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Comparative Poltiics-Germany
German terms reference
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 3
10/13/2010

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Thirty years war
Definition
1618-1648 Habsburg attempt to conquer and "Catholicize" europe
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Westphalia
Definition
treaty ending thirty year war
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Prussia
Definition
Powerful north German state; Capital berlin
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Junker
Definition
from Junge Hrren, young gentlemen, pronounced YOON care; prussian nobility
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Nationalism
Definition
belief in greatness and unity of one's country and hatred of rule by foreigners
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Volksgeust
Definition
German for "spirit of the people"; has racist connotations
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Lebensraum
Definition
German for "living space" for an entire nation
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Metternichian system
Definition
Contrived conservative system that tried to restore pre-Napoleon European monarchy and stability
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Reich
Definition
German for empire
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Kulturkampf
Definition
Culture struggle, specifically Bismarck's with the Catholic church
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Machtpolitik
Definition
Power politics
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Realpolitik
Definition
Politics of realism
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Reichstag
Definition
Pre-Hitler german parliament; its building now houses bundestag
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Kaiser
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German for Caesar; emperor
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SPD
Definition
German social democratic party
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Revisionism
Definition
Rethinking an ideology or reinterpreting history
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Dolchstoss
Definition
German for "Stab in the back"
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Versailles Treaty
Definition
1919 Treaty ending world war 1
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Weimar republic
Definition
1919-1933 Democratic German republic
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Polarized pluralism
Definition
A multiparty system that produces two extremist blocks with little in the center
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Gleichschaltung
Definition
Nazi control of Germany's economy
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Autobahn
Definition
Express highway, like the US interstate
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Opportunist
Definition
Unprincipled person out for himself
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Final Solution
Definition
Nazi Program to exterminate the Jews
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Genocide
Definition
Murder of an entire people
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Nonagression pact
Definition
Treay to not attack each other, specifically the 1939 treaty between Hitler and Stalin
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Cold War
Definition
Period of armed tension and competition between the US and Soviet Union 1947 to 1989
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Marshall Plan
Definition
Massive US financial aid for European Recovery
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Deutsche Mark
Definition
German currency from 1948 to 2002
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Berlin airlift
Definition
US British Supply to west Berlin by air in 1948-1949
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Federal Republic of Germany
Definition
Previously west of Germany, now all of Germany
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Grundgesetz
Definition
Basic Las; Germany's constitution
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Bundestag
Definition
Lower House of German parliament
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Chancellor
Definition
German prime minister
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Center
Definition
in Federal systems, the powers of the nation's capital
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Constructive No Confidence (will be on test)
Definition
Parliament must vote in new cabinet when it ousts current one
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Extreme multipartism
Definition
Too many parties in parliament
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Monocolor
Definition
in par systems, cabinet composed of the largest parties, leaving only minor parties in opposition
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Greens
Definition
Environmentalist parties
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Bundesrat
Definition
Literally, federal council; upper chamber of German Parliament represents states
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Landtag
Definition
German state legislature
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Mixed member
Definition
electoral system that combines single-member districts with proportional representation
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Party list
Definition
Party's ranking of its candidates in PR elections; voters pick one as their ballot
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Threshold clause
Definition
Minimum percent party must win to get any seats
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