Concept List By Country
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| 199068879 | Civil society | Voluntary associations outside the state governmental | |
| 199068880 | Franchise | the right to vote which came to Britain in the mid 1800's. | |
| 199068881 | Fusion of powers | is a constitutional principle that merges the authority of the executive, legislative and even the judicial branches of government. This is in contrast to the separation of power principle. In Britain, for example, Parliament and the cabinet is the supreme legislative, and executive, authority and parliament can also assume the judicial capacity. | |
| 199068882 | Import substituting industrialization (ISI) | The domestic industries take over private development of goods and services that at one time were imported, increasing the drive to a market economy.. | |
| 199068883 | Legitimacy | According to a state's citizens, the state has a rightful authority to exist. | |
| 199068884 | Monetarism | The private sector will control the economic development of a country instead of the government's attempt to pursue growth through increasing the debt load. | |
| 199068885 | nongovernmental organization (NGO) | a private group similar to a special interest group but takes on issues of an international level. | |
| 199068886 | Parliamentary democracy | system of government in which the chief executive is answerable to the legislature and may be dismissed by it. Parliamentary democracy stands in contrast to a presidential system, in which the chief executive is elected in a national ballot and is independent of the legislative branch. | |
| 199068887 | Parliamentary sovereignty | provides the sole initiative to keeping a government legitimate by extending votes of no confidence to undermine the legitimacy of the executive branch. | |
| 199068888 | Quangos | quasi-nongovernmental organizations that influence policy making in numerous social arenas. | |
| 199068889 | Single-member plurality (SMP) electoral system | The winning candidate attains the most votes (a plurality) in his district. A majority is not necessary to win the election.. | |
| 199068890 | Socialism | the state plays a major role in organizing the economy, with the public (state) owning the business. are publicly owned. Some economic sectors can be privately owned or managed. | |
| 199068891 | Welfare state | are economic policies provided to benefit the masses, including education, and primarily health care |
