Glossary- democracy 2026

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  • popular movement a collective action by citizens, advocating for societal change, ex. the suffragettes
  • ideological politics politics based on following school of thought, ideology
  • issue-based politics politics based on how to solve certain issues
  • key issue the main talking point of a political party
  • party support the amount of funding, voters and followers a political party garners
  • left-right scale a classic way to represent politics, the further left you are the more socialist you are and the further right you are the more conservative you are
  • single-issue party a party that focuses on a single, key issue, ex. the green party focusing on the environment
  • extremist party a party with extremist, fringe political beliefs, ex. the nazi party or the communist party
  • populist party a party that claims to work against the establishment in order to favour the people, usually not ideologically bound
  • head of state the leader of a nation, in sweden it's the king
  • monarchy a form of government in which the head of state is a king or queen
  • republic a form of government in which the head of state is a president
  • president the highest political position in a republic, the head of state
  • parliamentarism when a government makes use of a parliamentary system
  • parliament the legislative, decision making body in a country, it's where those with mandate decide the laws of a country, in sweden it's called the riksdag
  • legislative power ex. the riksdag in sweden
  • executive power the executive power exists in order to make sure the laws the legislative power passes are properly adopted
  • presidentialism a state of government wherein the president is both the head of state and the head of government
  • unitary state a country composed of a single entity with a central government that holds supreme power, ex. sweden
  • federation a country composed of several states with a central government, however, the member states still have control over their local affairs, ex. USA, Germany

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