Democracy notes
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This Democracy notes page gathers over 10 user-made notes, from political terms and types of democracy to participation and UK referendums. School students, university students and professional candidates can practise these topics, while teachers can find material to use. Pick a note to begin.
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- Democratic principles and features24
- Theories of democracy12
- Types of democracy107
- Democratic institutions and constitutions6
- Elections and electoral systems21
- Referendums30
- Political participation26
- Pressure groups7
- Representation and inclusion8
- Democracy in the UK15
- Democratization and democratic backsliding13
- Challenges and alternatives to democracy15
- Democracy around the world16
- Democracy and international relations20
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Glossary For Politics Democracy- a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. Legitimacy- conformity to the law or to rules Representation- the action of ...
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GCSE Government and Politics Unit 1.1: Political Ideas and Concepts TYPES OF DEMOCRACY Direct Democracy: Originated in ancient Greece Every citizen takes part in decision making collectively Representative Democracy: The electorate choose representatives during elections to speak on t...
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Deliberative Democracy or Agonistic Pluralism? (Mouffe, 1999) - created from Mind Map An Alternative to Deliberative Democracy Deliberative Democracy Critique of deliberative democracy
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A Level UK Politics Democracy 1.1 Representative and Direct Democracy Features of Direct Democracy Referendums Used in addition to representative democracy Advantages of Direct Democracy Purest form of democracy, the people's voice is clearly hear...
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The concept of democracy Democracy in the UK is a system of government where citizens elect political representative, which is known as representative democracy. At times, the UK also uses direct democracy, which is used for specific i...
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Participation outside the UK According to The Economist, a democratic country has free and fair elections, the government is supported by its citizens, citizens have an active role in politics and are included, governmental checks and balances,&n...
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Difference - created from Mind Map Plurality Citizenship in democracy built on idea all members polity equal Iris Marion Young
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Untitled Describe the main features of the representative democracy in the UK today. [ 10 marks] In the UK today Member of Parliament (M.Ps) are elected every 5 years under the Fixed-Term Act (2011) by the people ...
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POLITICS - Exam work Nature of democracy - What is democracy: People power with the ability of participation through voting, government by consent & by choice, toleration of different views 1215: Magna Carta (Habeus Corpu...
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Politics - lecture 1 geKey PointsInput-ouput model - assumptions...Input: everyone votesProcess: fairly counted, fairly geographically distributed, each one weighted equallyOutput: many individuals preferences can be weighted to produce a...
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Reading 23 - DEMOCRATISM—Main Proposals We were taught these matters as definitional in our educations—democracy is a form of government, people must obey the law, you just have to sit there and force yourself to study. The effect, as we have seen even in o...
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Reading 18 - Democratism Democratism does not ever argue for ideal democracy or "pure" democracy as compared to say pragmatic, realistic democracy say. It argues only for genuine democracy. If people are not governing themselves b...
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Unit Two Study Guide Democracies refer to governments which are governed either directly or indirectly by the public and feature participation, competition, and liberty. liberal democracy, or a political system that promotes the values of...
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11/7/17 Notes Due date for paper - Can be day before Thanksgiving break or first Friday after Thanksgiving (10 after midnight, Saturday) (week after Thanksgiving) ? short paper after big paper Last class is Dec. 11 Last hando...
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11/3/17 Notes It's important to disginwish between US and America Founding fathers said central government is a necessary evil. True democracy is in little league, walmart, black lives matter - they come together in a respect...
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Untitled Terms to Remember: traditional democratic theory-- Government depends on the consent of the governed which may be given directly or through representatives; may include criteria for the measure of "how democratic"
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Referendums in the UK
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Start with Glossary For Politics if you want to review terms such as democracy, legitimacy and representation. Then read The concept of democracy for notes on direct and representative democracy in the UK. Both offer a starting point before you move to a narrower topic.
For a closer look at direct democracy, Referendums in the UK focuses on referendums. Participation outside the UK offers another perspective on participation. The note on deliberative democracy and agonistic pluralism moves into a comparison of democratic theories.
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