POLITICS PAPER 1 ESSAY PLANS - Participation and democracy
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PARTICIPATION CRISIS (30)
Intro - define, outline arguments and direction - NOT IN CRISIS
Point 1 - UK not in CRISIS
Increased clickocracy
Point 2 - UK in CRISIS
Low election turnouts
Mini conclusion - NOT IN CRISIS - Turnout has recently increased slightly even if not as high
Point 3 - UK not in CRISIS
Pressure Group membership is high
Point 4 - UK in CRISIS
decreased party membership
Mini Conclusion - NOT IN CRISIS - membership has risen even if not as high
CONCLUSION - NOT IN CRISIS - participation exists highly in different forms
REFERENDUM FOR OR AGAINST (30)
Intro - Used to solve contraversial issues DIRECTION - BAD
POINT 1 - GOOD
People are better educated now than ever before - 1991 citizenship in
POINT 2 - BAD
Some issues are too complex to be reduced to yes or no and there is misinformation
Mini-conclusion - BAD is stronger
POINT 3 - GOOD
purest form of democracy
POINT 4 - BAD
Tyranny of majority - social rifts (except good friday agreement)
Mini-conclusion - BAD - Low turnout and causing social rifts
CONCLUSION - BAD - usually low turnout, causes rifts, undermines representative democracy
PROTECTION OF RIGHTS IN UK
Intro - Define, Arguments, DIRECTION - PROTECTED
Point 1 - PROTECTED
UKSC - examples of key cases, PJS v Newspaper group 2015, Belmarsh Case 2004, R v MET
Point 2 - NOT PROTECTED
Parliament is sovereign - Freesing of Terrorist Assets 2010
Mini-conclusion - PROTECTED - parliament wouldn't be likely to overturn - poltiical suicide
Point 3 - PROTECTED
Recent creation of rights legislation - semi-entrenched - e.g. HRA, Equality Act, Freedom of Information
Point 4 - NOT PROTECTED
Increasing pressure for gov to curtail rights to protect against terror and pandemic
Mini-conclusion - PROTECTED - rights are only curtailed for the safety of citizens
CONCLUSION - PROTECTED - parliament obey UKSC, only curtailed if other rights at threat
IS UK PLURALIST DEMOCRACY
Intro - lots of views represented in society - DIRECTION - NOT PLURALIST
Point 1 - PLURALIST
Third parties can gain power and influence in gov
Point 2 - NOT PLURALIST
Mostly Two Party system
Mini-conlusion - NOT PLURALIST Labour or Tory always in Gov, only third parties twice
Point 3 - PLURALIST
Increased pressure groups
Point 4 - NOT PLURALIST
Some pressure groups have disproportionate power - e.g. Insiders v outsiders
Mini-conclusion - only some PGs have enough power to influence
CONCLUSION - NOT PLURALIST
REPRESENTATIVE V DIRECT DEMOCRACY
Intro - Define, Discuss arguments DIRECTION - REPRESENTATIVE = SUPERIOR
Point 1 - DIRECT IS STRONGER
People are now more educated on politics
Point 2 - REPRESENTATIVE IS STRONGER
Politicians have superior judgement and knowledge
Mini-conclusion - REPRESENTATIVE - this their career, undermined by direct
Point 3 - DIRECT IS STRONGER
purest form or democracy, can solve rifts and contraversial issues - more legitimate
Point 4 - REPRESENTATIVE IS STRONGER
Can protect minorities and consider impacts on all
Mini-conclusion - REPRESENTATIVE - consider views of many constituents
CONCLUSION - REPRESENTATIVE - protect minorities, avoid social divides, more informed
COMPULSORY VOTING
Intro - Define, Discuss arguments, DIRECTION = NO
Point 1 - YES
Force voters to be better informed
Point 2 - NO
Favours larger parties
Mini-conclusion - NO - some are less educated and uninterested so vote larger party
Point 3 - YES
Many more people involved so policies must be tailored to all, increase turnout
Point 4 - NO
Violation of human right not to vote
Mini-conclusion - NO - some countries enforce and is expensive, not 100% vote
CONCLUSION - NO - in some countries is ineffective, goes against rights
REPRESENTATIVE OR DIRECT DEMOCRACY
Introduction - what is good democracy, discuss arguments, DIRECTION - REPRESENTATIVE
Point 1 - DIRECT IS BETTER
Direct wishes of the people - extremely legit (although often low turnout or close result)
Point 2 - REPRESENTATIVE IS BETTER
Protects minorities - no tyranny of the majority, even though not pluralist, passes fair legislation
Mini-conclusion - REPRESENTATIVE
Point 3 - DIRECT IS BETTER
Prevents deadlock in the system - not very effectively though Brexit is still not done
Point 4 - REPRESENTATIVE IS BETTER
some issues are too complex for the people - compromise can be reached
Mini-conclusion - REPRESENTATIVE
CONCLUSION - REPRESENTATIVE - enhanced by some direct - petitions and recall elections
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