Glossary
Authoritarian State: A State where there are no limits set upon the exercise of power by the State and no checks and balances on organs of government.
Citizenship: The legally defined identity of each individual who has accepted the supremacy of the authority established by the constitution.
Constitution: The set of fundamental rules governing the politics of a nation that enumerates and limits the powers and functions of a government.
Constitutional State: A State whose power is limited in order to protect citizens from the arbitrary exercise of authority.
Democracy: A form of government carried out by the people either directly or through their elected representatives. As a way of organizing the polity, it refers to the arrangements ...
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