Topic 1 - Defining power

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• 2. the power a person or organisation has to control, command, or determine other people, who obey without the need for any pressure, threats or force (9)
• 3. a political system in which the citizens have no say in who rules, or on the way in which it is ruled. The power of government is in the hands of one person or a small group (12)
• 4. a political system in which all citizens participate directly in the decision-making process, e.g. by voting (6, 9)
• 5. a political system in which the citizens do not take part directly in political decision-making; instead, they vote to elect representatives who make the political decisions on their behalf (8, 9)
• 7. exercised through the use (or the threat) of force (8, 5)
• 8. in a modern political context, this suggests a political system in which the adult population as a whole have regular opportunities to choose those who govern them and to participate in the political process (9)
• 9. term used in several different ways – it can refer to (1) membership of a particular state; (2) effective participation in society; (3) citizenship education. (11)
• 10. a vote on a particular issue that involves putting a question to the electorate for a yes or no decision (10)