Democracy 0.0 / 5 ? Government & PoliticsDemocracyASEdexcel Created by: bethsmith99Created on: 17-04-16 14:56 Abraham Lincoln "Democracy is government of the people, for the people, by the people" 1 of 12 Legitimacy The people agree, accept and give consent to the government 2 of 12 Democractic Legitimacy Acceptance by the people, by the authority of government, this is because the government is made of the people and decided by the people. 3 of 12 Direct Democracy Asking the people to decide e.g Referendums 4 of 12 Representative Democracy When representatives are elected to make decisions on behalf of the people e.g MPs in Parliament 5 of 12 Referendums A popular vote, people are asked to decide on an issue 6 of 12 Parliamentary Democracy UK, Parliament centre of democracy 7 of 12 Liberal Democracy Division of power- Parliament/Leader/Courts 8 of 12 Pluralist Democracy Lots of different political parties, many aspects of other democracies e.g Greece, France 9 of 12 Voter Apathy: People are not interested in politics, so they won't vote 10 of 12 Voter Hapathy: People are content with the government of the day, so they feel no need to vote as there is no big issue to vote on. 11 of 12 Political Participation People take on active involvement in the democratic decision making in their country and/or community 12 of 12
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