Political Dictionary Crossword

The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.
All of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved
The power to make a law and to frame public policies.
The power to execute, enforce, and administer law.
The power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes within society.
The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government.
A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority.
A form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people.
A body of people living ina defined territory who have a governemtn with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority.
Having supreme power within ones own territory; neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority.
A form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power.
A form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite.
A centralized government in which all government power belongs to a single, central agency.
A form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and several local governments.
Basic principle of federalism; the consitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis.
A joining of of several groups for a common purpose.
A form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are seperate, independent, and coequal.
A form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that official's cabinet.
In a democracy, the majority of the people will be right more often than they will be wrong, and will be right more often than will any one person or small group.
An adjustment of opposing principals or systems by modifying some aspect of each.
A member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to it by birth or naturalization and is entitled to full civil rights.
An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownershipof capital goods; investments that are determined by private decison rather than by state control, and determined in a free market.