ADMINISTRATIVE ENGLISH

POLITICS

1. POLITICAL ACTIVITY

politician – polityk

political – politycznya political party

power – władza

government – rząd

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2. POLITICAL PARTIES

a person who supports a political party:supporter - zwolennika Labour supporter

the Left, the left wing – supports social equality, government control of industry etc.

a person who supports left-wing ideas: left-winger

the Right, the right wing – supports traditional values, private control of industry, etc.

a person who supports right-wing ideas: ???

political parties with moderate views – the centre

a person of moderate beliefs - centrist

3.POLITICAL IDEAS AND BELIEFS

conservatism – existing methods and ideas, only gradual change

conservative - konserwatywny

a conservative - konserwatysta

liberalism – freedom of choice and moderate change

liberal - liberalny

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moderate – umiarkowany

moderate ↔ extreme

extremism

an extremist

radicalism – great political or social change

radical

a radical

IDEA NAME PERSON

economy controlled by the state, wealth shared equally (gospodarka kontrolowana przez państwo, równy podział dóbr)

socialism socialist

the state owns the means of production, all people are equal (państwowa własność środków produkcji, wszyscy ludzie równi)

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IDEA NAME PERSON

protection of the natural world (ochrona świata przyrody)

the green movement

Green

women should have the same rights as men (równe prawa kobiet i mężczyzn)

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some races are better than others (pewne rasy są lepsze od innych)

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HOMEWORK

Find English names of main Polish political parties.