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33 Cards in this Set
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Politics |
The process by which individuals and groups with divergent interests and values make collective decissions |
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Power |
Ability to do something or make something happen |
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Authority |
The right to take a paticuler course of action |
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Legitimacy |
The legal right or authority to exercise power |
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Mandate |
Right of the governing party to pursue the poilices it sets out in a general election manifesto (non-limiting and non-binding) |
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Democracy |
Rule by the people or "people power" |
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e- Democracy |
The use of the internet and electronic media as a means of enhancing the operation of existing political institutions and process and encouraging participation. |
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Political culture |
The ideas, beliefs and attitudes that shape political behaviour, describing the way that citizens collectivley view the political system and their status and role. |
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Pluralism |
A system of governance that encourages participation and allows for free and fair competition between competing interests. |
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Electorate |
The collective people of a country, state or electorate district who are entitled to vote. |
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Franchise |
The franchise is the right to vote as establishment by parliamentary structure, the vast majority of adults in the UK. |
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POWER inquiry |
An inquiry into the state of political participation in the UK initiated by the Joseph Rowntree trust. |
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Hapathy |
Voters may abstain from voting as a result of happiness with the way that they are govourned. |
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Participation crisis |
The view that declining levels of political participation in the UK threaten to undermine its democratic system. |
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Apathy |
A state of indifference towards political institutioins and associated processes. |
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Turnout |
The percentage of registered voters who cast a ballot in a given election. |
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Voting behaviour |
The way in which people tend to vote |
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Mass media |
A means of public communications reaching a large audiance. |
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Differential turnout |
Where the nation turnout figure reported at a given election masks differences in turnout by constituency or region. |
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Partisan allignment |
The long term allegiance of voters to a particular party. |
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Partisan dealignment |
The breakdown of long term allegiance of voters to a political party. |
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Representative democracy |
A variety of democracy founded in the principle of elected officials representing a group of people |
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Referendum |
A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them from a direction YES/NO question |
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Recall election |
An election procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before their term is over |
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Canvassing |
A systematic initiation of direct contact with a target group of individuals, commonly used during a political campaign. |
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Homogeneity |
The state of being the same or of similar nature |
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Deferance |
The idea that people deferred to an elite that was regarded as being "born to rule" and that there was a natural willingness to accept them due to ingrained social and class inequality and rigid hierarchy. |
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Consensus |
Where UK citizens accept the rules of social attitude. |
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Selective intrest |
The act of only being interested in politics when it matters. |
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The bubble affect |
When politicians loose their origonal ideology or views. |
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Meritocracy |
Gaining appointment through ability |
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Disenfrancised |
Not being represented |
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Ideology |
A system of assumptions, beliefs and values about public issues which are part of a comprehensive vision of society. |
