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• democracy 


  the rule of the people or governed by the people
• representative democracy 


  elections used to choose men & women who will represent their area as a mp in the house of commons
• referendum 


  a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal or law or political party , vote on a single issue
• local council 


  the group of people elected to govern a region city or town within a country
• national gov


  central government or a county that doesn’t give significant power to regional decioms
• devolution 


  power handed down to a lower level
• media

  to educate entertain news and analysis in the press
• internet censorship 


  what is controlled to go on media and wbat can be accessed and viewed
• non democratic 


  everyone has a right to say in how the country try is run
• jury 


  people to hear evidence findings of a fact and set a penalty and judgment
• official opposition 


  alternative govenment
• british contusion. 


  the structure of government and laws/rules that regulate between the state & individual
• local council 


  the group of people elected to govern a region city or town within a country and organise services for it
• genreal election 


  a process to choose most or all members of an elected body typically a legislative
• direct democracy 


  it gives the people the right to particpate, the electorate decides in the body .
• devolved powers 


  the transfer of some authority from a central organisation to smaller organisations
• resvered powers 


  laws that aren’t specifically given to national government and are respected for the states
• devolution 


  the transfer of power to a lower level
• local authority 


  to ensure local people have a say in how sevices are delivered
• free press 


  newspapers magazines and tv even radio to be able to express any opions
• media regulation 


  the conrtol or guidance of mass media by govenmemts and other bodys
• censorship 


  free of speech is harmless or sensitive or incorrect and is blocked or limited
• local authorities 


  transport

  bins

  flowers/plants

  sign posts
• sources of local authority funding

  grants

  fines

  council tax
• different types of local authority’s

  county council

  district council

  metropolitiak districts
• political parties ? 


  labour

  lib dem’s

  conservtive

  green party

  scottish national party
• justice system 


  one system for England and Wales, another for Scotland, and a third for Northern Ireland.
• national government 


  sets laws and polices for the country and orovides services which fall under national competencies
• national gov 3 branches

  judicary

  executive

  legislature
• constitution 


  a set of rules that determine how a country or state is ran
• lay magistrate 


  to consider evidence in each case then to make decisions