lunes, 17 de marzo de 2014

Glossary 5 (Social Sciences)

National sovereignty: of, involving, or relating to a nation as a whole
Constitutional Monarchydenoting, characteristic of, or relating to a constitution
The Crown: an ornamental headdress denoting sovereignty, usually made of gold embedded with precious stones.
Arbitratorto settle or decide (a dispute); achieve a settlement between parties
Decentralised Governmento reorganize (a government, industry, etc) into smaller more autonomous units
Motion of no confidencethe process of continual change in the physical position of an object; movement
Ministersa person appointed to head a government department
Municipalitya city, town, or district enjoying some degree of local self-government
Town Councila densely populated urban area, typically smaller than a city and larger than a village, having some local powers of government and a fixed boundary.
Mayorthe chairman and civic head of a municipal corporation in many countries
Councilorsa member of a council
Provincea territory governed as a unit of a country or empire
Self-government: the government of a country, nation, etc, by its own people
Statute of Autonomyan enactment of a legislative body expressed in a formal document
Subsidiarity(in political systems) the principle of devolving decisions to the lowest practical level
Autonomous Community(of a community, country, etc) possessing a large degree of self-government
Exclusive authorityexcluding all else; rejecting other considerations, possibilities, events, etc
Share authoritya part or portion of something owned, allotted to, or contributed by a person or group
Post-industrial society: I don't know 
Life expectancythe statistically determined average number of years of life remaining after a specified age for a given group of individuals
Illiteracyuneducated, ignorant, or uncultured
Extended family: a social unit that contains the nuclear family together with blood relatives, often spanning 
three or more generations
Nuclear familya primary social unit consisting of parents and their offspring
Single parent family: existing alone; solitary
Same sex marriages: being the very one


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