democratic

republic

State with elected leaders

• constitutionalHealth-promoting walk
• parliamentaryOf a legislature
• federalismDivided governmental authority system

sovereignty · legitimacy · mandate · administration · executive · judicial · succession · transition · bicameral · separation

election

Organized public voting

• ballotVoting document
• votingFormally registering a choice
• suffrageRight to cast ballots

electorate · referendum · primary · caucus · turnout · polling · franchise · plebiscite · precinct · absentee

equality

Same status for all

• equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
• fairnessJust and equal treatment
• inclusivityPractice of welcoming all

representation · accessibility · opportunity · enfranchisement · pluralism · diversity · voice · empowerment · participation · self-determination

deliberation

Careful weighing of choices

• referendumDirect vote on legislation
• initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
• recallMemory retrieval act

petition · assembly · activism · organizing · community · dialogue · consensus · stakeholder · forum · townhall

egalitarian

Equality principle supporter

• liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
• self-determinationControl over one's fate
• majoritarianismRule by greatest number

equality · progressive · reform · enfranchisement · emancipation · populist

protest

Public expression of disapproval

• dissentDisagreement with authority
• petitionFormal written appeal
• constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup

expression · opposition · pluralism · freedoms · anti-authoritarian · constitutionalism

• politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
• social adjectivessocial, societal, cultural, collective, communal
• fairnessfair play, fair shake, fair treatment, fair and square, fair share
• political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
• Asian PoliticsChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan
• decentralizationdecentralized, distribute, spread, disperse, scatter