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- •Vocabulary – 1
- •Government
- •Vocabulary – 2
- •Parliament
- •Vocabulary – 3
- •Political Parties of Great Britain
- •Vocabulary – 4
- •Parliamentary Election
- •Vocabulary – 5
- •Exercises
- •United kingdom Government
- •The election system
- •The house of commons
- •Picture
- •Вестминстер и телекамеры
- •Палата общин и Британский парламент
- •Glossary
- •The political system of the united states of america
- •Government of the United States
- •Vocabulary – 1
- •Principles of American government
- •Vocabulary – 2
- •Three branches of power
- •Vocabulary – 3
- •How a bill becomes a law
- •If passed by one house,
- •If 2/3 majority in each house agrees, Bill becomes a Law
- •If Congress stays in session, Bill becomes a Law in 10 days
- •The executive branch
- •Vocabulary – 4
- •The judicial branch
- •Vocabulary – 5
- •Checks and Balances
- •Vocabulary – 6
- •Supreme court (judicial branch)
- •Exercises
- •Конгрес
- •Верховний суд сша
- •Glossary
- •The political system of ukraine Ukraine: general information
- •Party System of Ukraine
- •Vocabulary – 1
- •Government
- •Vocabulary – 2
- •Ukrainian Parliament
- •Vocabulary – 3
- •Politics and Political Parties
- •Vocabulary – 4
- •Transition to independence
- •Vocabulary – 5
- •Vocabulary – 6
- •The Constitutional Court of Ukraine (on the basis of Articles 147-153 of the Constitution of Ukraine)
- •Vocabulary – 7
- •Exercises
- •Про бідний Кабмін замолвіть хоч слово
- •Definition of “political party”
- •Glossary
- •Political systems
- •Three branches of power
- •Political parties
- •Resource pack Supplemenatry Texts for Rendering and Discussion
- •History of Cabinet
- •Change of meeting day
- •Powers of Cabinet
- •Cabinet Committees and Cabinet Secretariat
- •History of the Building
- •Entertaining at Number 10
- •Ministerial responsibility
- •Constitution of the United States (1787)
- •Політичні партії у Сполучених Штатах Америки
- •Партія регіонів
- •Партія “Батьківщина”
- •Barak obama’s inauguration speech
- •Інаугураційна промова віктора януковича
- •Constitution of the united states
- •Конституція україни
- •Розділ I
- •Розділ II
- •Розділ III
- •Розділ IV
- •Розділ V
- •Розділ VI
- •Розділ VII
- •Розділ VIII
- •Розділ IX
- •Розділ X
- •Розділ XI
- •Розділ XII
- •Розділ XIII
- •Розділ XIV
- •Розділ XV
- •7.030507, 8.030507 – Переклад
- •61000, Україна, Харків, мсп, вул. Лермонтовська, 27.
Political systems
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UK |
USA |
Ukraine |
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Government (type) |
Constitutional monarchy |
Federal republic (a union of 50 states) |
A
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Head of state |
Queen (Elizabeth II) |
President |
President |
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Head of government |
Prime Minister |
President |
Prime Minister |
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Parliament |
Parliament |
Congress |
The Verkhovna Rada (the Supreme Council) (450 members elected for 4 years: 225 (one-mandate constituencies) and 225 (party rolls) |
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The House of Lords (675 members non-elected: 2 archbishops, 24 senior bishops, 20 law lords, hereditary peers, life peers) |
The House of Commons (659 members elected for 5 years (one from each constituency) |
The Senate (100 member – 2 from each state elected for 6 years) |
The House of Representatives (450 members (congressmen) elected every 2 years (one from each constituency)) |
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elections |
Once in five years |
Presidential – once in 4 years; To the House – once in 2 years; To the Senate – once in 6 years |
Presidential – once in 5 years; To the parliament – once in 4 years |
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Parties |
The Conservative Party (used to be the Tory Party (1600s)); The Labour Party (1900); The Liberal Democratic Party (the Liberal used to be the Whig Party (1600)) |
The Democratic Party; The Republican Party |
The Ukrainian Republican Party; the Communist Party; Rukh; the Democratic Party of Ukraine; the Green Party |
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Table 2
Three branches of power
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UK |
USA |
Ukraine |
Legislative |
Parliament |
Congress |
Verkhovna Rada |
Executive |
Prime Minister and the Cabinet (about 20 ministers) |
President and the Cabinet (13 secretaries) |
President and the Cabinet (Prime Minister, the First Vice Prime Minister, 3 Vice Prime Ministers, ministers) |
Judicial |
The House of Lords (20 law lords) – the highest court of appeal; British judges are appointed by the monarch |
The Supreme Court (9 judges appointed by the President for a life term) |
The Constitutional Court (18 Judges appointed for a nine-year term); the Supreme Court (5 judges appointed for a five-year term) |
Table 3