes the prime minister
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How governmenment forms in Australia
Government is formed by the party with the majority of support by the members in the house of reps
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Communism | What power does the leader have
Very powerful and control the media and information
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Communism | Where did they get their power from
Get they're power from votes by certain people
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Communism | Who's interest are these powers exercised
Interest of the political party
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To whom are the power holders accountable to
The rest of their party / political group
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How can the power holders be removed from power
The power holders cannot be removed from power by the citizens of the country
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Advantages of communism
People are treated equally Everyone can have a job Economically stable
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Disadvantages of communism
Personal freedom lost Workers treated as machines State holds all power