Corbyn Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Evaluate the view that the franchise should be further extended 1) Responsibility without rights For - Pay tax, marry, join army - Corbyn said that we cannot deny these people their full rights as citizens (could be seen as a political move as the youth are more likely to vote labour) - Conservatives dispute this but it is contradictory as 15 year olds voted in their leadership election Against - Eventhough they have these rights, most people do not use them - Their educational developm...

Evaluate the view that the franchise should be further extended 1) Responsibility without rights For - Pay tax, marry, join army - Corbyn said that we cannot deny these people their full rights as citizens (could be seen as a political move as the youth are more likely to vote labour) - Conservatives dispute this but it is contradictory as 15 year olds voted in their leadership election Against - Eventhough they have these rights, most people do not use them - Their educational developm...

9 MARKERS - GOVERNMENT AND UK POLITICS - ANS Explain and analyse three circumstances under which referendums have been held in the UK. - ANS P1 - TO FULFIL PLEDGES MADE BY PARTY MANIFESTOS E1 - Labour in 1997, promised to hold a referendum on a mayor of LONDON. 2015 Tories said they would hold an IN/OUT ref on the EU P2 - TO SATISFY TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT E2 - AV in 2011, Lib Dem/Coalition Agreement P3 - WHERE GOV ITSELF IS DIVIDED E3 - EU Referendum (2016) with parliament and other membe...

10 essay plans democ participation. next slides: Should voting be compulsory ? ......YES- Increased participation. e.g Australia had a declining voting turnout-60% 1924, however has remained a steady 90% since. NO -Violates individual freedoms- Therefore limiting validity behind vote. -Worthless voting. YES Greater legitimacy- Labour 05 only had 22% of electorate, compulsory voting would sort out current turnout crisis and increase legitimacy. NO Cosmetic democracy, compulsory votin...

Explain and analyse three different theories of representation - 1. Trustee (2013 vote on gay marriage) 2. Delegate (Tory MP zac goldsmith - 3rd Heathrow runway) 3. Mandate (in 2017 Tory manifesto they only fulfilled 175 out of 257 pledges) Explain and analyse three stages in the legislative process - 1. Second reading 2. Committee stage 3. Report stage Explain and analyse three perogative powers of the PM - 1. Patronage (rishi sunak appointment of chancellor of the exchequer) 2. Dispen...

Explain and analyse three different theories of representation - 1. Trustee (2013 vote on gay marriage) 2. Delegate (Tory MP zac goldsmith - 3rd Heathrow runway) 3. Mandate (in 2017 Tory manifesto they only fulfilled 175 out of 257 pledges) Explain and analyse three stages in the legislative process - 1. Second reading 2. Committee stage 3. Report stage Explain and analyse three perogative powers of the PM - 1. Patronage (rishi sunak appointment of chancellor of the exchequer) 2. Dispen...

Compulsory voting most effective way of improving democracy? - Compulsory Voting -Higher participation means more legitimacy, more representative parliament, politicians have to cater to whole electorate Rebut- Authoritarian, votes likely to be meaningless and unconsidered (detrimental to democracy), tax on existence Bill of Rights -Protects civil liberties, Theresa May talking about getting rid of some HRA bits, protects democracy in the long term Rebut- Flexibility, Gun laws in A...

KEY POINTS Evaluate the view that the Labour Party remains committed to its traditional values and beliefs, question about whether still new labour would use same stats/facts - P1: Economy -old labour v new labour influences P2: Welfare P3: Foreign policy EXAMPLES Evaluate the view that the Labour Party remains committed to its traditional values and beliefs - P1: Yes still committed to traditional - increasing income tax for top 5%, clamping down on tax avoidance (large coroporations)...

Evaluate the extent that the actions of pressure groups have been significant in defending and protecting our rights-para 1: influence over government (7) - ANS -majority of pressure groups unlikely to exert influence if not in line with aims of gov / majority opinion of society - fails to enhance REPRESENTATIVE democracy -Eg. Countryside Alliance fails to prevent passage of 2004 Hunting Act - because their views not in line with dominant views in society -if a pressure group represents a ...

Evaluate the view that the UK is facing a 'participation crisis'. - ANS P1 - there is falling participation in elections in recent years. - Turnout in general elections has been falling since 1979 - it was 76% in 1979 and in 2001 it was just 59% - European, local and other elections have seen even lower turnouts - 35.2% in 2014 European elections, 36% in 2018 local elections, 15.1% for police commissioner elections in 2012 - *find stats about referendum P2 - evidence of falling particip...