Flashcards: Politics

The Years of Lead (Italian: Anni di piombo) is a term used for a period of socio-political turmoil in Italy that lasted from the late 1960s until the early 1980s, marked by a wave of both left-wing and right-wing political terrorism.

In politics, regionalism is a political ideology that focuses on the notional or normative interests of a particular region, group of regions or another subnational entity.

Park Jung-yang (Korean: 박중양; Hanja: 朴重陽; sometimes transliterated as Park Joong-yang, May 3, 1874 or 1872 — April 23, 1959) was a Korean Joseon and Japanese-ruled Korean bureaucrat, politician, liberal and social activist.

The national interest, often referred to by the French expression raison d'État ("reason of State"), is a country's goals and ambitions whether economic, military, or cultural.

The term Two Chinas refers to the current situation where two political entities each name themselves "China": * 23x People's Republic of China (PRC), commonly known as "China", established in 1949, controlling mainland China and two special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macau.

Political correctness (adjectivally: politically correct), commonly abbreviated to PC, is a term that, in modern usage, is used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended not to offend or disadvantage any particular group of people in society.

Debate is contention in argument; strife, dissension, quarrelling, controversy; especially a formal discussion of subjects before a public assembly or legislature, in Parliament or in any deliberative assembly.

This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Oceania.

This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Africa.

This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Europe.

One of the longest-running samizdat periodicals of the post-Stalin USSR, A Chronicle of Current Events (Russian: Хро́ника теку́щих собы́тий) was an underground magazine that became the main voice of the Soviet human rights movement, inside the country and abroad.

Legislation (or "statutory law") is law which has been promulgated (or "enacted") by a legislature or other governing body or the process of making it.

(Not to be confused with Third Position.)(This article is about the political philosophy. For other uses, see Third Way (disambiguation).) In politics, the Third Way is a position akin to centrism that tries to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of right-wing economic and left-wing social policies.

The word regime (also "régime", from the original French spelling) refers to a set of conditions, most often of political nature, such as a government.

Naivety (or naïvety or naïveté) is the state of being naïve, that is to say, having or showing a lack of experience, understanding or sophistication, often in a context where one neglects pragmatism in favor of moral idealism.

Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the 20th century and of the surviving states in the early 21st century.

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

A reactionary is a person who holds political views that favor a return to the status quo ante, the previous political state of society, which they believe possessed characteristics (discipline, respect for authority, etc.) that are negatively absent from the contemporary status quo of a society.

In political science, legitimacy is the right and acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or a régime.

Ultramontanism is a clerical political conception within the Catholic Church that places strong emphasis on the prerogatives and powers of the Pope.

A nuclear power phase-out is the discontinuation of usage of nuclear power for energy production.

The prisoner's dilemma is a standard example of a game analyzed in game theory that shows why two completely "rational" individuals might not cooperate, even if it appears that it is in their best interests to do so.

The North–South divide is broadly considered a socio-economic and political divide.

A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.

An ultimatum (Latin: the last one) is a demand whose fulfillment is requested in a specified period of time and which is backed up by a threat to be followed through in case of noncompliance.

Public interest, according to the Random House Dictionary, is "1.

Political consulting is a form of management consulting that consists primarily of advising and assisting political campaigns.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to politics and political science: Politics – the exercise of power; process by which groups of people make collective decisions.

Criminalization or criminalisation, in criminology, is "the process by which behaviors and individuals are transformed into crime and criminals".

An extrajudicial killing is the killing of a person by governmental authorities without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process.

In financial regulation, "politically exposed person" (PEP) is a term describing someone who has been entrusted with a prominent public function.

The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution.

Punk ideologies are a group of varied social and political beliefs associated with the punk subculture.

A term of office is the length of time a person serves in a particular elected office.