
Abstentionism is standing for election to a deliberative assembly while refusing to take up any seats won or otherwise participate in the assembly`s business. Abstentionism differs from an election boycott in that abstentionists participate in the election itself. Abstentionism has been used by Irish republican political movements in the United K....
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the refusal of a government to participate in international relations or alliances that it regards as detrimental to its interests.
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