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citizenship (democracy in the uk) - Coggle Diagram
citizenship (democracy in the uk)
goverment
coalition government
when two parties come together so that when it comes to first past the post the two parties of pratically the same belives make decisions together
cons
difficult to agrre on common objectives
pros
gets peoples problems heard
government roles and positions
prime minister
deputy prime minister
secutary of state of defence
secutary for state for work and pensions
secutary of state education
political parties
labour
minimum standard of living for everyone
heavy texes for rich people
left wing
green
social justice
ecological wisdom
left wing
liberal democrats
utilising nuclear energy
lower taxes
centre to centre left
conservatives
free education
free enterprise
right wing
political ideologies
right wing values/ideas
those who favor an absolutist government, which uses the power of the state to support the dominant ethnic group or religion and criminalize other ethnic groups or religions
left wing values/ideas
political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy
voting systems
first past the post
pros
more things get decided
cons
it creates a two party system
proportional representation
pros
creates equal oppotunities for parties
cons
can let in extremists parties
parliament
lords
pro
they can't get told on what to vote for
cons
they way you get to become a lord is etheir be born in to the role by a family member being one
commons
cons
they get told on what to vote for
pros
speak about peoples concerns
how laws are made
green paper
earlist form of a bill
ping pong (when the lords and the commons change the bill so it can become perfect)
pros
its almost perfect
cons
takes ages to stop the ping ponging
white paper
more concrete policy paper/proposial
british constitution
britain doesnt have a normal constitution becuase britains is not codeified but instead its uncodified
the reason why britian is uncodified becuase we don't have all our laws on one bit of paper unlike america which is codified
devolution of powers
scottish identities/culture
speak scottish gailic
welsh identities/culture
speak welsh
N.irish identities/culture
speak irish
what is it
taking power from central government to giving it to over countries
examples
scotland had to oppotinuity to in 2010 but voted on not doing it
pros
gives their culture back to them
cons
can cause division
tax and revenue
different sources of government revenue(tax)
VAT
sugar tax
alcohol tax
different areas of government expenditure(public spending)
roads
fixing them
local services
water
fire department
police
ambulance
electricity
direct democracy
what is it
when a government gives control to local people to vote on things
examples
switzerland
pros
gets local people to care about issues
cons
it can create problomatic views for people