1. Democracy and Participation Flashcards
1
Q
2017: turnout
A
69%
2
Q
2015: turnout
A
67%
3
Q
2017: con seats
A
317
4
Q
2017: coalition partner
A
DUP
5
Q
party membership:
A
1832: 3.8%
now: 1.6%
6
Q
1832: great reform act
A
redistributed seats and gave more votes.
7
Q
examples of outsider pressure groups (2)
A
- EDL
- Life League
8
Q
examples of insider pressure groups (2)
A
- Howard League for Penal Reform
- BMA
9
Q
what is a think tank
A
group of experts
10
Q
4 main rights sources
A
Magna Carta 1215
European Convention of Human Rights 1950
Human Rights Act 1998
Equality Act 2010
11
Q
example of violent pressure group - what do they do?
A
Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
release animals from scientific labs etc.
12
Q
what is migration watch UK
A
immigration and asylum think tank, which describes itself as independent and non-political
