Across
- 6. Index, Mathematical formula that measures the amount of economic inequality in a society
- 9. Systems, System that divides the power between central government and sub-units
- 10. District, When more than one legislative seat is contested.
- 13. of State, A role that symbolizes and represents the people nationally and internationally
- 14. Power, A power given to bureaucrats to make small decisions in implementing legislative and executive decisions.
- 16. Forces, Recurring set of forces that fragment nation-states (leads to fragmentation and devolution)
- 18. System, Rules that decide how votes are cast, counted, and translated into seats of legislature.
- 21. Group Pluralism, Pattern of autonomous groups competing with each other and the government for influence over state policy.
- 23. The tendency for an ethnic group to see itself as a a distinct nation with a right to autonomy
- 24. Representation, Electoral System where political parties compete in Multi-Member Districts and voters choose between parties, seats are divided according to the number of votes each party gets.
- 26. The control or organization of a state by a large group
- 27. Domestic Product, All the goods and services produced by a country's economy in a given year
Down
- 1. A national ballot called by the government on a policy issue.
- 2. System, System that concentrates all policy-making powers in one central geographic place
- 3. Past the Post, System where you divide the constituencies into a single member district (Plurality/ Winner takes all).
- 4. System, System that spreads the power among many sub-units and has a weak central government
- 5. System, Combines First Past the Post and Proportional Representation.
- 7. of government, A role that deals with the everyday tasks of running the state
- 8. Forces, Recurring set of forces that unify nation-states (leads to nationalism)
- 11. Vote on policy initiated by the people.
- 12. System, The nature of the relationships of an array of political parties in a country.
- 15. Power Parity, Figure like GNP but takes into consideration what people can buy using their income in the local economy
- 17. House, An organization that ranks countries on a scale of 1-7 on how free they are (1 being most free)
- 19. Institution, Structure within society that connects the people to the government.
- 20. Corporatism, Where the state determines which groups are brought in.
- 22. Corporatism, Where interest groups take the lead and dominate the state (Neocorporatism).
- 25. National Product, All the goods and services produced by a country's economy in a given year including citizens income from outside the country
