HUMANITIES Edexcel A Level Politics Question Paper

HUMANITIES Edexcel A Level Politics Question Paper Legitimacy - Where the people give their consent to be governed Direct Democracy - A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives Representative Democracy - a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf pluralist democracy - a theory of democracy that holds that citizen membership in groups is the key to political power democratic deficit - loss of direct control of political decisions by the people Participation crisis - Where political engagement is so poor that it threatens to undermine democracy Franchise - The right to vote Think tanks - a body of experts providing advice and ideas on specific political or economic problems.