Engelska demokrati

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• Amendment The process of formally altering or adding to a document or record, such as the constitution.
• Anarchy Lack of any structure of political authority. It is a kind of political disorder and confusion.
• Autocracy This is a government by an individual with unrestricted authority.
• Authoritarian An authoritarian regime is one that is characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against individual freedom.
• Ballot A ballot means either: 1. the act, process, or method of voting, especially in secret or a sheet of paper or 2. a card used to cast or register a vote, especially a secret one. A ballot box is a box in which voters deposit their marked ballots.
• Bill A bill is a proposal for a new law, or a proposal to change an existing law that is presented for debate before Parliament.
• Bureaucracy An administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid or complex procedures impedes effective action.
• By-election When a seat in parliament becomes vacant due to death or resignation, an election is held between regular elections to fill that seat.
• Cabinet A group of high-ranking political officers that are heads of departments. They give advice to the president/prime-minister and make sure that the laws decided by parliament are implemented.
• Campaign An election campaign is a series of coordinated activities, such as public speaking and demonstrating, designed to achieve a social, political, or economic goal.
• Candidate A candidate is a person seeking nomination or nominated for election to a position of authority such as president, prime minister, or member of parliament.
• Congress The national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic. It is a formal assembly of representatives. (See the entry about parliament)
• Constituency A constituency is an area, and the people who live in it. In an election, the people in the constituency choose one person for the government.
• Constitution A constitution is a system of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes the nature, functions, and limits of a government.
• Constitutial monarchy This is a monarchy in which the powers of the ruler are restricted to those granted under the constitution and laws of the nation.
• Democracy The term Democracy comes from the Greek words dêmos (people) and Kratos (power). In its literal meaning, democracy means the "rule of the people". In fact it is a form of government in which all eligible people have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy as a political systems existed in some Greek city-states, notably Athens following a popular uprising in 508 BC.
• Dictatorship A dictatorship refers to an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator. It is a form of government that has the power to govern without consent of those being governed.
• Election An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates.
• Government Government is the means by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for determining the policy of the state.
• Head of state The chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government.
• Majority The political party, group, or faction having the most power by virtue of its larger representation or electoral strength.

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