Sabtu, 05 September 2009

POLITICS POCKET DICTIONARY E

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EEC :
abbreviation of European Economic Community (now usually known as the European Union)
Earmarked : To set aside for a special purpose, as when in a budget, funds are earmarked for certain projects.
ECU :
abbr European Currency Unit. The unit of money the European Union.
Ecclesiastical :
Pertaining to church matters, as in ecclesiastical courts, ecclesiastical history, etc.
Economic Warfare:
Conflict between nations over economic issues, that results in each side taking action against the other, to raise tariffs, restrict imports, or boycott the others' goods.
Economics :
The science of the allocation of limited resources for the satisfaction of human wants.
Economy :
The entire system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services in a country.
Ecumenical :
Universal. Used in reference to cooperation, understanding and unity between different churches, as in the ecumenical movement.
Ecumenism :
The ecumenical movement within Christian churches, which has been a notable feature of Christianity over the last 30-40 years. Also refers to the cultivation of greater understanding and tolerance between different religions.
Egalitarianism :
The doctrine that advocates equal political and social rights for all citizens. As such, egalitarianism is enshrined in the U.S. constitution. It does not mean that all people should be equal, but that they should all have equal opportunity.
Election :
The process by which public or private officials are selected from a field of candidates by the marking of ballots in a vote.
Electorate :
All the people in a district that are eligible to vote in elections.
Eleventh hour :
The last moment; only moments before it would be too late, as in, "the arrival of the U.S. cavalry at the eleventh hour saved the settlers from an Indian attack."
Elite :
An exclusive, carefully selected group or class, usually small, which possesses certain advantages, either of wealth, privilege, education, training, status, political power, etc. One might refer. Example, to the governing elite of a country, or to the U.S. marines as an elite force.
Elitism :
The doctrine that advocates leadership by a select group or elite. Elitism is not something that any U.S. politician would openly advocate, since it runs counter to the democratic ideal. However, it often proves a useful term when one politician wants to snipe at another one.
Emancipation :
setting free from slavery or oppression, as in the Emancipation Proclamation, a declaration by President Abraham Lincoln that became effective in 1863, that all the slaves who were in the Confederate States, who were in rebellion against the United States, were free men.
Embargo :
1. A government-imposed ban on trade with a specific country. For example, the U.S. has a trade embargo on Cuba; a similar embargo imposed on trade with Vietnam was lifted in 1994.
2. Embargo can be imposed on a particular commodity only, as when the U.S. imposed a grain embargo on the Soviet Union as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
Emir :
The title of various Muslims rulers
Empire :
1. A group of countries or states that have a single ruler or ruling power
2. Large number of commercial organization controlled by one person or group
EMS :
abbr European Monetary System. A financial arrangement linking the currencies of some EU countries to the ECU.
EMU :
abbr Economic and Monetary Union. (of) The European Union, a program to achieve full economic unity in the ECU, including use of the ECU as a common currency.


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