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21 Cards in this Set
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Politics
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The process by which individuals and groups with divergent interests and values make collective decisions
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Power
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The abitilty to do something or make something happen
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Authority
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The right to take a particular corse of action
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Legitimacy
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The legal right or authority to exercise power. The government claim legitimacy after a mandate in an election
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Mandate
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Right of the governing party to pursue manifesto
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Democracy
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Rule by people power
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E-democracy
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The greater use of the internet etc. to enhance the operation of existing political institutions through greater participation
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Political culture
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Ideas, beliefs and attitudes that shape political behaviour; it shapes the way citizens view the political system
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Pluralism
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A system of government that encourages participation and free and fair competition between competing intrests
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Electorate
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The collective people of a country, state or electoral district who are entitled to vote
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Franchise
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The right to vote as establishment by parliamentary stature. The vast majority of adults UK citizens have the right to vote
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POWER inquiry
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Lead by the state of political participation in the UK and initiated by the Joseph Rowntree
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Hapathy
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Voters abstain from voting because they are happy with the government
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Participatory crisis
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The view that declining participation in voting threatens to undermine democratic systems
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Apathy
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A state of indifference towards political institutions and associated processes. may have a corrosive effect on politics, but may not be negative
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Turnout
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The percentage of registered voters who cast a ballot in a given election
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Voting behaviour
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The way in which people tend to vote
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Differential turnout
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Where the national turnout figures reported at a given election masks differences in turnout by constituency or region
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Mass media
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A means of public communication reaching a large audience
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Partisan alignment
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The long term alliance of voters to a particular party
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Partisan dealignment
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The breakdown of long term allegiance of voters to a political party
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