Power part 1
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- Created on: 01-04-17 11:43
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- Power (PT1)
- Democracy.
- In a democracy, the people participate in the decision making process in many ways.
- The ways that a citizen can participate in the political process include ....
- signing a petition.
- writing a letter.
- sending an e-mail to an MP
- joining a pressure group.
- joining a political party.
- The ways that a citizen can participate in the political process include ....
- What makes a country democratic?
- Free and Fair elections.
- The government is held to account by elective reps.
- People hold a series of civil liberties, such as freedom of speech and association.
- society consists of several conflicting beliefs .
- In a democracy, the people participate in the decision making process in many ways.
- Political Socialisation.
- We acquire political norms and values.
- Media impact.
- Politicians must represent a favourable media image otherwise they will fail to win votes.
- The media can often determine an agenda that politicians tend to follow .
- Newspapers can reinforce their readers to vote for a particular party.
- The media often show political bias.
- Political change.
- Britain joined the EU in 1973. One impact has been the erosion of national sovereignty.
- A decline in the power of the trade unions.
- A rise In new social movements.
- Devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- Voting behaviour.
- Influences on voting:
- Parents
- Social class
- Occupation.
- Ethnicity.
- Your society.
- Labour Voters
- More likely to be working class, live in northern and inner cities. Support from Sotland and Wales and ethnic minorities.
- Conservative Voters
- More likely to be middle-class, live in suburbs and rural areas. Support from south of England.
- Decline in voting.
- Disillusionme-nt with politicians .
- A widespread feeling that politicians don't listen to the people.
- There is little ideological between the 2 main parties
- A feeling that one vote can make little difference
- Influences on voting:
- Social movements
- Large informal groupings focused on specific political or social issues.
- Interest groups
- A community with an interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge where members cooperate to produce solutions within a particular field
- Power in....
- the family
- parents are expected to operate power over their children.
- This has changed over the past 50 years. There has been aa shift of power and attention towards children in working class families.
- Parents are now less strict and have started having democratic and equal power relations.
- parents are expected to operate power over their children.
- Education
- Teacher student relations have become more informal.
- Teachers are no longer able to use corporal punishments.
- the family
- Police and the Public
- They are agencies of social control.
- They exercise power in the form of legal and rational authority.
- Employers and Employees
- Functionalists believe that employer and employee relationship are based on legitimate authority and operate through formal rules.
- Marxists believe that unequal power relations operate in the workplace and that employers exploit employees through poor wages and poor working conditions.
- Social Problems.
- Poverty
- unemployment
- discrimination.
- Ageing society
- Democracy.
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