The Context of Political Participation

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The Context of Political Participation
- Homogeneity
  - The view that people with in a country share key values.
  - A sense of togetherness that transcends what divides them.
  - Example: Monarchy as Head of State, NHS and Welfare State, woman's right to an abortion.
- Consensus
  - Where citizens accept the 'basic rules of the game'.
    - Rules include need for tolerance and pragmatism.
  - Example: Post War Consensus
    - NHS, welfare state, nationalisation of industries and public utilities, NI reforms (1946), full employment, nuclear weapons.
Development of media has demystified government.
- Currently hundreds of civil servants in Whitehall whose job are linked into the technological revolution - BBC 2010
- UK Government most transparent in the world 2014- World Wide Web Foundation 2010

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