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Flashcards by Natalie Johannesson, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What does the Swedish government do? | The Swedish government, Issues, and vote on budget propositions or other propositions. They also have a responsibility for foreign policy (participate at EU level). The Swedish defense and they initiate special investigations/commissions. |
| What does the Swedish parliament do? | The Swedish parliament selects PM, enacts laws, decides how state funds shall be employed and examines the Government. |
| How is the Swedish PM selected? | The speaker (Andreas Norlén) meets the party leaders, then the speaker presents his choice of PM to the parliament and they are handed a probing task, which they with limited time has to complete. After that, the parliament votes on the probing and the PM. |
| How is a Swedish law enacted? | To enact a Swedish law (legislate), the government sends one or more propositions to the parliament, other people such as members of the parliament are also able to suggest laws, however, they are called motions when they are not sent by the government. The suggestions for the new laws are sent to Committees (utskott). The committees then send their reworked suggestions back to the chamber and the speaker puts it up for debate, the suggestions are then voted on and may become law. |
| 1) What is a vote of no confidence? 2) And can you give an example of when this occurred in Sweden? | 1) A vote of no confidence is a vote in which members of a group are asked to indicate that they do not support the person or group in power, usually the government. 2) September 25, 2018, the Swedish PM was voted off his PM post in a vote of no confidence. 204 of 349 members of parliament voted against Lofven, while 142 voted in favor of Löfvén. |
| How is the PM connected to the cabinet? | The PM selects his cabinet (statsråden) consisting of around 20 ministers, who are representing different areas. Ministers work in different ministries (departments). |
| How many municipalities are there in Sweden? | There are 290 municipalities in Sweden? |
| How many county councils are there in Sweden? | There are 20 county councils in Sweden. |
| What is the municipal Council? | The municipal Council is the parliament of the municipality. |
| What is the municipal Executive Board? | The municipal Executive Board is the government of the municipality. |
| What are the committees/boards? | Committees/boards work as ministries for the local government. |
| Who is Andreas Norlén? | The speaker. |
| How many parties are there in the Swedish parliament? | There are 8 parties in the Swedish parliament. |
| What are the municipalities responsible for? | The municipalities are responsible for local things, such as social services, schools, water, sanitation, and roads. |
| What are the county councils responsible for? | The county councils are responsible for health care and local transport. |
| What is the Executive Board? | The Executive Board is the government of the county council. |
| What is the difference between being left or right in politics? | 1) The left believes are liberal in that they believe society is best served with an expanded role for the government. 2) On the right, they believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount and the role and the power of the government are minimized. |
| What is the difference between GAL and TAN in politics? | 1) GAL = libertarian 2) TAN = auktoritarian |
| How many seats are there in the Swedish parliament? | There are 349 seats in the Swedish parliament? |
| What kind of voting system does Sweden use? | The voting system that Sweden uses is proportional representation. |
| What kind of voting system does the UK use? | The voting system that the UK uses is First past the post. |
| hat kind of voting system does the USA use? | The voting system that the USA uses is First past the post. |
| What are the 4 constitutions? | 1) Law of Succession 2) Instrument of Government 3) Freedom of Press 4) Freedom of Expression |
| What is the difference between a regular law and a constitution? | The constitutions are above all laws and they are much more difficult to remove and add. |
| What does the law of Succession mean? | It means that the eldest royal inherits the throne. |
| What does instrument of government mean? | It means that Sweden is a representative democracy based on a system of parliamentary government. ”All public power proceeds from the people” (Chp1 Art1). |
| What does freedom of press mean? | It means that there does not have to be censorship and it is the principle of Public access to official records. |
| What does freedom of expression mean? | It means that you have the right to meet and demonstrate. |
| What are some of the principles of the constitution? | 1)Representative Democracy 2) The sovereignty of the Courts 3) Decentralised Power 4) Parliamentarianism |
| How many countries are there in the EU? | There are 28 countries in the EU. |
