Political Parties
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Faction
A group of like-minded politicians, usually formed around a key leader or in support of a set of preferred policies
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Political Party
Is a group of people organised for the purpose of winning governmment power
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Catch-all Party
A party that develops policies that will appeal to the widest range of voters, by contrast of a programmatic party
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Party Government
System through which single parties are able to form governments and carry through policy programmes
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Two-party system
Dominated by 2 major parties that have a roughly equal prospect of winning governmnet power
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Multiparty System
A party system in which more than two parties compete for power
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Left
Political ideas that are based on generally optimistic views of human nature and favour social change; tending to support liberty, equality and state intervention
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Right
Political ideas that tend to be pessimistic about huamn nature and oppose change; tending to support order, authority and oppose state intervention
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Capitalism
An economic system in which wealth is owned privately and economic life is organised according to the market
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Ideology
An 'ism', a more or less coherent set of ideas and theories that help to explain the world and guide political action
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Conviction Politics
A style of politics in which party policies are shaped by the ideological convictions of its leader
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Socialism
The central idea is that people are social creatures who are bound together by a common humanity, defined by fraternity, equality and cooperation
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Conservatism
Defined by a 'tradition to conserve', placing faith in tradition, experience and history and suspicious of abstract principles or developed theories
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Social Democracy
Ideological stance that hopes to achieve 'humanised' capitalism based on the economic efficiency of capitalism and an enduring socialist belief in equality and social justice
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Social Justice
A morally justifiable distribution of wealth, usually implying a desire to reduce material inequalities
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Nationalisation
Extension of state control over the economy through the transfer of industries from private to public ownership
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Paternalism
Acting in the intrest of others who are unable to make informed moral decisions, supposedly as fathers for their children
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Progressive Taxation
A system of taxation in which the rich pay proportionally more in tax than the poor
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Consensus Politics
An overlap of ideological positions between two or more parties; disagree on detail or emphasis
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Individualism
A belief in the primacy of the human individal (self-reliant and interested)
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Privatisation
The selling of nationalised industries and other state assets, from the public to the private sector
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Social Conservatism
The belief that tradition, order and a common morality provide the basis for a healthy and stable society
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Minimal State
State that only maintains domestic order, enforces legal agreements and protects against external attacks
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Adversary Politics
A form of politics that is characterised by deep ideological conflicts between two parties
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Third Way
Idea of an alternative to both 'top-down' Keyensian social democracy and free-market policies of Thatcherism
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Communitarianism
The belief that people are happier and more secure if they live in communities that have clear, values and strong culture
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Crowding Out
Idea that an over-large state damages the performance of private businesses by depriving them of necessary resources
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Liberalism
Ideology that is defined by the commitment to the individual, reflected in the doctorine of 'natural rights'
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Social Liberalism
A commitment to social welfare designed to promote equal opportunities and to help individuals to help themselves
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Is a group of people organised for the purpose of winning governmment power
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Political Party
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A party that develops policies that will appeal to the widest range of voters, by contrast of a programmatic party
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Card 4
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System through which single parties are able to form governments and carry through policy programmes
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Card 5
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Dominated by 2 major parties that have a roughly equal prospect of winning governmnet power
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