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Edexcel Politics 1. Democracy and Political Parties

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An act that expanded the franchise to 20% of men aged 21 or over
1832 Great Reform Act
A process undertaken by political parties of converting policies, demands, and ideas into practical policy programmes for government, usually involving compromise and the elimination of contradictions
Aggregation
An act that introduced equally populated constituencies
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act
Political power exercised through the use of persuasion and incentives
Manipulative Political Power
An independent pressure group founded in 1934 that campaigns for civil liberties such as its current campaign as of April 2019 opposing police use of facial recognition
Liberty
An MP whose role it is to maintain party discipline
Whip
A group the aim of which is to influence policy making without actually looking to take government power
Pressure Group
Charismatic, Legal-Rational, Traditional
Authority
The statistical and sociological study of elections and trends in voting
Psephology
A system in which amongst other things the executive is formed from members within the legislature rather than being separate from it as in the United States of America
Westminster System
A system in which people give their views and make decisions directly themselves such as during a referendum
Direct Democracy
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
A conservative movement popular in the 1980's (Reagan and Thatcher(ism)) rejecting some of the ideas of traditional conservatism in favour of authoritarianism, neo-conservatism, and economic neo-liberalism
New Right
A usually democratic system in which multiple parties compete for votes and power with governments nearly always formed through a coalition
Multiparty System
A democratic system in which rights and equality are guaranteed and promoted
Liberal Democracy
A usually democratic system in which there are usually two dominant parties which cannot win a majority thus requiring a coalition with a smaller but significant and often disproportionately powerful third party
Three-party System
The position of the UK Independence Party on the political spectrum
Right
Power exercised through the ability to affect government and policy but not to enforce it
Influence
Political power exercised within closed doors negotiations among officials and outside parties
Secretive Political Power
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
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