VCE Politics - Unit 1 AOS1 Terminology

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VCE is the Victorian Certificate of Education

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The idea that a government's legitimate use of state power is justified when people over whom that power is exercised agree to consent to it

Consent of the Governed

A system of government where power and the ability to make rules rests with, and is exercise by, the people to whom those rules apply

Democracy

A political system's ability to maintain things as they are, and/or when decisions and changes do not substantially affect the current distribution of power among actors within that system

Stability

The perception that an act, actor, group or institution is justified in its exercise of power

Legitimacy

The degree to which the use of power by particular actors are considered rightful or legitimate

Authority

The expectation and requirement that ministers within the government must be held personally responsible for the activities and decisions taken by them, as well as the government departments they administer

Individual Accountability

A system of government where power is divided between a central national government and more geographically dispersed subnational governments that administer smaller regional or local jurisdictions

Federalism

The distribution of power to govern between three branches of government; each branch is independent of and has the ability to block the other, which is thought to guard against any one branch becoming too powerful

Separation of powers

The expectation that executive governments must be answerable to parliaments, and that their decisions and actions must be exposed to public scrutiny

Responsible Government

A political unit that has a permanent population, defined territory, a distinct government and recognised sovereignty

State

The idea as the government as a whole must answer reasonable questions and allow itself to be scrutinised by the entire parliament

Collective Accountability

The supreme lawmaking body where elected representatives debate, create and modify laws that govern activity within their jurisdiction, as well as scrutinise the actions of the executive government

Parliament

The legitimate or widely recognised ability to exercise effective control over matters in a particular area, or within particular borders

Sovereignty

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