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democracy and participation (topic 1)
1.1 current systems of representative democracy and direct democracy
direct democracy
to what extent is there a democratic deficit?
representative democracy
does britain have a participation crisis?
1.2 a wider franchise and debates over suffrage
widening of franchise
prisoner's suffrage
votes for 16
women's suffrage
only 200 years ago 2.7% of the country had the right to vote
evaluate the extent to which the franchise is sufficiently extended.
1.3 pressure groups and other influences
outsider
rmt
insider
nfu (national farmers union) eg. called for a badger cull to protect cattle from bovine tb and were able to do so against the wishes of the public. insider access to defa (department of environment, farming and agriculture). however the cull was
influence of other collective organisations
think tanks
lobbyists
cooperations
1.4 rights in context