Participation

Question 1

What are different types of participation?

Answer 1

-Voting
-Joining political parties
-Petition
-Political programmes
-Social media discussions
-Displaying political posters
-Contacting parliament/politician

Question 2

Case study for referendums?

Answer 2

2014 scottish independence referendums

Question 3

Positives of 2014 scottish independence?

Answer 3

-Turnout extremely high85.4
-Majority won 55.3% 44.7% yes
-Scot given more power
-Healthy debate
-Successful participant and education

Question 4

Negatives of the 2014 scottish independence referendum?

Answer 4

-Didn’t settle issue
-Creates a divide for scotland and UK
-Creates favoritism for better together as most Brit parties wanted this whereas SNP voted yes
-Better together criticised for neg campaign focused on dangers of independence
-Further pressure for a 2nd vote in the wakes of the brexit referendum
-Govt decided wording of the question so have influence of the outcomes

Question 5

Clement Atlee’s views on referendums?

Answer 5

Devise aliens to our traditions
-He’s saying unusual as we are a representative democracy we don’t have referendums

Question 6

Winston Churchill views on referendum?

Answer 6

Devises of demagogues and referendums
-used to manipulate

Question 7

What are referendums?

Answer 7

Direct democracy
One vote on one specific issue
Choice offers voters simple yes or no response
Decision to hold one is taken by the UK gov
Results not binding

Question 8

What are elections?

Answer 8

Features or representative democracy
Determines who runs govt
Citizens vote for candidate in geographical constituency
Campaigned covered a number of different issues
Required by law
Results binding

Question 9

Referendums for?

Answer 9

-Direct form of democracy encourages citizens to have a say in important decisions
-Prevents dangerous divisions within political parties
-They give a mandate and legitimise constitutional changes
-They could provide a clear and final answer when parliaments deadlocked
-Can provide a method of resolving tricky moral questions

Question 10

Argument for example- -Direct form of democracy encourages citizens to have a say in important decisions

Answer 10

2016 EU referendums 33 mill people voted 72% turnout

Question 11

Referndums for
-Prevents dangerous divisions within political parties

Answer 11

David Cameron and Harold Wilson hoped to resolve issues on Europe within party

Question 12

Referendums for
-They give a mandate and legitimise

Answer 12

Scottish parliament 1997

Question 13

Referendums for
-They could provide a clear and final answer when parliaments deadlock

Answer 13

Remain in the EEC

Question 14

Referendums points for
-Can provide a method of resolving tricky moral questions

Answer 14

Irish referendum on Gay marriage 2015

Question 15

Arguments against referendums?

Answer 15

-Too many can lead to apathy and low turnout
-Most issues are too complicated to be simples yes or nos
-Decisions not always finding gov sometimes goes back on word until the right answer
-Inconsistencies with parliament system, undermining representative democrats by allowing govt to duck big decisions
-Govt can word q’s to favour certain outcomes
-If those who want one outcome has more money than the other influencing result

Question 16

Referendums against- -Too many can lead to apathy and low turnout

Answer 16

22% turnout for North east assembly referendum
42% 2011 AV

Question 17

Referendum against-
-Most issues are too complicated to be simples yes or no

Answer 17

Should we decide in economy or expert economic
During EU referendums some complicated

Question 18

Referendums against-
-Decisions not always finding gov sometimes goes back on word until the right answer

Answer 18

2nd scottish parl referendum (1977 and 1979)
2nd on europe
Gov imposed mayors after being voted against

Question 19

Referendums against
-Inconsistency’s with parliament system, undermining representative democrats by allowing govt to duck big decisions

Answer 19

Brexit referendum 2016

Question 20

Argument against
-Govt can word q’s to favour certain outcomes

Answer 20

1975 ‘should UK stay in the EEC’ people wanting to stick to the status quo

Question 21

Referendums against
-If those who want one outcome has more money than the other influencing result

Answer 21

Anti AV had more money the pro AV in 2011 and therefore in a stringer successful campaigns

Question 22

Participation- Extended franchise for men?

Answer 22

1832-The great reformat, representation of the people extending to men meeting property qualifications
1938-48, The chartist position presented to parliament
1867-Represented of people act (2nd act) extended vote to working men meeting property qualifications
1872- Secret ballot act
1918- ROPA extends vote to all men over age of 21

Question 23

Extended franchise for women?

Answer 23

1918- Representation of people act extends vote to most women over 30
1928- Representation of the peoples act extended votes for women over 21 men and women equal suffrage rights

Question 24

Age and the franchise?

