閱讀背景D8｜考研英語必會之「美國政治2」

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Goodmorning~汪汪們

每早7點，和老張一起死磕閱讀背景知識

每天進步一點點

直播來啦：

今晚9點，老張和大家說說目前刷真題閱讀的一些關鍵思路和技巧，也聊聊大家的複習情況和暑期備考安排。

所以，大家有啥問題也可以提前在下面留言，老張在直播的時候幫大家答疑。

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Left or right?

The political terms Right and Left were first used during the French Revolution (1789-99), and referred to seating arrangements in the French parliament. Right-wing politics hold that certain social orders and hierarchies are inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics or tradition. Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy and social inequality. The centre is a political outlook or specific position that involves acceptance or support of a balance of a degree of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy; while opposing political changes which would result in a significant shift of society either strongly to the left or the right. Centre-left and centre-right politics both involve a general association with centrism combined with leaning somewhat to their respective sides of the spectrum.

The terms left-wing and right-wing are widely used in the United States but, as on the global level, there is no firm consensus about their meaning. The only aspect that is generally agreed upon is that they are the defining opposites of the United States political spectrum. Left and right in the U.S. are generally associated with liberal and conservative respectively, although the meanings of the two sets of terms do not entirely coincide. Depending on the political affiliation of the individual using them, these terms can be spoken with varying implications.

The contemporary Left in the United States is usually understood as a category that includes New Deal social-liberals (in contrast to traditions of social democracy more common to Western Europe), Rawlsian liberals, and civil libertarians, who are often identified with the Democratic Party. In general, the term left-wing is understood to imply a commitment to egalitarianism, support for social policies that appeal to the working class, and multiculturalism. The contemporary center-left usually defines itself as promoting government regulation of business, commerce and industry; protection of fundamental rights such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion; and government intervention on behalf of racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities and the working class.

The contemporary Right in the United States is usually understood as a category that includes social conservatives, Christian conservatives, free market liberals, and economic libertarians who are often identified with the Republican Party. In general, the term right-wing is understood to imply a commitment to conservative Christian values, support for a free-market economic system, support for a strong national defense, and support for traditional family values. The contemporary center-right usually defines itself as promoting deregulation of banking, commerce, and industry.

Analyst offer a “median” voter theory as an explanation for why the two-party system creates similar stances on issues, in spite of trend towards heightened polarization. Because there are more voters are based on a winner-takes-all system.

The Federal System

The relationship of the states and the federal government.

Each state has its own written constitution, government and code of laws. The Constitution stipulates only that each state must have, "a Republican Government". Therefore, there are often great differences in law and procedure between individual states, concerning issues such as property, crime, health and education, amongst others. The highest elected official of each state is the Governor.

Across the country, there are over 80,000 units of local government based on the tradion of local autonomy, resulting from the existence of self-governing communities in colonial times.

Many types of government enties, such as county commissioners, tribal councils, school boards.

There are three general types of city government: the mayor-council, the commission, and the council-manager. These are the pure forms; many cities have developed a combination of two or three of them.

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