Definitions Flashcards
Platform
The declared policy of a political party or group (group of policies/a formal written statement outlining policies)
Policy
A plan of action by a political part to achieve certain goals
Representative democracy
When citizens vote for representatives to hold political office
Politics
When an individual/group mobilizes another to gain support to govern
Referendum
A direct yes-no vote
Stakeholders
A person/group that will be affected by a decision and that has something to gain or lose from it
Interest groups
Organizations of people who share social, political, and other goals and act together to influence governments
Non-confidence
A motion by the opposition party to try to force the government to resign over important legislation
Grassroots
Working for a political party locally
Amendments
Changes made to a bill
Government by one person
Authoritarian / dictatorship
Under absolute control
Subject
Constitution
Lays out the rules of government power and the rights of the people (set of rules for government)
What side are generous subsidies on?
Left
Where does democracy Come from?
Ancient Greece
