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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term
The rules and arrangements that establish how a country is governed and how political power is exercised and controlled.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 1
Revise: Institutions of the British ConstitutionA constitution establishes how a country is governed: who has power, what they can do and how they are held accountable. The British constitution involves several institutions, rather than placing all authority in one person.
The rules and principles that organise a state, allocate political power and govern how that power is exercised.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
The rules and principles that establish how a country is governed, how power is distributed and how its institutions operate.
Revise: Constitutional Institutions and ChangeA constitution sets out how a country is governed: who has power, what its institutions do and how they relate to one another. It provides the framework within which everyday political decisions are made.
