Participation

Question 1

What did Aristotle say about man?

Answer 1

“Man is a political animal”

Question 2

What 4 things is politics about?

Answer 2

People, power, government and consensus.

Question 3

What did a famous prime minister say about power?

Answer 3

“Principle without power is futile” Tony Blair

Question 4

What did a famous president say about consent?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Give 4 alternative forms of political participation.

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What is turnout?

Answer 6

How many people actually “turn out” and vote.

Question 7

What happened with the turnout in 2001?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is an abstainer?

Answer 8

Someone who chooses not to vote as a political statement.

Question 9

What is meant by apathy?

Answer 9

Lack of interest in the political process.

Question 10

What is meant by alienation?

Answer 10

Being estranged from society as a whole.

Question 11

4 reasons for falling turnout.

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What has been the turnout trend since 1950?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What is the etymology of politics?

Answer 13

” of the citizens “

Question 14

What did EB say about representatives?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Etymology of democracy.

Answer 15

“Power people”

Question 16

What did AL say about democroacy.

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Peter Mandelson quote about representative democracy

Answer 17

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

Question 18

EB quote about evil

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Participation and age data

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Participation and social class figures

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Putnam quote

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Milbrath and goel

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Ethnic group figure

Answer 23

White- 68%

Other - 56%

Question 24

Evidence for movement to pressure groups

Answer 24

RSPB has twice as many members that all parties combined

Question 25

When do people vote?

Answer 25

Time of change eg. 1997 and 2010

Question 26

When don't people turnout?

Answer 26

In safe seats- wasted votes | At done deal elections -2001

Question 27

Why is low turnout an indicator?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Time bale quote

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Suggestion of political evolution?

Answer 29

Power report 2006 | Tim bale quote

Question 30

Loss of faith in MP's?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

A01 for shift to the centre?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Two models to show indirect democracy?

Answer 32

Trustee- "your representative owes you" Edmund Burke | Advocate model- electorate tells representatives what to do

Question 33

Turnout in 2001

Answer 33

59.4

Question 34

Features of pluralism in the UK?

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Turnout in 2015?

Answer 35

66.1

Question 36

The UK is a representative democracy?

Answer 36

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

Question 37

UK is not a indirect democracy?

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Ideology info.

Answer 38

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

Question 39

How are ideologies formed?

Answer 39

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

Question 40

Michael Oakshotte-

Answer 40

"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"

Question 41

How is the UK anti pluralistic?

Answer 41

``` Stacking the lords Role of Lord chancellor Ref. to leave the EU Snoopers charter Suggest tori bias of Judges ```

Question 42

What did G say about powers?

Answer 42

"Power should be a check on power" Guizot