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What do you know?. 1. Official or Legal Names:. London = The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Moscow = Rossiiskaya Federatsiya (Russian Federation) Beijing = Zhonghua Renmin Gonghe Guo (People’s Republic of China)

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What do you know?

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  1. What do you know?

  2. 1. Official or Legal Names: • London = The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland • Moscow = Rossiiskaya Federatsiya (Russian Federation) • Beijing = Zhonghua Renmin Gonghe Guo (People’s Republic of China) • Tehran = Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran)

  3. 1. Official or Legal Names (cont’d): • Mexico City = Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States) • Abuja = Federal Republic of Nigeria • Washington, DC = United States of America

  4. 2. Per Capita GDP Rankings • United States ($37,800) • United Kingdom ($27,700) • Mexico ($9,000) • Russia ($8,900) • Iran ($7,000) • China ($5,000) • Nigeria ($800)

  5. 3. When was the Constitution written? • United Kingdom = N/A • Russia = 1993 • China = 1982 • Iran = 1979 (major revisions in 1989) • Mexico = 1917 • Nigeria = 1999 • United States = 1789

  6. 4. Each country’s regime: • United Kingdom = constitutional republic • Russia = constitutional republic • China = single party republic • Iran = theocratic republic • Mexico = constitutional republic • Nigeria = constitutional republic • USA = constitutional republic

  7. 5. Title of the Head of State: • United Kingdom = queen • Russia = president • China = president • Iran = supreme leader • Mexico = president • Nigeria = president • USA = president

  8. Name of Head of State • United Kingdom = Queen Elizabeth II • Russia = President Dmitry Medvedev • China = President Hu Jintao • Iran = Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Mexico = President Felipe Calderon • Nigeria = President Goodluck Jonathan • USA = President Barack Obama

  9. 6. Title of Head of Government: • United Kingdom = prime minister • Russia = prime minister • China = premier • Iran = president • Mexico = president • Nigeria = president • USA = president

  10. Name of Head of Government • United Kingdom = P.M. David Cameron • Russia = P.M. Vladimir Putin • China = Premier Wen Jiabao • Iran = President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Mexico = President Felipe Calderon • Nigeria = President Goodluck Jonathan • USA = President Barack Obama

  11. 7. Term of office for head of state: • United Kingdom = life • Russia = 4 years • China = 5 years • Iran = life • Mexico = 6 years • Nigeria = 4 years • USA = 4 years

  12. 8. Term of office for head of government: • United Kingdom = up to 5 years • Russia = up to 4 years • China = up to 5 years • Iran = 4 years • Mexico = 6 years • Nigeria = 4 years • USA = 4 years

  13. 9. Unicameral or Bicameral? • United Kingdom = bicameral (Parliament– House of Commons and House of Lords) • Russia = bicameral (Federation Council or Soviet Federalist and the State Duma) • China = unicameral (Quanguo Renmin Baibiao Dahui or National People’s Congress) • Iran = unicameral (Consultative Assembly)

  14. 9. Unicameral or Bicameral? • Mexico = bicameral (National Congress/Congreso de la Union– Senate/Camara de Senadores and the Federal Chamber of Deputies/Camara Federal de Diputados) • Nigeria = bicameral (National Assembly– House of Reps and Senate) • USA = bicameral (Congress– House of Representatives and Senate)

  15. 10. Largest Division of the Legislature • United Kingdom = House of Commons, 659 • Russia = Duma, 450 • China = N/A (Quanguo Renmin Baibiao Dahui, 2,985) • Iran = N/A (Majles, 290) • Mexico = Camara Federal de Diputados, 500 • Nigeria = House of Representatives, 360 • USA = House of Representatives, 435

  16. Federal or Unitary? • United Kingdom = unitary • Russia = federal (with unitary tendencies) • China = unitary (with federalist tendencies) • Iran = unitary • Mexico = federal (with unitary tendencies) • Nigeria = federal • USA = federal

  17. A few definitions: • Constitution – a supreme law that defines the structure of a nation-state’s regime and the legal processes governments must follow • Regime – institutions and practices that typically endure from govt. to govt. • Head of state – the chief public representative of a state, may or may not have real policymaking power

  18. Head of government – the person charged with leading the everyday operation of the government • Bicameral – a legislative body with 2 houses • Unicameral – a legislative body with one house • Federal – political authority is shared between a central government and local governments • Unitary – political authority is concentrated in a central govt.

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