Participation & Voting behaviour 0.0 / 5 ? Government & PoliticsParticipation and voter behaviourASAQA Created by: C TunleyCreated on: 02-06-17 10:05 Principle that ministers have an obligation to explain or justify their actions to Parliament Accountability 1 of 26 A state of passivity or indifference towards politics – generally seen to have a corrosive effect on democracy Apathy 2 of 26 The decline in the relationship between social class and voting Class Dealignment 3 of 26 Where local party activists go from door to door in an effort to assess the strength of support and win over floating voter Canvassing 4 of 26 Rule by the people or people power Democracy 5 of 26 Where the national turnout figure recorded at a given election masks differences in turnout by constituency or by region Differential turnout 6 of 26 Where citizens are given a direct input into the decision making process Direct democracy 7 of 26 The greater use of the internet, mobile phones and other electronic media to encourage greater political participation E-democracy 8 of 26 All the people in a country who are entitled o vote in an election Electorate 9 of 26 People’s changing perception of their own class and status in society Embourgeoisement 10 of 26 Someone who hasn’t decided how to vote yet or doesn’t always vote Floating voters 11 of 26 The right to vote as established by parliamentary statute Franchise 12 of 26 Voters may abstain from voting as a result of happiness with the way in which they are being governed Hapathy 13 of 26 When voters cast their votes based on political issues Issue voting 14 of 26 The legal right or authority to exercise power. A government claims legitimacy as a result of the mandate it secures at a GE Legitimacy 15 of 26 A style of democracy which extends the right to vote among citizens Liberal democracy 16 of 26 The right of the governing party to pursue the policies it sets out in its GE manifesto Mandate 17 of 26 The view that declining levels of political participation in the UK threaten to undermine its democratic systems Participation crisis 18 of 26 A system of government that encourages participation and allows for free and fair competition between competing interests Pluralist democracy 19 of 26 Collectively refers to the range of ways in which citizens can involve themselves in the political process Political participation 20 of 26 A device that allows citizens to unseat an elected official before the end of their term in office Recall 21 of 26 A vote on a single issue put to a public ballot by the government of the day – offer a degree of direct democracy Referendum 22 of 26 Where citizens elect representatives to formulate legislation and take other decisions on their behalf Representative democracy 23 of 26 The principle that decisions should be taken at the lowest tier of government possible Subsidiarity 24 of 26 Voting for the candidate most likely to defeat the voter’s least favoured candidate Tactical voting 25 of 26 The percentage of registered voters who cast a ballot in a given election Turnout 26 of 26
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