Political Parties

• An organisation of people with similar political views, who aim to gain political power by winning elections and forming a government


  political party
• A coherent set of ideas and beliefs about the world that drives political action, and shapes how you see the world’s problems

  ideology
• Which term is often used when referring to ideas such as collectivism, state intervention, economic equality, higher taxation and redistribution?

  Left-wing
• Which term is often used when referring to ideas such as individualism, limited state intervention, hierarchy, authority, free markets and tradition?

  Right-wing
• An ideology that stresses individual freedom, reason, tolerance, equality of opportunity, and government by consent, limited by a constitution?

  liberalism
• An ideology that believes in creating an equal classless society, arguing that humans are social creatures who can achieve more working collectively

  socialism
• More of a state of mind than an ideology, this term refers to those who largely believe in tradition, order, hierarchy, authority, and property etc.

  Conservatism
• The occurrence of splits within political parties, that happen when certain groups hold different views to the main beliefs of the party

  Factionalism
• Where there is widespread agreement between the major political parties on particular issues, rather than strong ideological conflict

  consensus politics
• where there is great ideological conflict between the major political parties, with little agreement over particular political issues

  adversary politics
• someone’s widely recognised right to exercise power

  authority
• the ability to make people do things that they might not actually want to do

  power
• the term used to refer to the authority of an entire government, or political system, usually gained by winning an election

  legitimacy
• term that describes the political parties in a political system and the relationships between them

  party system
• political parties that attempt to have broad ideological appeal to attract a wide membership and many centrist floating voters

  catch-all parties
• name given to the leadership of the Labour Party in the mid-1990s

  New Labour
• term coined in the 70s, when the economy was stagnating, with rising unemployment, but inflation rates were increasing


  Stagflation
• Theory initially supported by Margaret Thatcher that inflation should be prioritised over unemployment and lowered by restricting the money supply


  Monetarism
• Policy pursued by Margaret Thatcher to sell government/ publicly owned assets with the aim of increasing competition, service and efficiency 


  Privatisation
• Which term is often used when referring to ideas such as moderate redistribution, regulated free market economy, and strong but targeted welfare?

  Centre
• the theory that economic depressions can be avoided by managing demand, with governments raising capital and investing to stimulate the economy

  Keynesianism
• the form of liberalism that focuses on negative liberty - the freedom from intrusion and obstruction from others

  Classic Liberalism
• the form of liberalism that focuses on positive liberty - the freedom to choose from a wide range of opportunities and realise your full potential

  Modern / new liberalism