Democracy and Participation for Edexcel

Ab Li    OBF

features:

• pol partic   elections
• pol eq   all have eq infl   uni suf

forms:

• dir dem   dir unmed contin   An Ath
• rep dem   indir med lim   UK

form of popu self-gvt

no distinction betw gvt and gvrnd

popu partic is:

• dir   pub make decs
• unmed   no sep class of pols
• contin   reg involve in pol

An Ath   pub meetings   /   Switz   refs

Elections elect prof pols

Core features:

• prinip of popu control
• uni suff
• compet betw p cands

popu partic is:

• lim   infreq elections
• med   peop linked to gvt thru rep institutions
• p compet

UK tho refs being used

• Genuine dem   swiss crim ref   pub will dir to policy
• dT "tyr of maj"   swiss minarets

• decs +legit   MK 1999
• relies of partic   2010 2/3 tu   decs not legit if don't rep whole c

• pols don't rep pub   death pen
• pub make bad decs   Bristol

• more legitimate goverment as they would have a popular majority instead of just a plurality of the vote   2005 Labour won 35% of the vote but had only 22% of the country's support
• civic duty as the suffragettes fought for it. makes people engage as full citizens and act as more of a community
• it would increase turnout and avoid the 59.4% of 2001. australia has compulsory voting and turnout is always over 99%. it would help solve the participation crisis