Uk democracy and participation

• Democracy refers to political system in which people are involved in decision making in some way
• Legitimacy is the legal right to power for example a gov right to rule following an election
• Direct democracy is where all people express their opinions them and not through representatIves acting on their behalf
• Representative democracy is where all people select a person to act on their behalf to excercise political choice
• Pluralist democracy is when goverment makes decision as a result of contrasting arguements from diff groups and organisations
• Democratic deficit is a deficiency in the way a democratic body works especially in accountability and control over policy making
• Participation crisis is lack of engagement with political system eg large number of pwools chose not to vote
• Franchise/suffrage is the ability or right to vote in a public election
• Think tanks are a body of experts brought together to investigate and offer solutions to political economic or social problems
• Lobbyist is someone payed by client to seek influence gov on their behalf espcially if legislation is being considered
• Devolution is the dispersal of power not souverinty within a political system
• Mandate is the authority to carry out a policy regarded as the party that wins election
• Judicical review is a type of court proceeding which judges review the lawfulness of a decision made by a public body
• Pressure group is a group that tries to influence public polices
• civil liberties is the state of being subject only to laws establisehd for the good of community espically with regard to freedom of action and speech