political crossword

4. Temporary. For example, someone might be the acting director of a government agency. Acting appointments are sometimes automatic, as when a lieutenant governor is the acting governor whenever the elected governor leaves the state.
7. The belief that government and its administrative institutions are intrinsically evil and should be abolished (typically by violence) so they can be replaced by arrangements not corrupted by exploitative and oppressive governments.
8. Assigning tasks to others.
10. In bureaucratic politics, the area of programmatic responsibility assigned to an agency by the legislature or chief executive; also, a term used to describe the territory within the boundaries of a government entity (as a local jurisdiction).
11. A government with no limits to its power and under which the people have no guaranteed or constitutional rights.
13. The idea that individual citizens of a democracy should have a high degree of self determination.
14. The many different persons or interest groups that are involved in a policy decision and are affected by the results.

1. The idea that all persons have an equal claim to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
2. A political system in which decision making power is widely shared among members of the society.
3. A social and political concept stressing the appropriateness of group organization, and diversity of groups and their activities, as a means of protecting broad group interests in society; assumes that groups are good and that bargaining and competition among them will benefit the public interest.
5. Local government's equivalent of a constitution.
6. Process by which we clarify right and wrong and act on what we take to be right.
9. One who is seriously and passionately involved in politics by running for office, mobilizing support for issues, participating in campaigns, and so on.
11. 1. Outside of politics; not concerned with political dominance; apathetic toward voting or politics. 2. Nonpartisan; not affiliated with a political party.
12. Power defined according to a legal and institutional framework, and vested in a formal structure (a nation, organization, profession); power exercised through recognized, legitimate channels.