5: democratic rule

Question 1

Democracy

Answer 1

A political system in which government is based on fair and open mandate from all qualified citizens of a state

Question 2

Democratization

Answer 2

the process by which states build the institutions and processes needed to become stable democracies

Question 3

Direct democracy

Answer 3

A system of government in which all members of the community take part in making the decisions that affect the community

Question 4

E-democracy

Answer 4

A form of democratic expression through which all those with an interest ina problem or an issue can express themselves via the Internet or social media, thereby participating in the shaping of government decisions

Question 5

Representative democracy

Answer 5

A system of government in which members of a community elect people to represent their interests and to make decisions affecting the community. Indirect form of government.

Question 6

Liberal democracy

Answer 6

A form of indirect democracy in which the scope of democracy is limited by constitutional protection of individual rights

Question 7

Limited government

Answer 7

A belief that guarantees must be made for citizens by placing limits on the powers and reach of government

Question 8

Liberalism

Answer 8

A belief in the supreme value of the individual, who is seen to have natural rights that exist independently of government, and wh must therefore be protected from too much government

Question 9

Civil liberties

Answer 9

The rights that citizens have relative to government and that should not be restricted by the governmen (security, liberty, privacy…)

Question 10

Modern

Answer 10

Term used to characterize a state with an industrial or post-industrial economy, affluence, specialized, occupations, social, mobility and an urban and educated population

Question 11

Modernization

Answer 11

The process pf acquiring the attributes of a modern society, or one reflecting contemporary ideas, institutions and norms

Question 12

Waves of democratization

Answer 12

A group of transitions from non-democratic to democratic political systems that occurs within a speficied period of time and that significantly outnumbers transitions in the opposite direction during that period

Question 13

Political regime

Answer 13

Same meaning than political system but it is used pejoratively to refer to authoritarian political systems

Question 14

End of history

Answer 14

The idea that political, economic or social system has developed to such an extent that it represents the culmination of the evolutionary process

Question 15

Populism

Answer 15

A political programme or movement based on championing the rights and interests of the people in the face of the ruling elite

Question 16

Structural violence

Answer 16

A term used to describe the social and economic opression built into a system of government. Intangible forms of opression