Political terminology

part of a UK government department

return of a person of public interest (artist, politician) after a long-term hiatus

political candidate who frequently runs for an elected office but seldom wins

policy advocating welfare benefits just for certain groups

party which uses the resources of the state to maintain its position within the political system, operating similar to a cartel

small group highly active in politics

political organization for higher education student

political concept that advocates a unitary state

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Pay-to-play (P2P), sometimes called pay-for-play, is situation in which money is exchanged for services or the privilege to engage in certain activities. The common denominator of all forms of pay-to-play is that one must pay to "get in the game", with the sports analogy frequently arising.

commonly used phrase used to propagate cognitive dissonance

Self-licensing (also moral self-licensing, moral licensing, or licensing effect) is a term used in social psychology and marketing to describe the subconscious phenomenon whereby increased confidence and security in one's self-image or self-concept tends to make that individual worry less about the consequences of subsequent immoral behavior and, therefore, more likely to make immoral choices and act immorally. In simple terms, self-licensing occurs when people allow themselves to indulge after doing something positive first; for example, drinking a diet soda with a greasy hamburger and fries

Metapolitics (sometimes written meta-politics) describes political attempts to speak in a metalinguistic sense about politics; that is, to have a political dialogue about politics itself. Activists who use the phrase often view metapolitics as a form of "inquiry" in which the discourse of politics, and the political itself, is reimagined and reappropriated. The term was coined by Marxists and is almost always used in the context of ideological discourse among the far-left and far-right, unlike the wider academic field of political philosophy. Those citing the term often do so in an attempt to

specific phase in a political system

government of a federated state (state, province, ...) in a federation

thumb|right|220px|A cartoon about Agostino Depretis, accusing him of being a [[chameleonic politician]] Trasformismo was the method of making a flexible centrist coalition of government which isolated the extremes of the political left and the political right in Italian politics after the Italian unification and before the rise of Benito Mussolini and Italian Fascism.

people identifying themselves as socialists or radical leftists while conducting upper-class lifestyles

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idea that empires can control territory beyond what can be feasibly controlled militarily

abilities needed for an effective electorate

political system in which policy influenced by organized groups

A scrutineer (also called a poll-watcher or a bad challenger in the United States) is a person who observes any process that requires rigorous oversight. Scrutineers are responsible for preventing corruption and detecting genuine mistakes and problems.

industry of Public Affairs

change in a politician's party affiliation

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Politicisation (also politicization; see English spelling differences) is a concept in political science and theory used to explain how ideas, entities or collections of facts are given a political tone or character, and are consequently assigned to the ideas and strategies of a particular group or party, thus becoming the subject of contestation. Politicisation has been described as compromising objectivity, and is linked with political polarisation. Conversely, it can have a democratising effect and enhance political choice, and has been shown to improve the responsiveness of supranational i

mobilization of the civilian population as part of contentious policies

ethnic slur for Mainland Chinese people

electoral district considered to be secure

sexism directed towards men

act of a losing candidate admitting electoral defeat to the winner or the public

political slogan

person who controls a unit of a political party, although they might not hold political office

intent to transform or replace the fundamental principles of society

Politics type where minority groups or interests benefit at the public expense

unnatural death caused by economic factors

executive branch power in some governments

beliefs and actions of people who support or use ideologically motivated violence to achieve radical ideological, religious or political views

Red-baiting, also known as reductio ad Stalinum () and red-tagging (in the Philippines), is an intention to discredit the validity of a political opponent and the opponent's logical argument by accusing, denouncing, attacking, or persecuting the target individual or group as anarchist, communist, Marxist, socialist, Stalinist, or fellow travelers towards these ideologies. In the phrase, red refers to the color that traditionally symbolized left-wing politics worldwide since the 19th century, while baiting refers to persecution, torment, or harassment, as in baiting.

political concept

thumb|265x265px|Federal deputy|Federal Deputies Ricardo Fiúza and Amaral Netto carry a sign during the 1987 National Constituent Assembly, which reads: "O Centrão é um milagre de engenharia política. Um grupo sem líderes mas com organizadores". ("The Centrão is a miracle of political engineering. A group without leaders but with organizers.") In Brazilian politics, the Centrão ( – ) refers to a group of political parties that do not have a specific or consistent ideological orientation and aim at ensuring proximity to the executive branch in order to guarantee advantages and allow them to dist

tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election

'''''' (jocular, ) was a Finnish term for a Soviet or Russian contact person of a Finnish politician, bureaucrat, businessman or other important person.

political alliance

the power exercised by a minor political party whose support enables a minority government to obtain office

hypothesis that social media algorithms drive political radicalization

agenda of a political party

person employed to impersonate a politician

former Belgian political investment strategy

constitutional convention in governments using the Westminster System that a cabinet minister bears the ultimate responsibility for the actions of their ministry or department

a concept of cultural normalisation of radical ideas

strategy in which a political candidate presents their ideology as being above or between the political left and right

Bankocracy (from the English word bank and Ancient Greek κράτος - kratos, "power, rule") or trapezocracy (from Greek τράπεζα - trapeza, "bank") is a polemic term referring to the excessive power or influence of banks on public policy-making. It can also refer to a form of government where financial institutions rule society.

censorship by a government

how people from the United States of America are known

supporters of political party

when everyone has equal political power or influence

concept