Britain
1) Beveridge report
a) Influential document in founding the social welfare system of Great Britain, 1942, Chaired by William Bevridge
2) Backbenchers
a) Do not have any real policy making power, but provide services to the constituents and allow for a link between parliament and the citizenry
3) Tony Blair
a) Parliament member who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2007, youngest prime minister, part of the Labour Party, Founded The Third Way
4) British Broadcasting corporation
a) Largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, Public service broadcasting statutory corporation, paid for by the public
5) British National party
a) Fair right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front, anti-immigration, advocate for having all immigrants leave Britain
6) Gordon Brown
a) Prime Minister from 2007-2010, part of the labour party, oversaw the devolution of powers in Northern Ireland, the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, and the world's first ever Climate Change Act.
7) David Cameron
a) Prime Minister, First lord of the treasury, Minister of the Civil Service, and leader of the Conservative party (2010-present) They had a coalition party, the conservatives coalesced so that they could be the majority
8) Caucuses
a) A meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement
9) Civic culture
a) Culture characterized by “acceptance of the authority of the state” and a “belief in participation in civic duties”
10) Clause 4
a) Part of 1918 text of the British Labour Party constitution that set out to the aims and values of the party.
11) Nick Clegg
a) British Politician who since 2010 has been Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Lord President of the Council, part of the coalition (minor party that coalesced with conservatives to give them the edge)
12) Collective consensus
a) the broadening and deepening of the government’s responsibilities for the overall performance of the economy.
a) Influential document in founding the social welfare system of Great Britain, 1942, Chaired by William Bevridge
2) Backbenchers
a) Do not have any real policy making power, but provide services to the constituents and allow for a link between parliament and the citizenry
3) Tony Blair
a) Parliament member who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2007, youngest prime minister, part of the Labour Party, Founded The Third Way
4) British Broadcasting corporation
a) Largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, Public service broadcasting statutory corporation, paid for by the public
5) British National party
a) Fair right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front, anti-immigration, advocate for having all immigrants leave Britain
6) Gordon Brown
a) Prime Minister from 2007-2010, part of the labour party, oversaw the devolution of powers in Northern Ireland, the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, and the world's first ever Climate Change Act.
7) David Cameron
a) Prime Minister, First lord of the treasury, Minister of the Civil Service, and leader of the Conservative party (2010-present) They had a coalition party, the conservatives coalesced so that they could be the majority
8) Caucuses
a) A meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement
9) Civic culture
a) Culture characterized by “acceptance of the authority of the state” and a “belief in participation in civic duties”
10) Clause 4
a) Part of 1918 text of the British Labour Party constitution that set out to the aims and values of the party.
11) Nick Clegg
a) British Politician who since 2010 has been Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Lord President of the Council, part of the coalition (minor party that coalesced with conservatives to give them the edge)
12) Collective consensus
a) the broadening and deepening of the government’s responsibilities for the overall performance of the economy.