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“LABOR The groups within the labor sector comprise primarily trade unions. Some are extremely small and specialized, whereas others are”
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“Franchise Citizens age 18 and over (certain exceptions) Citizens age 18 and over (certain exceptions) Registration procedures Varies by state: historically, required to register in person Head of household by law completes annual registration form, submitted by mail”
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“more often than not, will reinforce one another. Parents remain the most”
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“debate” thus takes place among very few members. Most speeches are delivered from prepared notes and often have little”
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“pursuing its own interests rather than the interests of the government as a whole.”
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“with a large parliamentary majority; the Conservative”
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“state serve on some of them. The subcommittees”
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“institutions”
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“minutes and for monitoring the implementation of cabinet decisions. Previously, implementation had been very much dependent on”
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“The volume has three distinctive features, relating to structure, content, and theme.”
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“parliamentary majority; the Conservative opposition appeared to be destined for a lengthy stay in the political wilderness; the country was enjoying”
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“departments were identified as suitable for agency status. The initial list was a modest one, both in terms of”
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“politics over the past decade. The last edition was published in 2001. Since then, there has”
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“The extent of change is covered in this volume. It has necessitated extensive revision and the inclusion of much new data. I have also introduced material or reworked analyses in response to suggestions made by readers. Every chapter has been subject to some change. The principal features new to this edition include:”
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“more in Northern Ireland. The church places particular emphasis on religious education as well as devotion, though”
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“parliamentary majority; the Conservative opposition appeared to be destined for a lengthy stay in the political wilderness; the country was enjoying continued,”
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“themselves were deemed inadequate to meet Britain’s fundamental”
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“commission.”
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“and change within the British polity, I will stress the significance of the political culture. Before we proceed to an analysis”
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“feature of British society, yet it is difficult to define. In the United Kingdom, the term is employed in different senses. As the historian David Cannadine has argued, it can be used to denote social attitudes (“us” versus “them”), groupings in society based on occupation (upper, middle, and working), and hierarchy (in effect, status but not necessarily inherited, but rather earned or acquired, status).10 These distinctions are useful in making sense of how”
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“change. Others are noted for continuity with past experience and structures. The task of the student of politics is to discern the distinctive features”
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“life than those who lead a peripatetic existence. Britain,”
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“are favorable to the political system; apathetic or detached when feelings and evaluations are neutral; and alienated when such feelings and evaluations are unfavorable.21 Italy and France have been cited as examples of political cultures that generate alienation and a large measure of”
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“The welfare state and the managed economy did not suddenly emerge full-blown in this period. The preceding decades had not witnessed governments unresponsive to electoral expectations and the nation’s problems. The Liberal government before the First World War had made the first tentative steps in the introduction of old-age pensions (1908) and national health and unemployment insurance (1911). The interwar years had seen the introduction of a number of significant”
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“States and Britain (and indeed between Britain and many other countries) in terms of geography, demography, and social history. Britain is a small, crowded island, largely oriented”
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“in the House of Commons, but it faces an organized opposition. Unlike in the United States, the cabinet is challenged by an alternative, the “shadow cabinet.” Government ministers are “shadowed” by members of the principal”
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“(36)”
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“one. It also may be characterized as a “multiple-check” system. A proposal emanating from one branch of government can be checked—that is, negated—by another. A”
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“Governmen”
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“Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell in the seventeenth”
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