Definitons

Question 1

What does devolution mean?

Answer 1

Decentralisation of governmental power

Question 2

What does participation crisis mean?

Answer 2

Lack of participation in politics, most commonly seen with a low voter turnout

Question 3

What does liberal democracy mean?

Answer 3

Democracy that protects the liberties or freedoms of the individual e.g. freedom of speech, right to vote

Question 4

What does civil rights mean?

Answer 4

Rights that are absolute and must be protected by the government through the law e.g. voting rights

Question 5

What are civil liberties?

Answer 5

Rights and freedoms that cannot be abused e.g. freedom of expression and thought

Question 6

What does it mean for an electoral system to be proportional?

Answer 6

Allocates seats in a manner that roughly reflects the % of votes gained by a party

Question 7

What does it mean for an electoral system to focus on plurality?

Answer 7

Having more votes that’s anyone else means you can win but not have the overall majority

Question 8

What is a minority government?

Answer 8

Party has a minority but has a plurality of elected seats and has been chosen to form a government

Question 9

What is a confidence and supply model?

Answer 9

Agreement where 1 party agrees to support another in votes of supply and votes of confidence

Question 10

What is deference voting?

Answer 10

Giving your vote to benefit someone else- tactical voting

Question 11

What does co-option mean?

Answer 11

Policies of a smaller party are adopted by a major party to apply to a wider electorate range

Question 12

What is aspirational voting?

Answer 12

Voting for a party in hopes of being able to move up a social class

Question 13

What is sovereign authority?

Answer 13

Absolute authority (Parliament) made up if government, people and monarchy is the ‘body’ that has such authority

Question 14

What are socialist ideas?

Answer 14

Favours nationalisation of public services, large state intervention in social and economical policies and greater equality

Question 15

What are liberalist ideas?

Answer 15

Favours less state intervention, privatisation of public services

Question 16

What is bureaucracy?

Answer 16

System of government which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than elected representatives

Question 17

What is a laissez- faire approach?

Answer 17

Laid back, relaxed- a more right wing approach

Question 18

What does the chief whip do?

Answer 18

Ensure party members attend parliament and vote they way the party desires

Question 19

What is microcosm?

Answer 19

A direct, smaller replica of society

Question 20

What does it mean to be a ‘revolving door’ in terms of sectors?

Answer 20

When people go from public services to private ones, and vice versa

Question 21

What are conservative views?

Answer 21

Favours privatisation of public services, less state intervention and greater personal autonomy

Question 22

What is legitimacy?

Answer 22

People give authority to those in power and have the ability to take it away if the government stars from what is acceptable to them

Question 23

What do pressure groups do?

Answer 23

They seek to influence the government or another authority to change ideas they don’t like or to discontinue something. They aren’t political parties- they seek to influence the elected people

Question 24

What is constitutional reform?

Answer 24

The way a country is run and the change in government

Question 25

What is a democratic deficit?

Answer 25

A deficiency in the way that democratic bodies work e.g. lack of accountability

Question 26

What is PR?

Answer 26

Proportional representation- when the % of votes determines how many seats you get