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| the part of the government composed of technical experts and others who remain from administration to administration |
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| principle that requires a primeminister and government to retain the support of a parliamentary majority |
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| term devised in the 1960s to describe a new type of political party that plays down ideology in favor of slogans, telegenic candidates |
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| culture characterized by trust, legitimacy, and limited involvement, which some theorists believe is most conducive to democracy |
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| the web of membership in social and political groups that some analysts believe is needed to sustain democracy |
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| deep and long-lasting political divisions |
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| parties that are close enough to one another ideologically to stay together for the duration of a parliamentary term |
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| right-wing regimes, often drawing on racist philosophies in countries such as Germany and Japan between the two World Wars |
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| in Japan, France, and Germany, refers to cooperation among government, busines, and other interest groups |
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| Governments in industrialized democracies that pursue an active economic policy |
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| a variety of close relationships between businesses, leaders, politicians, and civil servants |
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| economic policy that stresses a limited government rule |
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| a key concept stressing the degree to which people accept and endorse their regime |
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| elected members of the British, or other, Parliament |
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| philosophies or attitudes that stress the importance of extending the power or support for an action; government takeover of private businesses |
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| organization that contests elections or other-wise contends for power |
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| society in which the dominant industries are in the service and high-tech sectors |
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| theory that young middle-class voters are likely to support environmentalism, feminism, and other "new" issues |
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| the selling off of state-owned companies |
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| Proportional Representation |
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| electoral system in which parties recieve a number of seats in parliament proportionate to their share of the votes |
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| a shift in basic electoral balance of power in which substantial groups in a society change their long-term party identification |
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| the principle that legal rules rather than arbitrary and personal decisions determine what happens |
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| the electoral systen in which a second, run-off ballot is held to determine the winnder if no candidate gets majority in the first round (France) |
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| philosophy that rejects revolution and prefers moderate socialistic and other egalitarian reforms enacted through the parliamentary process |
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| a vote in which the members express their support for the government's policies. If it loses, the government must resign |
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| British social theorist of the 17th century who emphasized a strong state |
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| leading democratic and liberal theorist who stressed "life, liberty, and the pursuit of property" |
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| organizations formed to work for the views of a relatively narrow group of people, such as a trade union or business association |
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| the first major environmentally oriented party; now a junior partner in governments |
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