Social science, GLOSSARY UNIT 3

STATE: it is made un up of institutions that organise the live of the people who live in the same territory. The laws ans powers are the same for everyone..
SOVEREIGNTY: supreme and unrestricted power.
CONSTITUTION: it is the collection of a country's fundamental laws.
DEMOCRACY: government by the people or their elected representatives.
MONARCHY: a form of government in which the supreme authority is the king or the queen of a state.
DICTATORSHIP: a country ruled by a dictator or dictators.
GLOGALISATION: capital can move from one country to another without border restrictions.
REGION: is a territory that usually has a strong economy and a well-defined social and cultural identity.
CULTURAL DIVERSITY: it exists between people as a result of education and a way of living or thinking.
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE: it means that all citizens at voting age can participate in the elections.
LEGISLATIVE POWER: it has to make and vote on laws; and control the government. It lies with the parliament.
EXECUTIVE POWER: it has to execute the laws and set state policy. It lies with the government.
JUDICIAL POWER: it has to apply the law and punish citizens who break it.
SUPRANATIONAL: beyond the authority or jurisdiction of one national government.
MASS CULTURE: process by which different cultures become more alike, ad local characteristics are gradually abandoned.
UN: United Nations. International organisation formed by almost every state in the world.
NGO: Non-governmental organisation. Entitie with humanitarian and social aims.
CIVIL SERVANT: qualified worker that have passed an exam.
JUSTICE: the quality or fact of being just.
LIBERTY: the power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself.
SUBSIDIARITY: the institutions closest to the citizens can make decisions.
CULTURE: it is the collection of common customs, knowledge and ways of living that a group of people recognise as their own.
MULTICULTURALISM: the policy of maintaining a diversity of cultures within a community.
INTERCULTURALISM: it promotes the coexistence of different groups of human beings on tha basis that cultural relations enrich everybody.
REFERENDUM: a vote on such a measure.
ELECTIONS: process by which the citizes choose their representatives in the parliament.