IMPORTANT TERMINOLOGY IN POL SCI - PART 2

A political idea that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, often excluding those outside the group.

• Nationalism

• Legislature

• Liberalism

• Political Power

A small group of people who control a country, organization, or institution.

• Nationalism

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Totalitarianism

An organized group of people with similar political aims and opinions, running for office and trying to get their candidates elected

• Political Party

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Totalitarianism

Involvement in activities intended to influence public policy and leadership.

• Political Party

• Political Participation

• Tyranny

• Totalitarianism

The ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way, often associated with control or influence over others.

• Power

• Vote

• Veto

• government

A country without a monarchy, where the head of the state is elected.

• Power

• Socialism

• Monarch

• Republic

A political and economic theory advocating for public or collective ownership and control of the means of production and distribution of goods

• Power

• Socialism

• Monarch

• Republic

The authority of a state to govern itself or another state.

• Government

• Socialism

• Monarch

• Republic

A political unit with defined borders, a government, and the power to make and enforce laws

• Government

• State

• Monarch

• Republic

The right to vote in political elections

• Suffering

• Vote

• Veto

• Suffrage