Edexcel Politics 1. Democracy and Political Parties

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Legitimacy by lieu of its existence for a long period of time such as is the case for the City of London
Legitimacy by Tradition
Legitimacy by lieu of the ability to maintain peace and order (might is right)
Legitimacy by Force
Where there is widespread agreement between parties and interest groups on how the country should be governed with only differences on aims, ideas, policies, and procedures
Consensus Politics
An act that introduced equally populated constituencies
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act
A movement such as the Occupy Movement that used demonstrations and civil disobedience in support of a cause
Social Movement
The position of Sinn Féin on the political spectrum
Centre-left
Rights and liberties held by a group or community such as the right of religions to practice their beliefs (e.g. the right of the Roman Catholic Church not to ordain women)
Collective Rights
An aggregate of various pressure groups bound by a common cause such as the Trade Union Congress (TUC) amalgamating various trade unions
Peak Group
Those rights and liberties enjoyed by citizens through the fact that there are no laws or statutes prohibiting them
Residual Rights and Liberties
A recognised sovereign country or territory
A State
What does the legislative branch in the UK consist of?
Westminster Parliament
A 2000 act that created a public right of access to information held by public authorities though with certain exemptions
Freedom of Information Act
The promotion of social justice and equality within a capitalist and liberal democratic system
Social Democracy
Law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent as opposed to statutes
Common Law
The age at which people can vote in Scottish Parliamentary Elections
16
The broad category of rights - not necessarily guaranteed - that encompass most civil liberties as well as more fundamental principles such as access to education and the right to work
Human Rights
An association/organisation of people sharing the same political beliefs that contests elections and seeks to form or take part in a government
Party
A statement of policy intentions to be followed by party candidates
Manifesto
An MP whose role it is to maintain party discipline
Whip
A coherent set of certain fixed and well established ideas that propose specific changes in society and which imply some kind of vision of what kind of society is desirable
Ideology
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