Index: Political Authority

This page forms part of the alphabetical index to the patterns of power commentaries and blog posts.

   Main Sections

Chapter 6 Overview

Chapter 6 Contents

citations in blog posts

   Issues

a definition, (6.1.1)

a form of power, (2.7)

analysis structure, (6.1.4)

Austerity, (6.2.4.2), (6.4.2.2), (9.4); also see entry in Index-A-B and citations in blog posts

Authoritarianism, (6.3.1) and see Index-Authoritarianism

Capitalism, (6.2.2), and see entry in Index-C

Centrism, (6.2.6), (6.2.6.3)

Confrontation in politics, (6.3.2.8), (6.4.2.6)

Democracy, (6.3.2)

Direct democracy, (6.5.2)

economic accountability, (3.3.9), (6.8.5.3)

economic decision-making, (3.1.2), (3.3.8), (6.7.1), (6.7.8) and see Index-Economic-governance

elections, (6.3.5.4), (6.8.2)

electoral systems, (6.3.2.4)

‘epistocracy’: only allowing educated people to vote, (6.5.3.3)

Foreign policy, (6.7.7) and see citations in blog posts

Global political institutions, (6.6.6) and see Index-International-governance

governance requirements, (2.1), (9.7)

ideal political system?, (6.3.8)

ideologies and approaches to government, (6.2), (6.2.1)

Interest groups and pressure groups, (4.3.4.2), (6.4.4), (6.5.3)

‘Joystick’ – public hand on policy, (6.2.6.2)

legitimacy, (6.3), (6.5.3.3)

Local government, (6.6.2)

Manifestos and party platforms, (6.2.6), (6.3.2.3), Blog

money in politics, (6.4.5), and see citations in blog posts

moral influence in politics, (4.1.1), (4.3.4), and see Index-Moral-influence

negotiation, (6.8.4), (9.2.3).  Also see Index-Negotiability

Polarisation in politics, (6.3.2.8), (6.4.2.6)

Political parties, (6.2.6), (6.3.2.3), (6.6.7.4)

Political representation, (6.5.1), (6.8.2), and see Representatives entry in Index-Q-R

Politicians – role, (6.1.2), (6.1.3), and see Index-Politicians’-performance

Pressure groups, see Interest groups above

pressures, (3.3.9), (6.4.1), (6.4.6)

Proportional representation, (6.3.2.4)

public services, (3.2.3.1), (3.5.3), and see separate Index

Separation of powers, (5.2.8) and see entry in Index-S

Subsidiarity, (6.6)

systems of voting, (6.3.2.4)

tactical international groupings, (3.5.4.5), (6.6.6.3), (7.2.7.2)

voter confusion, (6.6.7)

Voting by cultural identity, (6.3.2.2), (6.6.7.2) and see Index-Pluralism