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Mind Map by ArcticCourtney, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by ArcticCourtney
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Introduction to
Government
and Politics
- What is Politics?
- Politics comes from
the Greek word 'polis'
meaning city/state.
- Politics refers
to the affairs
of the state.
- Politics refers
to the affairs
of the state.
- Conflict between
different ideologies
- In the UK
- Liberalism
- Conservatism
- Socialism
- Liberalism
- In the UK
- Mediating between different
competing demands and
interests in society.
- Environmentalists
v Industrialists
- Public Transport
v Motorists
- Taxpayers v
Recipients of
Benefits
- Environmentalists
v Industrialists
- Politics comes from
the Greek word 'polis'
meaning city/state.
- Key Concepts
in Politics
- Freedom: How the
state can threaten or
enhance our freedom.
- Justice: The quality of
being fair and reasonable
throughout society.
- Rights: That which is morally
correct, just or honourable.
- Authority: The right to govern.
- Traditional Authority: People accept it
because it's been there a long time. For
example the Monarchy (Royal Family)
- Rational Authority: Elected
to rule. For example the
Prime-Minister.
- Charismatic Authority: Someone who is a born
leader because of their personality. For example
Adolf Hitler.
- Traditional Authority: People accept it
because it's been there a long time. For
example the Monarchy (Royal Family)
- Power: The
ability to rule.
- Democracy: Ruled by
the people.
- Freedom: How the
state can threaten or
enhance our freedom.
- Referndum
- the government asks the public a
question and then public give them a
yes or no answer and the majority vote
is taken.
- The government doesn't have to
take the answer as a final decision.
- "When the
government control
a referendum they
will use it only when
they expect to win." -
Arend Lijhart
- The government doesn't have to
take the answer as a final decision.
- Votes can be affected
by the wording of the
question.
- Can often result in the
'Tyranny of the Majority'
- Results
might not be
accurate.
- Public could be
uneducated on the
issue.
- Some issues
could be
sensitive for
example
racism.
- Public could be
uneducated on the
issue.
- Results
might not be
accurate.
- the government asks the public a
question and then public give them a
yes or no answer and the majority vote
is taken.
- Decline in Participation
- There has been
low turnout ant
general elections.
- 60% in 2005
- 65% in 2010
- 60% in 2005
- Party membership is down from
around 2 million in 1980, to an
estimated 500,000 today.
- Awareness of
political issues
remains low.
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