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Participation Flashcards

1
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What did Aristotle say about man?

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“Man is a political animal”

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What 4 things is politics about?

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People, power, government and consensus.

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What did a famous prime minister say about power?

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“Principle without power is futile” Tony Blair

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What did a famous president say about consent?

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“No man is good enough to govern another without his consent” Abraham Lincoln

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5
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Give 4 alternative forms of political participation.

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Join a party
Write to an MP
Join a pressure group
Strike/ protest

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6
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What is turnout?

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How many people actually “turn out” and vote.

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7
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What happened with the turnout in 2001?

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More people didn’t vote than who voted for the winning party.

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What is an abstainer?

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Someone who chooses not to vote as a political statement.

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What is meant by apathy?

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Lack of interest in the political process.

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What is meant by alienation?

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Being estranged from society as a whole.

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11
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4 reasons for falling turnout.

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Lack of faith in MP’s- expenses saga, manifesto promises not kept.
Shift to the centre
Hapathy
Not a matter of life or death

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12
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What has been the turnout trend since 1950?

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There has been a general decrease. There has been a 25% drop in turnout since then. Post war was 85% turnout.

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What is the etymology of politics?

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” of the citizens “

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What did EB say about representatives?

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Your representative owes you, not his industry only but also his judgement.

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Etymology of democracy.

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“Power people”

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What did AL say about democroacy.

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Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people -Abraham Lincoln

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Peter Mandelson quote about representative democracy

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It may be that the era of representative democracy is slowly coming to an end

18
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EB quote about evil

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It is only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph- Edmund Burke

19
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Participation and age data

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Mori 2015-
18-24 43%
65+ 78%

20
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Participation and social class figures

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Mori 2015
A/B - 75%
D/E - 57%

21
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Putnam quote

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People spend more time watching friends than making them - Putnam 2000

22
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Milbrath and goel

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51% vote only
23% other forms of participation
26% no participation
1977

23
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Ethnic group figure

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White- 68%

Other - 56%

24
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Evidence for movement to pressure groups

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RSPB has twice as many members that all parties combined

25
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When do people vote?

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Time of change eg. 1997 and 2010

26
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When don’t people turnout?

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In safe seats- wasted votes

At done deal elections -2001

27
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Why is low turnout an indicator?

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Indicator of political satisfaction. Not a matter of life and death. Parties are quite similar anyway.

28
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Time bale quote

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The citizens of post modern, post industrial Europe turn to more direct and digital ways of doing politics.

29
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Suggestion of political evolution?

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Power report 2006

Tim bale quote

30
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Loss of faith in MP’s?

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Expenses scandal- Jackie Smith
Sleaze
Punch and Judy
Avoiding questions- did you threaten to overrule him- 12 times

31
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A01 for shift to the centre?

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New labour- tony Blair- Mondeo man, scrapped clause 4
“I am by instinct a liberal”
Neil kinnock expelled the militant tendency

32
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Two models to show indirect democracy?

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Trustee- “your representative owes you” Edmund Burke

Advocate model- electorate tells representatives what to do

33
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Turnout in 2001

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59.4

34
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Features of pluralism in the UK?

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EU- trading laws, human rights
Devolved assemblies- education and health
Judiciary- common law
HOL- rejected tax credits

35
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Turnout in 2015?

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66.1

36
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The UK is a representative democracy?

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FPTP- MP’s held to account- Ed balls looses seat- trustee model
Increase in house representatives
Move towards multpartism - UKIP- 12.6

37
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UK is not a indirect democracy?

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Increase of referendums- 3 in 5 years
FPTP- tactical voting, unproportional
Shift to the centre

38
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Ideology info.

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Set of ideas and beliefs
Governing principles- free market or state control
“Laisse faire” let it be
Hayek- classical liberal- influence thatcher- ideologies are not fixed

39
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How are ideologies formed?

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Start point- current position
How do we get there
Finish point- where would we end up

40
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Michael Oakshotte-

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“Governing a county is like steering a ship in a storm. Not start or finish. All you can do is avoid the worst of the storm”

41
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How is the UK anti pluralistic?

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Stacking the lords 
Role of Lord chancellor 
Ref. to leave the EU 
Snoopers charter 
Suggest tori bias of Judges
42
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What did G say about powers?

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“Power should be a check on power” Guizot

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