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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
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Legitimacy by Tradition
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Legitimacy by lieu of the ability to maintain peace and order (might is right)
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Legitimacy by Force
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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
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Consensus Politics
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An act that introduced equally populated constituencies
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1885 Redistribution of Seats Act
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A movement such as the Occupy Movement that used demonstrations and civil disobedience in support of a cause
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Social Movement
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The position of Sinn Féin on the political spectrum
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Centre-left
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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)
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Collective Rights
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An aggregate of various pressure groups bound by a common cause such as the Trade Union Congress (TUC) amalgamating various trade unions
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Peak Group
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Those rights and liberties enjoyed by citizens through the fact that there are no laws or statutes prohibiting them
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Residual Rights and Liberties
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A recognised sovereign country or territory
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A State
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What does the legislative branch in the UK consist of?
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Westminster Parliament
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A 2000 act that created a public right of access to information held by public authorities though with certain exemptions
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Freedom of Information Act
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The promotion of social justice and equality within a capitalist and liberal democratic system
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Social Democracy
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Law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent as opposed to statutes
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Common Law
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The age at which people can vote in Scottish Parliamentary Elections
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16
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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
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Human Rights
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An association/organisation of people sharing the same political beliefs that contests elections and seeks to form or take part in a government
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Party
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A statement of policy intentions to be followed by party candidates
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Manifesto
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An MP whose role it is to maintain party discipline
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Whip
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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
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Ideology
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