Answer 24

1918- All women aged 21 and most women aged 30
1928- All women aged 21 or over can vote
1969- Representation act extends vote to women and men aged over 18

Question 25

Should 16-17 year olds be given the right to vote For?

Answer 25

-Responsibility without rights
-Youth interest ignored
-Stronger political engagement
-International cut of point

Question 26

Arguments for 16 and 17 yr olds vote? Responsibility without rights

Answer 26

16+ have responsibility to get a job, they pay tax, can get married why can’t they vote

Question 27

Argument for 16 and 17 year olds- Youth interest ignored?

Answer 27

16+ may cause new debates on issues such as education, drug policy and social morality generally

Question 28

Arguments for 16+ to get the vote? Stronger political engagement??

Answer 28

18-25 yr olds have the lowest turnout rate 16/17 yr olds helped increase youth turnout in Scottish indyref of 2014
75% of 16+ compared with 54% of 18-24

Question 29

Arguments for 16+ getting the right to vote? International cut of point/age

Answer 29

If 16 yr olds are be excluded from politics on the grands of their knowledge and level under lais
The principle is very consistently applied
What about poorly educated and ignorant adults

Question 30

Arguments against 16+ getting the right to vote?

Answer 30

Immature voters
Preserving childhood
Deferred representation
Undermining turnout

Question 31

Arguments against 16+?
Immature voters

Answer 31

Until 18 most young people are in full time education and continuing to live with their parents, they aren’t full citizens and education is incomplete

Question 32

Against 16+ getting vote?
Preserving childhood

Answer 32

Adolescence should be a peoprod in which young people can concentrate on school, enjoyment and personal development without having weight political matters placed on their shoulders

Question 33

Against 16+ getting the vote?
Deferred representation

Answer 33

Their representation is only delayed or deferred until their 18, 18 yr old voters are also likely to be broadly unionist within the interest of 16 and 17 yr olds

Question 34

Against 16+ getting the vote?
Undermining turnout

Answer 34

May cause turnout to decline, as young voters are less likely to vote than older voters, many and possibly all 16-18 yr olds mat choose not to vote

Question 35

Reasons why prisoners should be aloud to vote?

Answer 35

Harder to rehabilitate
-Fundamental rights
-Alienation
-European rulings
-Not deterrent

Question 36

Reasons why prisoners should get the right to vote? Harder to rehabilitate

Answer 36

The denial of the right to vote removes a sense of civil responsibility making rehabilitation harder

Question 37

Reasons for prisoners getting the right to vote?
-Fundamental rights

Answer 37

The right to vote according to the united nations cannot be removed

Question 38

Reasons for prisoners getting the vote?
-Alienation

Answer 38

Removal of the right to vote makes the prisoner a non person and further alienate them from society

Question 39

Reasons for prisoners getting the right to vote?
-European rulings

Answer 39

The european court of human rights had rules that the blanket ban on prisoners is a violation on human rights

Question 40

Prisoners right to vote for?
-Not deterrent

Answer 40

There is no evidence that the loss of franchise acts as a non deterrent

Question 41

Reasons against why the prisoners should have the right to vote?

Answer 41

-Prison should be a punishment
-Deterrent
-Undermines justice
-Constituencies undermined

Question 42

Reasons why prisoners should not get the right to vote?
-Prison should be a punishment

Answer 42

These who commit cries against society shouldn’t have a say in how societus run

Question 43

Reasons why prisoners shouldnt get the right to vote?
-Deterrent

Answer 43

Threat of loosing the right to vote prevents crime and enhances civil responsibility’s

Question 44

Reasons why prisoners shouldn’t have the right to vote?
-Undermines justice

Answer 44

Giving convicted criminals the right to have a say in how laws are made, undermining the principle of justice

Question 45

Reasons why prisoners shouldn’t get the right to vote?
-Constituency’s undermined

Answer 45

Would threaten results in constituents
Prisoners are concentrated in certain constituency’s where they are unlikely to remain free so they shouldn’t not be able to choose local representatives for these community’s

Question 46

Case study’s and prisoners right to vote?

Answer 46

Hist was an orphan who in 1979 beat his landlady to death with an axe and sent to prison
Spent 24 years in jail and in 1980 he began a legal campaige to give prisoners the vote
-In opinion polls- only 9% public supported
-After EctHR passed the ruling the pm david cameron says it make shim sick to his stomach

Question 47

Case study- Norwegian prison?

Answer 47

-80% of prisoners in the USA re offend and are back in prison within 5 years
-20% of prisoners in Norway are back in prison within 5 years
Shows that rehabilitation is best