Circulated document provided one better political stance (8)
I believe the answer is:
pacifism
'better political stance' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'circulated document provided one' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'provided' could be 'if' (eg 'provided it's sunny' means 'if it's sunny') and 'if' is present in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pacifism that I've seen before include "The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable" , "A rejection of war" , "The belief that disputes should be settled peacefully" , "The doctrine that no violence is justifiable" , "The desire to avoid war" .)