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Define democracy

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A government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly or by a representative under a free electoral system

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Give two strengths of a direct democracy

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More active participation
Everyone can vote
enables you to have a direct say

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Give two weaknesses of direct democracy

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Chaos in large society

Takes longer

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Give two strengths of a representative democracy

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Good large population

Quicker

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Give 4 voting considerations for MPs

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Media
Constituency
Party/whips
own morals

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What is a pluralist democracy?

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A System of government which encourages participation and allows for free and fair competition between competing educational background

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What is an elitist democracy?

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Dominated by elites who are from a particular social class or educational background

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What is a mainstream party?

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The three main political issues which include Labour, Lib Dems and the conservatives

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What is a two party system?

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Two fairly equal matched parties compete for power at elections/ others have little realistic chance of winning

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What are the five functions of political parties?

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Political Formula
internal discussion on manifesto ect
Stable government
there would be chaos without it/ all individual 
Participation 
encourages participation 
Representation

Political Recruitment
recruites candidiates

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Why do we have a two party system in the UK?

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Tendency for opinion on issues to divide into for and against/
electoral system- FPTP- discourages other parties
Problems for small parties.
Absence of deep ethnic linguistic and sectional differences

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What is an ideology?

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A set of beliefs or values that guides a person through their choices

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Give 4 left wing beliefs

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Internationalisation
Shared wealth and ownership
More just society
Identify with interest of masses

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Give 4 right wing beliefs

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Interests of the established
more emphasis on P.R
Favours traditions
Lower levels of taxation

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Give three reasons for that Britain is a two party system

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2010- 86.8% of seats were lab/con
The third party- Lib Dems are still a long way behind the two main parties
Lab/Con only partiers that are likely to win

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Give three reasons against that Britain is a two party system

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34.9% of voters voted for lab/con in 2010
There is a four way competition in Scotland- can be different in different places
Second to Labour in the north and the west

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Give 5 beliefs of socialism

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Social evil- capitalism
Community 
Equality 
Justice
Government intervention
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Give 5 beliefs of Liberalism

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Individualism
Liberty
Rationalism
Legal+political equality
Min gov. intervention
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Give 4 beliefs of Conservatism

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Established interests
Traditional values
P.R
Lower levels of taxation

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What is ethical socialism?

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To improve the quality of life for people

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What is Christian socialism?

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Jesus’ messages should be in socialism and everyone is equal

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Give 5 features that the old clause IV had in 1918

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Nationalisation 
socialism 
'A sacred cow'
equality of outcome
re.of wealth
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Give 5 features that the new clause IV had under Blair

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Equality of opportunity 
large private sector
p.r
third way
free market
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Give 6 features of old labour

