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Democracy
Franchise/suffrage:
Franchise and suffrage both refer to the ability/right to vote in public elections. Suffragettes were women campaigning for the right to vote on the same terms as a man.
1928 Representation of the People Act:
All women over 21, no conditions.
1948 Representation of the People Act:
Abolishment of plural voting. One person, one vote. Abolishment of the twelve university constituencies.
1918 Representation of the People Act:
All males over 21, no conditions. All women over 30 who resided in the constituency or occupied land valued above £5.
1884 Representation of the People Act:
All males over 21 whose land was valued at £10 or more and the last two acts as well. One man, one vote
1969 Representation of the People Act:
All people over 18 can vote. No conditions. Abolished plural voting in local government.
1867 Representation of the People Act:
All males over 21 who paid a rent of £10 a year or more and the 1832 GRA.
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1832 Great Reform Act:
All males over 21 who owned their own property AND had an income of over £10 a year.
Democracy
Direct Democracy:
All individuals express their opinions themselves and not through representatives acting on their behalf. This type of democracy emerged in Athens in classical times and direct democracy can be seen today in referendums.
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Pluralist Democracy:
A type of democracy in which in government makes decisions as a result of the interplay of various ideas and contrasting arguments from competing groups and organisations.
Representative Democracy:
A more modern form of democracy through which an individual selects a person (and/or political party) to act on their behalf to exercise political choice.
Key People:
John Locke first discovered it in 1690.
Edward Burke first made distinction between delegates and representatives and the idea of Politicos in 1774.
Philip Davis, MP for Shipley since 2005.
Examples:
UK (unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy)
Germany (federal parliamentary republic)
France (unitary semi-presidential republic)
USA (federal presidential republic)
Participation Crisis:
A lack of engagement by a significant number of citizens to relate to the political process either by choosing not to vote or to join or become members of political parties or to offer themselves for public office.
Examples:
1997 general election 71.3% turnout, 2001 general election 59.4% turnout.
Lobbying:
A lobbyist is paid by clients to try to influence the government and/or MPs and members of the House of Lords to act in their clients' interests, particularly when legislation is under consideration.