DP Global Politics

Political Actors

Entities, such as a person, organization or movement, that wield some form of political power or engage with the political process.

Stakeholders

Political actors that have an interest, or a stake, in a particular issue.

Social movement

A collective of individuals advocating a shared goal.

Non-government organizations (NGOs)

Any nonprofit, voluntary citizens’ groups that are organized on a local, national or international level. They can bring citizens’ concerns to governments, monitor policies and encourage political participation at the community level.

Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)

Organizations made up of states focused on a specific issue at a global regional level they can be a formal or informal character.

Multinational or transnational companies (MNCs/TNCs)

Companies that operate across a significant number of states through resourcing and selling their products.

Non-state actors

Political actors that are not a part of the state

Power diffusion

The movement of power away from states to various non-state actors

State sovereignty

A states ultimate control over its territory, both externally in relation to other states and internally in relation to its inhabitants.

Autocracy

A governmental system in which one ruler has all the power.

Democracy

Derived from the ancient Greek words, Demos (people) and Kratos (power). A political system that allows the population to partake in politics, both actively as elective, representatives and passively as voters.

Anocracy

A state that combines elements of democracy and autocracy.