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Public sector
Eurosceptic
quality of outcome
working class
social justice
trade unions
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Give 6 features of new labour
``` Catch-all p.r social inclusion tough on welfare benefits more central ```
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Give 7 features of one nation conservatives
Pragmatism/gradual improvements/paternalist/pluralism/mixed economy/ internationalism /accepted NHS
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Give 7 features of Thatcherism
Libertarian conservatism (economically)/monetarism (controlling money to stop inflation)/ free ,arrest/ adversial policies/ privatisation/ deregulation/ anti trade union power/ self reliance
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Give 5 reasons why the conservatives lost the 2005 election
Did not increase their share of the vote (35.7%) Talked to mainly long term party supporters Different views in party Iraq war- approved No 'big idea'
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Give five campaigns/changes that David Cameron brought to the Conservative party in 2010
``` 'Vote blue, go green'- went more environmental 'Broken Britain' wanted to fix it Wanted to detoxify the party Talked of replacing human rights act The conservative brand ```
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Give 4 roles and values of third and minor parties
1-take up paticular causes that are ignored by the other parties e.g pro life alliance/ 2- they air certain grievances not being taken up by traditional parties e.g SNP/ 3- Act as protest vote e.g lib dems/ 4- can effect outcome of elections
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Give 6 features of liberalism
Individual freedom/ equality of opportunity/ promoting social justice/ encouraging political participation/ protection of indiuval rights/ dispersion of power
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Give 5 features of classical liberalism (neo)
Minimal state intervention/ freedom and equality/ self reliance/ adopted by new right/ free market
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Give 5 features of progressive liberalism
Some regulation of the market/ reform/ mixed economy/ welfare state/ state action
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Give 4 evidences for the end of ideology
Parties seem to be more central and 'catch all'/ able to enter into a coalition government/ increased emphasis on presentation/ ideological wings of each of the three main parties have been marginalised
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Give 4 evidences against the end of ideology
Ideological dividing come apparent in the financial crisis/ still have distinct ideological traditions/ single issue parties are more popular
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What is internal party democracy?
How MPs in the party are elected to be leader, it is also how MPs can be electives and how much power members have within a political party.
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How are Labour leaders chosen?
A third of voters are made by the parliamentary Labour Party (backbenchers) A third is made by organisations like trade unions A third is made by ordinary party members Must be more than half of votes
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How are parliamentary candidates selected?
12.5% of MPs have to nominate a candidate who wants to elected There is a national executive commitee's approval lost Electoral college makes a short list
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How is party policy formulated in labour?
Make them in a conference Two thirds majority in order for it to be in the manifesto There is a two year policy cycle National policy forum appointed Policy commissions to make proposal which are formalised in the national executive committee- passes to party conference for approval
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How are the liberal democrat Leaders chosen?
There is a postal ballot of all party members. Candidates needed to secure 10% of all lib dem MPs as well as 200 party members drawn from at least 20 local parties for their nomination 50% of votes in ballot
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How are parliamentary candidates selected in the lib dems?
Must apply to their national party/ those who become approved can apply to individual constituencies/ these are short listed by the constituency / these are short listed by the constituency party go to a ballot of all parties members
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How are party policies formulated in the lib dem party?
Combing English, Scottish and organisations below each national party, Scotland policies- Scottish party Federal conference twice a year National conference spent considering proposals from the federal conference
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Give three reasons why political parties still matter
Recruiting representatives- the choice of those who served in government/ best way of ensuring competitive elections/ educating the electorate
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Give 4 reasons why political parties no longer matter
Single issue parties seem more popular and relevant/ the politicians who represent the parties are unable to make their performance match up to the promises they make/ the media adds to the distrust / countries are more difficult to govern today
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Give three evidence points of consensus between 1951-1979 (just after the war)
Portrayed elections as a contest to decide which politicians would bring policies that everyone agreed on/ Tories accepted welfare and mixed economy
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Give three evidence points of there not being consensus between 1951-1979 (just after the war)
There was disagreement on private/ public ownership/ social equality/ role of state/ the role on state was disagreed on
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Give three points of evidence for consensus between 1979-97 (Thatcher and Kinnock)
There was new labour by 97 who were similar to the Tories, they embraced conservative policies/ both moved central, less extreme of eachother
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Give three points of evidence against consensus between 1979-97 (Thatcher and Kinnock)
Conservatives under leadership of MT changed opinions to be more radical, new right/ Labour moved to the left lead to polarised contest
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Give three points of evidence against consensus between 1997+
Still differences in party/ 2010 different views on global crisis/ Corbyn new party leader/ disagree on public services
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Give three points of evidence for consensus between 1997+
Tong Blair removes ideology from the debate/ more central/ Cameron is moderate
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What is political culture?
Is the idea, beliefs and attitude that shape political
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Why is party membership declining?
Catch all parties/ less enthusiasm for and interest in politics/ growth in pressure group activity/ less time spent on recruiting members/ more emphasis on party leaders
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What is party finance needed for?
Maintaining party headquarters e.g pamphlets/ maintaining a reserve fund e,g new roof/ campaign costs/ local constituencies expense/
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Where do parties receive funding from?
Subscriptions from individual party members/ donations from indiuval companies/ contributions from associated bodies/ publi c subsidies/ minor parties- short money
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Give four arguments for state funding
Party activity is essential to a democratic government/ allows politicians to focus on representing their constituents/ parties of the centre left suffer a disadvantage/ it would also help reduce part dependence on unions/ lib dems could compete equally
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Give four arguments against state funding
Politics is a voluntarily activity/ we need to spend money on other more important things p/ public cannot be exoteted to bail pit parties/ may not support party
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What is state funding?
State funding is when the government pay for the public services through our taxes
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What is short money?
Money paid to opposition parties in order to help them cover their administrative costs and scrutinise the govebrment / is available to opposition that win over 150,00 votes

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