Knowledge Atlas · Reference
Glossary & ontology
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- Veil of ignorance
- In Rawls's original position, a constraint that hides from the parties facts such as their race, class, gender and talents, so that principles of justice are chosen without regard to personal advantage.
- Verification status
- Whether an atlas claim has been checked by editors against its sources: unverified, AI-drafted, in review, verified or rejected.
- Veto player
- In George Tsebelis's theory, an individual or collective actor whose agreement is required to change the policy status quo.
- Villagisation
- Government-directed concentration of dispersed rural people into planned villages, to deliver services or reorganise production. Tanzania's 1973-76 programme is a leading example; its costs and results are debated.
- Voice
- Trying to change an organisation from within by complaint, protest or participation (Hirschman).
- Voter pamphlet
- An official publication sent to registered voters with information on the measures and candidates on the ballot.
- Voting with one's feet
- Expressing preferences about governance by moving to the jurisdiction whose policies one prefers.