| When did the EU begin and where? | 1 november 1993, Maastricht, Netherlands. |
| Why was the EU created? | The EU was created with the aim of ending frequent wars between countries after WWII. Also for economic and political reasons. |
| When did Sweden join the EU? | Sweden joined the EU in the year of 1995. |
| Is there a President of the EU? | Yes, there is, Antonio Tajani is the president of the EU. |
| Which country currently holds the presidency of the European Council? | The country that holds the presidency of the European Council is Austria. |
| Who is Sweden’s European Commissioner? | The Swedish European Commissioner is Anna Cecilia Malmström. |
| Why is Norway not a part of the EU? | Because Norway does not economically benefit from a membership in the EU. |
| What are the institutions of the EU? | 1) European Parliament – the voice of the people 2) Council of EU – the voice of the member states 3) Commission – promoting the common interest |
| How many seats are there in the EU parliament? | There are 751 seats in the EU parliament. |
| What does the EU do? | The EU supervises/examines the commission, votes on the budget, votes on new legislation together with the council, but cannot propose new a legislation. |
| How many Swedish representatives are there in the EU? | There are 20 representatives, representing Sweden in the EU. |
| When is the next EU election? | It is from May 23rd to May 26th. |
| How many different constellations are there in the EU? | There are 9 different constellations in the EU. |
| What are the government ministries of the EU responsible for? | The government ministers are responsible for issues, represent the countries, votes on legislation together with the Parliament, manages common foreign and security policy, the summit of the European Council influences the direction of EU policy. |
| Who is the president of the EU council? | The president of the EU council is Donald Tusk. |
| Who is the president of the Europian commission? | The president of the Europian commission is Jean-Claude Juncker. |
| What is the Europian commission? | The Europian commission is the executive of the EU (government). |
| What does the Europian commission do? | The Europian commission sends representatives to act in the best interests of Europe. They propose new legislations, manages the budget, ensures that the EU law is implemented together with the Court of Justice. Represents the EU internationally. |
| How many representatives/commissioners are there in the Europian commission? | There are 28, one for each country. |
| Who is the Swedish commissioner? | The Swedish commissioner is Cecilia Malmström. |
| What are the 4 freedoms of the EU? | 1) Freedom of movement of Services 2) Freedom of movement of Capital 3) Freedom of movement of People 4) Freedom of movement of Goods |
| How many human rights are there? | There are 30 human rights. |
| What is the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship? | 1) In a democracy, there is a government. 2) In a dictatorship, there is one leader with full control. |
| What is a semi-democracy? | A semi-democracy is a state that shares both democratic and authoritarian features. The term "semi-democratic" is reserved for stable regimes that combine democratic and authoritarian elements. |
| What is the difference between a monarchy and a republic? | A republic is a form of government in which the people or their elected representatives possess the supreme power and a monarchy is ruled by a monarch, i.e. a king or a queen, whereas in a republic, the people choose who they want to rule them. |
| What is a, head of state? | The head of state is the chief public representative of a country, such as a president or a monarch, who may also be the head of government. |
| What is a, head of government? | The head of government is the highest or second highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, who often presides over a cabinet, a group of ministers or secretaries who lead executive departments. |
| What are the 5 components needed to organize a democracy? | 1) Head of state 2) Parliament 3) Government (Parliament or president) 4) State (unitary or federal) 5) Voting system (FPTP or PR) |
| What is the difference between unicameral and bicameral? | 1) A bicameral, legislative is a two-house legislature. 2) A unicameral, legislature is a one-house legislature. |
| What is a semi-presidential government? | A semi-presidential government is a system of government in which a president exists alongside a prime minister and a cabinet, with the latter being responsible to the legislature of a state. |
| Who is Sweden's foreign minister? | Sweden's foreign minister is Margot Wallström. |
| What are the three different types of dictatorship? | The three types of dictatorship are an autocracy, authoritarian oligarchy, and absolute democracy. In an autocracy, absolute political power is concentrated in one person. |
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