-NATIONAL
SOVEREIGNTY: is the power of a state to do everything necessary to
govern itself, such as making, executing, and applying laws; imposing and
collecting taxes; making war and peace; and forming treaties or engaging in
commerce with foreign nations.
-CONSTITUTIONAL
MONARCHY: a monarchy governed according to a constitution that limits and
defines the powers of the sovereign.
-THE CROWN:
the part of a constitutional monarchy represented by the king.
-ARBITRATOR: A person chosen to decide a dispute or settle
differences.
-DECENTRALISED
GOVERNMENT: a system of government in which decision- making is devolved to a
local level and is therefore closer to the citizens.
-MINISTERS:
government officials that, together with the president, make up the Spanish
cabinet.
-MUNICIPALITY:
the most basic administrative body in the Spanish territory.
-MAYOR: is
the highest-ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large
urban city.
-COUNCILLORS:
government officials that together with the mayor make up the town council.
-PROVINCE: an
administrative body made up of several municipalities in the Spanish territory.
-SELF GOVERNMENT:
is an abstract concept that applies to several scales of organization.
-STATUTE OF
AUTONOMY: is a law hierarchically located under the constitution of a country,
and over any other form of legislation.
-SUBSIDIARITY:
the principle of devolving decisions to the lowest practical level so that
services are closer to the citizens.
-AUTONOMOUS
COMMUNITY: one of the 17 regions that form part of the Spanish territory.
-EXCLUSIVE
AUTHORITY: is a government's assertion of its legitimate authority over a
certain territory.
-SHARE
AUTHORITY: the local government and the state over laws related to the
transport or the labor market.
-WELL
BEING: the level of satisfaction of a population as measured by education levels, health care, live expectancy and consumption.
-LIFE
EXPECTANCY: the number of years a person or population is expected to live.
-ILLITERACY:
is the inability to read and write one's own name and further for knowledge and
interest, write coherently, and think critically about the written word.
-EXTENDED
FAMILY: defines a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, consisting of
grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins all living nearby or in the same
household.
-NUCLEAR
FAMILY: is a term used to define a family group consisting of a pair of adults
and their children.
