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Parliament and legislatures

Parliaments, legislatures, bills, debates, committees and law-making.

Areas within Parliament and legislatures

Political systems

Systems of government, political institutions, constitutions and the distribution of public power.

37 words

Democracy and elections

Elections, voting, representation, democracy and electoral institutions.

30 words

Parliament and legislatures

Parliaments, legislatures, bills, debates, committees and law-making.

51 words

Executive government

Presidents, prime ministers, cabinets, ministers and executive authority.

36 words

Public administration

Civil services, public bodies, administration and government delivery.

36 words

Public policy

Policy development, implementation, regulation, programmes and policy evaluation.

34 words

Parties and campaigns

Political parties, campaigns, manifestos, polling and electoral competition.

44 words

International politics

Diplomacy, states, international relations, alliances and geopolitical power.

46 words

Political ideas

Ideologies, political values, rights, liberty, equality and theories of government.

49 words

Citizenship and civic life

Citizenship, participation, civic institutions, protest and public engagement.

28 words

Elections democracy

Specialist vocabulary classified under Politics and government.

8 words

Government public administration

Specialist vocabulary classified under Politics and government.

13 words

Political science

Specialist vocabulary classified under Politics and government.

10 words

Core vocabulary

56 featured terms

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Actverb

pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

Act asverb

pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

Argumentnoun

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

Argumentationnoun

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

Billnoun

a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill"

Chambernoun

an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy"

Commissionnoun

a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

Committeenoun

a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

Debatenoun

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

Fantannoun

a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all yo…

General assemblynoun

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

Lawnoun

the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Ya…

Law-makersnoun

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

Legislativeadjective

of or relating to or created by legislation; "legislative proposal"

Legislative assemblynoun

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

Legislative bodynoun

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

Legislaturenoun

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

Measurenoun

a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill"

Military policenoun

a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners

MPnoun

a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners

Parliamentnoun

a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all yo…

Playverb

pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

Practice of lawnoun

the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Ya…

Representativeadjective

being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives; "represen…

Senatornoun

a member of a senate

Sevensnoun

a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all yo…

Atriumnoun

any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)

Boardnoun

a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"

Congressnoun

the legislature of the United States government

Congressnoun

a national legislative assembly

Conservancynoun

a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river

Dietnoun

a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)

Ethics committeenoun

a committee appointed to consider ethical issues

Ethics panelnoun

a committee appointed to consider ethical issues

Housenoun

an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"

Jurynoun

a committee appointed to judge a competition

Logomachynoun

argument about words or the meaning of words

Pacnoun

committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates

Panelnoun

a committee appointed to judge a competition

Parliamentnoun

a legislative assembly in certain countries

Senatenoun

assembly possessing high legislative powers

Subcommitteenoun

a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose

Ventriclenoun

a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries

Vestrynoun

in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of t…

Acquitverb