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Nature of Democarcy
Unit 1.1 Edexcel AS Politics
Question | Answer |
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What does Legitimacy mean? | The 'right to govern' and to 'make laws' which will be enforced and are likely to be obeyed by people. |
How is legitimacy measured? | By teh degree to which a bodyn or government can be justified in exercising power. |
What does Power refer to? | The ability of an indvidiual or a body to force others to do something they might otherwise not do. Power is mormally said to have three levels: coercion, poltical power and inflencial power. |
How could the UK government be argued that it lack s legitimacy? | The British Government lacks legitmacy as it often receives a minority of the national vote. The 2010 Coalition |