9207839
Description
Flashcards by Yasmine King, updated more than 1 year ago
|
Created by Yasmine King
almost 7 years ago
|
|
| Question | Answer |
| Direct Democracy | ADVANTAGE give general public direct and unmediated control over government decision making. This ensures that the public's view and interests are properly and accurately articulated, and not distorted by politicians |
| Political education | Advantages by widening opportunities for political participation , and allowing debate to focus on particular issue they can create better informed more educated and more politically engaged electorate |
| Responsive government | ADVANTAGE make government more responsive by forcing them to listen to public opinion between elections. They also express public opinion to be expressed on a particular issue |
| Reduced government power | ADVANTAGE provide s a check on government power. Citizens therefore are protected against the danger of an over mighty government |
| Constitutional changes | ADVANTAGES appropriate that constitutional changes be popularly endorsed via referendums they are more important than ordinary rules/laws |
| Mandate | ADVANTAGE referendums can be seen to give a mandate |
| Resolving governmental deadlocks | ADVANTAGE when the government is divided and can't come up with the decisions themselves |
| Ill- informed decisions | DISADVANTAGE the general public is ill- formed, poorly educated and lacks political experience. The public's interests are therefore bet safeguarded by a system of 'government by politicians' rather than any form of popular self-government |
| Weakens government | DISADVANTAGE their use does not strengthen democracy rather it substitutes direct democracy for parliamentary democracy. Undermines parliamentary sovereignty |
| Irresponsible government | DISADVANTAGE allows governments to absolve themselves of responsibility by handing decisions over to the electorate |
| Strengthens government | DISADVANTAGE government decides whether, when and over what issues referendums should be called on. They frame the question and can dominate the publicity campaign |
| Unreliable views | DISADVANTAGE only provide a snapshot of public opinion at one point in time. They are therefore an unreliable guide to the public interest |
| Tyranny of the majority | DISADVANTAGE |
Want to create your own Flashcards for free with GoConqr? Learn more.