Test
Democracy
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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’.- Apeople
- BGreek
- CDemos
- Dpower
- Edirect
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].
- ADirect Democracy
- Bmajority
- CAthens
- Dvote
- Eall
- Freferendums
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.
- Arepresent
- Bbehalf
- CRepresentative
- Drepresentative
- Eliberal democracy
- Felections
- Gsecret
- Hchoice
- Ipeople
- Jlimited
- Kfree press
- Lindividual rights
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.- Areferendums
- BEU membership
- Cgovernment
- Dreferendum
- ESwitzerland
- Ftrigger
- Ginitiative
- Hdirect democracy
- IFPTP
- Jrepresentation
- Kseats
- Lsocially
- Mrepresentatives
- Nvoters
- Odirectly
- Pcitizens
- Qconstitutional
- Rgoverned
- Sdirect democracy
- Tdifficult
- Umodern
- Vknowledge
- Wdecisions
- Xturnout
- Yemotional
- Ztheir
- AAstate
- ABmajority
- ACrepresentative
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’).- AAdvantages
- BDisadvantages
- Cinterest
- Dregular
- Eeducate
- Fall
- Gminorities
- Haccountable
- Iaggregate
- Jdistort
- Kaccountable
- Lelections
- Melections
- Nrespect
- Oflawed
- Pmanifesto
- Qoppose
- Rbetter
- Sdelegates
- Trepresent
- UBurkean
Información
- Descripción
- A level (Democratic participation) Politics Test sobre Democracy, creado por Jack Reason el 03/10/2017.
- Autor
- Jack Reason
- Idioma
- English
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