POLYS 103 October 8 Lecture 20Outline of Last Lecture I. Environmental issuesa. Canadab. Chinac. Africad. Tragedy of the commonsII. European Uniona. Democracy in Hungaryb. Balkansc. Libyad. democracyOutline of Current Lecture II. Finishing up democracyIII. FranceIV. ArgentinaV. ISIS/Iraq/SyriaVI. Man on the moon problemCurrent LectureContinuation of Parliamentary System:-tends to result in coalition government -rare but not impossible for one party to win 50% of the vote-functions differently than the US systemVariations in Parliamentary systemsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.1. has no districts- whole country is the district2. has districts3. has both a district and a whole country percentage vote by party systemEffects of these two systemsIn US: the campaigns and individuals matterIn India: Modi is new prime minister, his party one over 50% of the vote total.Because of this he needs no coalition governmentno safe seats if your party is disliked-they get forced out Brazil: 3 parties fighting it out (parliamentary system)France: a new economic minister has been put into place He is controversial in his own leftist partyFrench president has a low approval ratingIn order to help his reelection campaign and get his approval rating up he has put new people in government that are more pro-globalization French president was elected on anti-globalization platform but it isn't working for him The president can just shift people in and out because it is a parliamentaryUS president cannot do this because he would have to go through congressThis allows the president of France to move towards a new economic approach easily Argentinaon the verge of an economic recession inflation is currently at 40% per yearpro-globalization economic minister was fired and an anti-globalization person was put in place to attempt to save the economy Argentina doesn't want to make any changers that would change the economics of their citizens because workers are votersThey don't want to create a political problem on top of an economic problem ISIS/Iraq/SyriaUS has begun bombing but nothing much has changed except expectations All rebel groups have criticized Americait looks like the US bombings are in favor of AssadUS hasn't coordinated air strikes with Syrian rebels on the ground These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.air strikes to be effective need people on the ground helping as wellUS said it would provide equipment and training but it hasn't done this yetUS has stood by letting Assad kill his people “Man on the moon” problem -global impression is that US can do anything -US has put a man on the moon and no one else has done that -When US gets involved in issues-people expect US to instantly solve problems-air strikes aren't really effective -takes time to set up supply channels of weapons to rebels-takes time and effort to do stuff-the longest it takes, the less likely it will have a positive effect These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a
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