Knowledge Atlas · Reference
Glossary & ontology
Terms are defined once and translated with care — terminology must survive translation intact.
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- General will
- In Rousseau's political theory, the will of the citizens as a body aimed at the common good, which a state must follow to be legitimate; it is distinguished from the sum of private wills.
- Gerrymandering
- Drawing electoral district boundaries to advantage a party or group, typically by packing opponents' voters into a few districts or cracking them across many so they cannot win.
- Goði (chieftain)
- In the Icelandic Commonwealth, the holder of a chieftaincy (goðorð) who led followers and sat in the law council; the office could be bought, shared or inherited.
- Graduated sanctions
- Penalties that start small for a first or minor breach of rules and escalate for repeated or serious ones.
- Gross National Happiness
- Bhutan's policy philosophy, credited to King Jigme Singye Wangchuck in 1972, that development should promote collective well-being across several domains and not economic output alone.
- Ground lease
- A long-term lease of land under which the leaseholder owns the buildings while the landowner keeps the land.