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Democracy

Jack Reason 5 Fragen

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  1. 1Democracy is where power is exercised by the mass of the [blank_start]people[blank_end]. The word itself comes from the [blank_start]Greek[blank_end] words “[blank_start]Demos[blank_end]” – meaning mass of the people, and “Kratos” – meaning [blank_start]power[blank_end].

    There are different interpretations of how democracy should be exercised. The main two are called ‘[blank_start]direct[blank_end] democracy’ and ‘representative democracy’.
    1. Apeople
    2. BGreek
    3. CDemos
    4. Dpower
    5. Edirect
  2. 2[blank_start]Direct Democracy[blank_end] is when citizens are granted the right to speak and [blank_start]vote[blank_end] on [blank_start]all[blank_end] issues, with the [blank_start]majority[blank_end] view becoming law. It existed in a very imperfect form in the ancient Greek city-state of [blank_start]Athens[blank_end]. Nowadays, modern technology has enabled millions of voters to vote on specific issues in the form of [blank_start]referendums[blank_end].
    1. ADirect Democracy
    2. Bmajority
    3. CAthens
    4. Dvote
    5. Eall
    6. Freferendums
  3. 3[blank_start]Representative[blank_end] Democracy – is where citizens choose others to [blank_start]represent[blank_end] them, making important decisions on their [blank_start]behalf[blank_end]. It is also called ‘indirect democracy’. In the UK, there is a system of [blank_start]representative[blank_end] democracy called ‘[blank_start]liberal democracy[blank_end] – in which the people vote for a government through regular [blank_start]elections[blank_end] with [blank_start]secret[blank_end] ballots and a [blank_start]choice[blank_end] of candidates. Government is accountable to the [blank_start]people[blank_end], and has its power [blank_start]limited[blank_end] in some way, in part by a [blank_start]free press[blank_end] and the [blank_start]individual rights[blank_end] of the people.
    1. Arepresent
    2. Bbehalf
    3. CRepresentative
    4. Drepresentative
    5. Eliberal democracy
    6. Felections
    7. Gsecret
    8. Hchoice
    9. Ipeople
    10. Jlimited
    11. Kfree press
    12. Lindividual rights
  4. 4The UK doesn’t use [blank_start]referendums[blank_end] as much as some other countries. The last one was the referendum on [blank_start]EU membership[blank_end] in 2017. In the UK, the [blank_start]government[blank_end] calls the [blank_start]referendum[blank_end], but in some countries, such as [blank_start]Switzerland[blank_end] and the USA, the people can [blank_start]trigger[blank_end] a referendum by way of petition, which is called an [blank_start]initiative[blank_end].

    Arguments for [blank_start]direct democracy[blank_end] in the UK include the problems caused by the voting system of [blank_start]FPTP[blank_end], which doesn’t produce true [blank_start]representation[blank_end] in terms of [blank_start]seats[blank_end] won, as well as producing a [blank_start]socially[blank_end] unrepresentative Parliament of predominantly white males. The party system also means [blank_start]representatives[blank_end] follow the order of party leaders rather than the interests of the [blank_start]voters[blank_end]. So direct democracy means governments are [blank_start]directly[blank_end] accountable to the [blank_start]citizens[blank_end] of the state, and is especially used in the UK to solve [blank_start]constitutional[blank_end] issues regarding how we are [blank_start]governed[blank_end].

    Arguments against [blank_start]direct democracy[blank_end] include how [blank_start]difficult[blank_end] it is to reach agreement in a [blank_start]modern[blank_end] state with millions of people. There are arguments that the people would not have the [blank_start]knowledge[blank_end] or time to make important political [blank_start]decisions[blank_end], with [blank_start]turnout[blank_end] in most UK referendums being low and some decisions being made for [blank_start]emotional[blank_end] rather than thought through reasons, with [blank_start]their[blank_end] interests, rather than those of the [blank_start]state[blank_end] in mind. There is also the issue of the ‘tyranny of the [blank_start]majority[blank_end]’, where the interests of minorities can be ignored. These problems happen less with [blank_start]representative[blank_end] democracy.
    1. Areferendums
    2. BEU membership
    3. Cgovernment
    4. Dreferendum
    5. ESwitzerland
    6. Ftrigger
    7. Ginitiative
    8. Hdirect democracy
    9. IFPTP
    10. Jrepresentation
    11. Kseats
    12. Lsocially
    13. Mrepresentatives
    14. Nvoters
    15. Odirectly
    16. Pcitizens
    17. Qconstitutional
    18. Rgoverned
    19. Sdirect democracy
    20. Tdifficult
    21. Umodern
    22. Vknowledge
    23. Wdecisions
    24. Xturnout
    25. Yemotional
    26. Ztheir
    27. AAstate
    28. ABmajority
    29. ACrepresentative
  5. 5[blank_start]Advantages[blank_end] of representative democracy, especially as opposed to direct democracy, include that:

    1. The people cannot be expected to have the time or [blank_start]interest[blank_end] to make important and [blank_start]regular[blank_end] decisions
    2. Representatives can [blank_start]educate[blank_end] the public on political issues
    3. Representatives ensure the interests of [blank_start]all[blank_end] sections of society (including [blank_start]minorities[blank_end]) are taken into account, and can be held [blank_start]accountable[blank_end] for their decisions.
    4. Representatives are able to ‘[blank_start]aggregate[blank_end]’ the differing demands of people into a more coherent and politically logical programme.

    [blank_start]Disadvantages[blank_end] of representative democracies include that:

    1. Representatives may [blank_start]distort[blank_end] peoples’ demands to suit their political preferences
    2. Representatives may not make make themselves [blank_start]accountable[blank_end] enough between [blank_start]elections[blank_end] and can only be removed by [blank_start]elections[blank_end] if they lose the [blank_start]respect[blank_end] of the people.
    3. The electoral mandate of representatives is [blank_start]flawed[blank_end], as voters have to accept or reject a whole [blank_start]manifesto[blank_end], not being able to make clear which parts of it they [blank_start]oppose[blank_end], and there is more information in this day and age for people to be able to make [blank_start]better[blank_end] decisions.
    4. Representatives also have to decide whether to be ‘[blank_start]delegates[blank_end]’ for their constituents, merely putting forward their view, or using their best judgement to ‘[blank_start]represent[blank_end]’ their constituents (a concept called ‘[blank_start]Burkean[blank_end] representation’).
    1. AAdvantages
    2. BDisadvantages
    3. Cinterest
    4. Dregular
    5. Eeducate
    6. Fall
    7. Gminorities
    8. Haccountable
    9. Iaggregate
    10. Jdistort
    11. Kaccountable
    12. Lelections
    13. Melections
    14. Nrespect
    15. Oflawed
    16. Pmanifesto
    17. Qoppose
    18. Rbetter
    19. Sdelegates
    20. Trepresent
    21. UBurkean

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A level Politics (Democratic participation) Quiz am Democracy, erstellt von Jack Reason am 03/10/2017.
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