Theme D Flashcards
What is direct action?
Action to bring about change
eg. protests, strikes, demonstrations
What is indirect action?
Try to bring about change by persuasion rather than action.
eg. petitions, social media campaigns
What are the advantages of MPs going around their constituency to gain support?
- Targets particular people/areas
What are the disadvantages of MPs going around their constituency to gain support?
- Time consuming
- Can become expensive (travelling costs/costs of printing)
What is digital democracy?
Political parties accessing people from across the country or from individual constituencies by the internet, social media, email, etc
What are the advantages of digital democracy?
- Can go viral
- Free
- Quicker and easier to access
- Targets larger audience (and gets younger generation involved in democracy)
What are the disadvantages of digital democracy?
- Too much information could put people off
- Can’t target individuals so easily
- Hacking
- Not everyone has access eg. older generations
How do citizens contribute to democracy?
- Voting
- Joining political party
- Signing petitions
- Volunteering
- Campaigning
- Advocacy
- Lobbying
How are workers protected/supported in the workplace?
- Trade unions
- Rights and Laws (eg. Equality Act)
- Staff associations/tribunals
What is a trade union?
Organised association of workers in a trade or profession formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
What does a trade union do?
- Supports members
- Come to agreements about pay and working conditions
- Take serious cases to employment tribunals
What is a pressure group?
Groups of people trying to change public opinion or government policy to its own view/beliefs
What is advocacy?
Publicly supporting an issue or proposal
What is lobbying?
Trying to persuade people in power to take a particular action.
What is free press?
Media is not controlled by government so can publish anything as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone.
