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Representative democracy
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- 1Practicable democracyADVANTAGE
it is the only form of democracy that can operate in large modern societies. It is therefore a practical solution to the problem of popular rule. - 2Governments by expertsADVANTAGE
Decisions in the hands of politicians who have better education and greater expertise - 3Divisions of labour in politicsADVANTAGE
more efficient because ordinary citizens are relived of the burden of day- to day decisions making. They simply have to choose who they want govern them - 4Political stabilityADVANTAGES
by helping to distance ordinary citizens from politics. Representatives are more likely to make rational judgements than the population who may be swayed by emotion - 5AccountabilityADVANTAGE
representatives are usually accountable which helps to make them behave responsibly - 6Interest of allADVANTAGE
representatives can ensure that the interests of different sections of society are taken into account in political decisions - 7Not representativeDISADVANTAGE
representatives may not be accurately represent the opinions and demands of the wider population - 8Party representationDISADVANTAGE
in particular can prevent elected representatives from acting independently - 9Rule by elitesDISADVANTAGE
rather than dispersed power 33% of MPs went to private school only 7% of the population - 10Unfair electionsDISADVANTAGES
representative democracy is only fair if elections are also fair - 11People may fail to respect decisions made by their representativeDisadvantage
The representative may vote the way they feel not the way his constituents feel - for example an MP who voted against gay marriage - 12Voters are only presented with a manifesto which they can accept in whole or rejectDISADVANTAGE
They cannot express preferences within various election manifestos. For example a voter may disagree with Grammars schools but has to accept it as it was in the 2017 Tory manifesto - 13Representative can only be removed at election timesDISADVANTAGE
the power of recall is weak - 14Today when the public is better informed than before they are able to make key decisions for themselvesDISADVANTAGE
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- A - Level Government and Politics (AS) Flashcards on Representative democracy, created by Yasmine King on 03/06/2017.
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- Yasmine King · Jun 2017
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