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Public bodies
an organisation whose work is part of the process of government, but is not a government department. Publically funded to deliver a public or government service, though not as a ministerial department.
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Public office
A position of authority or service involving responsibility to the public, especially within the government.
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Confederation
An organisation which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance
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Protocols
a rule which describes how an activity should be performed
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Association
An organisation of people with a common purpose
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Diplomacy
Diplomacy is the art and science of maintaining peaceful relationships between nations, groups, or individuals. Often, diplomacy refers to representatives of different groups discussing such issues as conflict, trade, the environment, technology etc
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Cartels
A coalition or cooperative arrangement between political parties intended to promote a mutual interest.
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Negotiate
talk about a problem or a situation in order to solve the problem or complete the arrangement.
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Grievance
you believe that something was unfair
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Policy
a set of ideas or plans that is used as a basis for making decisions
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Nineteenth century
1801→ 1900
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Eighteenth century
1701→ 1800
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Twenty first century
2001 → 2100
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Seventeenth century
1601 → 1700
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Sixteenth century
1501 →1600
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Economic climate
The term 'economic climate' refers to the general state of the regional, national, or global economy.
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income
A person's or organization's income is the money that they earn or receive, as opposed to the money that they have to spend
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Goods
Goods are things that are made to be sold.
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welfare
The welfare of a person or group is their health, comfort, and happiness
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expenditure
Expenditure is the spending of money on something, or the money that is spent on something.
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industry
Industry is the work and processes involved in collecting raw materials, and making them into products in factories.
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If you refer to a social or political activity as an industry, you are criticizing it because you think it involves a lot of people in
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Parliamentary election
an election to select the members of a national parliament
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high profile
attracts a lot of attention or publicity.
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impartiality
equal treatment of all rivals or disputants; fairness.

Impartiality is a principle of justice holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, or preferring the benefit to one person over another
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agencies
a business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group.
Or
a department or body providing a specific service for a government or other organization.
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Custom*
A custom is an activity, a way of behaving, or an event which is usual or traditional in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
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discernable
If something is discernible, you can see it or recognize it

distinguishable
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Coincided
If the ideas or interests of two or more people coincide, they are the same.

Or
If one event coincides with another, they happen at the same time.
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Colloquially
Colloquial words and phrases are informal and are used mainly in conversation.
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Affiliation
If one group has an affiliation with another group, it has a close or official connection with it.
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Obligation
If you have an obligation to do something, it is your duty to do that thing.
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Institutions
An institution is a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank.
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Degrading
causing humiliation
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Compelling
A compelling argument or reason is one that convinces you that something is true or that something should be done.
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Amending
If you amend something that has been written such as a law you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate.
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Incorporated
Incorporated is used after a company's name to show that it is a legally established company in the United States.
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united or combined into a whole
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Uphold
If you uphold something such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it.
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Philosophy
Philosophy is the study or creation of theories about basic things such as the nature of existence, knowledge, and thought, or about how people should live.
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Paternalism
Paternalism means taking all the decisions for the people you govern, employ, or are responsible for, so that they cannot or do not have to make their own decisions.
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Contemporary
Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
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Contemporary people or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about.
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aspiration
desire to achieve something
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Majority government
A majority government refers to one or multiple governing parties that hold an absolute majority of seats in a legislature.
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Intergovernmental body
an entity created by treaty, involving two or more nations, to work in good faith, on issues of common interest.
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right wing
A right-wing person or group has conservative or capitalist views.

The right wing of a political party consists of the members who have the most conservative or the most capitalist views.
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left wing
Left-wing people have political ideas that are based on socialism.
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The left wing of a group of people, especially a political party, consists of the members of it whose beliefs are closer to socialism than are those of its other members.
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Centre
In politics, the centre refers to groups and their beliefs, when they are considered to be neither left-wing nor right-wing.
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Mixed economy
A mixed economy is an economic system in which some companies are owned by the state and some are not.
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Free Market
A free market is an economic system in which business organizations decide things such as prices and wages, and are not controlled by the government.
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Broad principles
high level principles are sufficiently generic to sit across multiple areas of policy
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Signatory Countries/Signatories
The signatory countries of an official document are the people, organizations, or countries that have signed it.
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Bill of rights
A Bill of Rights is a written list of citizens' rights which is usually part of the constitution of a country.
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Political community
A political community is a group of like-minded people who share common political goals and values such as social justice, lowering taxes, improving educational policy, etc. The definition could be as broad as voters who belong to the same party or as nar
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Principles
a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning.
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Values
the moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group
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Fascism
Fascism is a set of right-wing political beliefs that includes strong control of society and the economy by the state, a powerful role for the armed forces, and the stopping of political opposition.
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Repeal
If the government repeals a law, it officially ends it, so that it is no longer valid
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Composition
When you talk about the composition of something, you are referring to the way in which its various parts are put together and arranged.
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Irrespective
regardless; without due consideration
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Impartiality
equal treatment of all rivals or disputants; fairness.

Impartiality is a principle of justice holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, or preferring the benefit to one person over another
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Anonymity
the condition or fact of being anonymous
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Constituencies
the whole body of voters who elect one representative to a legislature or all the residents represented by one deputy
Or
a district that sends one representative to a legislature
Or
a group of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a leg
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Seats
When someone is elected to a parliament you can say that they, or their party, have won a seat.
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bilateral
involving 2 parties
Or
Bilateral negotiations, meetings, or agreements involve only the two groups or countries that are directly concerned.
Or
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narrow principles
By contrast, when we refer to narrow principles, we mean those that relate to specific policy areas (eg sales and marketing).
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generic
You use generic to describe something that refers or relates to a whole class of similar things.
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A generic drug or other product is one that does not have a trademark and that is known by a general name, rather than the manufacturer's name.
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Sufficient
If something is sufficient for a particular purpose, there is enough of it for the purpose.
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If something is a sufficient cause or condition for something to happen, it can happen.
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Public office

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A position of authority or service involving responsibility to the public, especially within the government.

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Confederation

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Protocols

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Association

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