AP Comp Govt: Unit 4 + UK Vocab

A group of people living in a defined territory with a government that wields absolute power within its borders.

Supreme power or authority within the borders of a state.

The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.

The ability to rule.

The right to rule.

The belief of the people that a government has the right to rule.

A group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity

A system of government existing for a length of time.

A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power.

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

The law applies to everyone, even those who govern.

The government decides how the law is applied.

People can observe and influences the actions of government.

A process of transition as a country attempts to move from an authoritarian form of government to a democratic one.

The right to vote

The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

Basic freedoms guaranteed to all citizens.

A system of fundamentalist Islamic Law

Appointed body that vets candidates for office and can overturn legislation.

A government that gives all key powers to the national or central government

The sharing of power between the central and regional governments.

A system of government with a very weak central government and strong regional governments.

Granting of powers from the central government to regional or local level governments.

A system where power is shared unequally across the country and its regional governments.

A social or cultural division.

Cabinet members always support party policies, especially in public.

Process in which a policy issue must be approved directly by the voters.

Members of Parliament in a Westminster system that don't hold government or cabinet positions.

Post World War 2 period that contained popular support for the creation of the British welfare state.

Concept that democratic change should occur incrementally.

People opposed to the inclusion and expansion of the European Union.

The leadership of the opposition party.

Ideology that is a cross between Thatcherism and the Welfare State developed by New Labor.

Quasi autonomous non-government organization

Conservative political and economic culture in the 1980s.

A parliamentary vote in which MPs vote against a Prime Minister.

Concept of government playing a primary role in the economic and societal wellbeing.

The nickname of the administrative government center of the United Kingdom.

Elected members of parliament

Massive cuts to government and social welfare spending to reduce debt.

System in which power is distributed from a central government

The inferred act of the upper class to take responsibility for the welfare of the lower class.

Allowed for devolved regional power in Northern Ireland. Considered the end of The Troubles.

The principle that Parliament is the supreme legal authority.

The group of people that are currently in power in office.

Conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968

Supranational organization of European states with common economic, social, and foreign policies.

The British Exit from the European Union

The widespread acceptance of democracy as the permanent form of political activity; all significant political elites and their followers accept democratic rules and are confident everyone else does as well.

Published during WWII, it suggested a social insurance program that made all citizens eligible for health, unemployment, pension, and other benefits.

National Health Service

House of Commons

House of Lords

Labour

Conservative

Pro Scotland Party

Pro Wales Party

Pro Irish nationalist

Pro Irish reunification