Britain

Question 1

Bureaucracy and the branch it’s associated with

Answer 1

Government administration made up of non-elected officials that are responsible for helping to implement government policies over a number of areas. Executive branch.

Question 2

Three characteristics of a bureaucracy in a liberal democracy

Answer 2

Clear goals
Task specialization
Hierarchical authority structure

Question 3

Importance and influence of bureaucracy on policy making

Answer 3

• ability to influence because they are the ones implementing it
• especially difficult for govts to get rid of bureaucracy

Question 4

Quangos and their purpose

Answer 4

non governmental organizations which along with govt officials and help develop public policies
hold a solid amount of government

Question 5

One major change in the UK’s bureaucracy since 2010

Answer 5

In order to help with budget cuts, they eliminated many quangos

Question 6

Two common criticisms of the UK’s bureaucratic system

Answer 6

Issues of accountability, easy to influence leaders. intense structure of rules can sometimes create inconsistencies

Question 7

Welfare State

Answer 7

Part of govt where state aids in the protection of economic and social wellbeing of its citizens

Question 8

Can the UK still be considered a welfare state

Answer 8

Moderately still a welfare state
protection of the health care system
many industries are still privatized

Question 9

Contrasting attitudes of liberal democrats, tories and new labour party towards welfare state

Answer 9

Tories don’t really support welfare system
Liberal Dems support a moderate welfare staye
New Labour Party would like more of a welfare state

Question 10

Two threats in looming welfare state

Answer 10

Fringe politics are on the rise which means that they would either strongly support/not support welfare state
Increasing population due to refugee issue which could put too much pressure on welfare budget

Question 11

Homogenous

Answer 11

Consistent, same culture and people in the population

Question 12

Heterogenous

Answer 12

Multi ethnic groups which make up the population

Question 13

Three ethnicities that currently impact British politics

Answer 13

Northern Irish, South Asian, British-African

Question 14

One way the govt attempts to accommodate ethnic demands

Answer 14

Freedom of religion and association

Granting powers of regional govt to localized ethnicities like Irish, Scottish and Welsh

Question 15

Two examples of where ethnicity has led to conflict

Answer 15

Brixton Riots - Led by multicultural youth angered by alienation in society
“7/7” attacks - British muslim youth blew themselves up in the subway, killing 56

Question 16

Is the UK a consensual or conflictual political culture

Answer 16

Cross cutting cleavages in society which make it more consensual, apart from the occasional disruption

Question 17

Supranational Organization

Answer 17

Multinational union involved with political powers, which deals with and negotiates with different political powers.

Question 18

Can the UK be considered a supranational organization

Answer 18

UK can’t be considered a supranational organization because regional powers are united under one power which ultimately controls the navy and military, whereas a supranational organization couldn’t do that

Question 19

Purpose of the EU

Answer 19

To create harmony between the dense amount of countries on the European continent. Issues are handled in debates rather than at war

Question 20

Benefit and drawback of UK being in EU

Answer 20

no longer free trade with European countries.

Cost saving because the UK will no longer have to set aside money to go to the EU budget

Question 21

How the UK integrated into the EU and how it didn’t

Answer 21

Common agricultural policy
Different currency (sterling vs euro)

Question 22

Contrast attitudes of Tories and New Labour in regards to EU

Answer 22

NL supports EU, and wants to integrate further

Tories want to be more sovereign and split instead

Question 23

Voting system and party system

Answer 23

First past the post and the majority govt with a two party system
Have attempted to reform to Proportion Representation but lack major party and broad support

Question 24

Elections

Answer 24

Free, fair, regular and competitive

Question 25

Voter Patterns

Answer 25

Centrist, patterns tend to reflect socio-economic class and region