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AQA A Level Politics - UK > Democracy And Participation > Flashcards

Democracy And Participation Flashcards

1
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What type of democracy is the UK

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Representative democracy

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Before 1918 who couldn’t vote

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All women and many men could not vote

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What groups campaigned for electoral reform

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Chartists, the Suffragists and the Suffragettes

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What happens in a healthy democracy

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People vote in elections
Join political parties
Engage politically

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What is direct democracy

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A system of democracy in which the people make decisions, not the government. Votes take place on specific questions.

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What is representative democracy

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A system of democracy in which people vote for elected representatives. These elected representatives makes decisions on the people’s behalf

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Which country has the most directly democratic system

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Switzerland

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What elements of direct democracy are being increasingly used in the UK

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Referendums
Petitions

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What are the advantages of direct democracy

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People can participate directly in the decision making process

Wishes of the people cannot be ignored

People are motivated to get involved

Decisions have greater legitimacy

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What are the disadvantages of direct democracy

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Public may not fully understand the issue

Majority may undermine a minority group (‘Tyranny of the majority’)

May vote on emotional or populist short-term reasons

Expensive

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Before 1832 who could vote

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Only rich, male landowners

Fewer then 4%

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Who could vote after the Great Reform Act 1832

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1 in 5 male adults

5.6% of the population

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Who could vote after the Second Reform Act 1867

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Allowed working class men in cities to vote if they met a property qualification

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Who could vote after the Third Reform Act 1884

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All working class men who met a property qualification

40% of men still excluded

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Who could vote after the Representation of the People Act 1918

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All men over 21 (veterans 19)
Women over 30 who met property qualification

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Who could vote after the Representation of the People Act 1928

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All men and women over 21

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Who could vote after the Representation of the People Act 1969

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Everyone over 18

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What did the Chartists campaign for

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Votes for all men over 22, secret ballots, no property qualifications for MPs, pay for MPs, equal-size constituencies and yearly elections to Parliament

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What did the Suffragists campaign for

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The vote using peaceful methods

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What methods did the Suffragettes use

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Militant methods including window breaking, chaining themselves to railings and arson

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(Turnout) Is the UK experiencing a participation crisis - for

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Low turnout
Even lower turnout in PCC elections, EU elections and Welsh Parliament

22
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(Turnout) Is the UK experiencing a participation crisis - against

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Turnout has been rising recently
Decent turnout in recent referendums
Electorate is just selective (if they care they’ll vote)

23
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(Party membership) Is the UK experiencing a participation crisis - for

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Party membership fallen since the 1950s

24
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(Party membership) Is the UK experiencing a participation crisis - against

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Membership for some parties has risen in recent years
Minor parties have done well over the last decade

25
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(Changes in participation) Is the UK experiencing a participation crisis - for

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Partisan dealignment
Trade unions are less powerful
Political apathy
Disillusionment
Slacktivism

26
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(Changes in participation) Is the UK experiencing a participation crisis - against

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Pressure group membership increased
Social media growth
Internet based movements

27
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What was turnout in the 1950s

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Around 80%

28
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What was the turnout in the 2001 general election

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59%

29
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What was the turnout in the 2012 PCC elections

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15% of the electorate voted

30
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What was the turnout in the 2016 PCC elections

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27%

31
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What was the turnout in the 2021 PCC elections

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33%

32
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What was the turnout in the 2019 European Parliament election

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37%

33
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What has the turnout for the Welsh Parliament never gone over between 1999 to 2021

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Never reached 50%

34
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What was the election turnout in the 2017 general election

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69%

35
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What was the election turnout in the 2019 general election

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67%

36
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What was the turnout at the 2014 Scottish independence referendum

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85%

37
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What was the turnout at the 2016 EU referendum

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72%

38
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How many party members did the Conservative Party have in the 1950s

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More than 2.5 million

39
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How many members did the Labour Party have in the 1950s

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More than 1 million

40
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How many members did the Conservative Party have in 2018

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124,000

41
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How many members does the Labour Party have

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Over 500,000

42
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What happened to the SNP’s membership after the 2014 Scottish independence referendum

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Quadrupled

43
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How many members did the SNP have in 2019

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Over 125,000

44
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How many members did the Conservative Party have in 2021

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Around 200,000

45
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How many members did the Liberal Democrat’s have in 2021

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Around 115,000

46
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Which party won the 2014 EU elections

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UKIP

47
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How many votes did UKIP receive in the 2015 general election

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3.9 million

48
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Which party won the 2019 EU elections

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The Brexit Party

49
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What does partisan dealignment mean

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People increasingly feel no affiliation to any political party

50
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Example of an internet based movement. How many people joined?

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UK Black Lives Matter - 2020

More then 210,000 people joined

51
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What are some ways of increasing participation

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Votes at 16
Online voting
Compulsory voting
A more proportional system
Increasing political education
Reducing membership fees

AQA A Level Politics - UK (12 decks)

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