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Politics Meanings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a representative democracy is a system of government in which all eligible citizen's vote on a representative to pass laws for them. e.g. USA elected a president and members of the congress | Representative democracy |
| suffrage for all persons over a certain age. usually 18 or 21 who in other respects satisfy the requirements established by law | Universal Suffrage |
| the right to get together for a legal common cause or purpose without interference. while a government may not prohibit its citizen's from joining a particular organisation, the organisation may be prohibited from accepting some and excluding others. | Freedom of association |
| political culture is used in the field of social science. it refers to historically based, wildly shared beliefs, feelings, values about the nature or political system, which can serve as a link between citizens and governments | Political culture |
| a belief in equality of some sort | Egalitarianism |
| political decisions are guided by what needs to be done at any given moment, going over political beliefs and schemes, or ideology | Pragmatism |
| political ideology which holds that the virtuous citizen's are being mistreated by a small circle of elites, who can be overthrown if the people recognize the danger and work together | Populism |
| composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches on bicameralism legislature | Bicamerlism |
| is the co-existence of diverse cultures where culture includes race, religion, or cultural groups, end manifested in customary behaviors, cultural assumptions and values, patterns or thinking and communicating styles | Multiculturalism |
| help frame how these various institutions interact with each other | Constitution |
| the first ten amendments to the U.S constitution ratified in 1791 which set fourth and guaranteed certain fundamental rights and privileges of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly etc. | Bill of rights |
| the treaty of waitangi was the written agreement made in 1840 on 6th February by representatives of the British crown and various Maori chief from the north island of nz | treaty of waitangi |
| executive | |
| legislature | |
| presidential system | |
| parliamentary system | |
| cabinet | |
| caucus | |
| coalition government | |
| ministerial responsibility | |
| bicameralism | |
| select committee | |
| conscience voting | |
| political party | |
| party system | |
| social clevage | |
| majoritarian electoral system | |
| proportional representation | |
| MMP | |
| postmaterialism | |
| voting age population (VAP) | |
| party identification | |
| strategic voting | |
| new social movement | |
| citizen's initiated referendum | |
| citizen's jury | |
| e-government | |
| political opportunity structure | |
| cultural framing | |
| te tinorangatiratanga | |
| interest groups | |
| corporatism | |
| lobbying | |
| fourth estate | |
| echo-chamber | |
| vertical accountability | |
| horizontal accountability | |
| responsiveness | |
| political polarization | |
| campaign finance reform |
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