DEMOCRACY AND PARTICIPATION CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES
YES PARTICIPATION CRISIS - 2001 GE turnout only 59.4% lowest ever turnout
- Declining party membership = 1940s political
parties membership rose to over 3 million
compared to now 995,000
NO PARTICIPATION CRISIS - Surge to labour party membership in 2015 as
membership fees decreased to £3
- 2014 Scottish IndyRef (turnout 84%)membership
of SNP 100,000 members
- UKIP 50,000 = 4th largest for membership
- not a crisis just an evolution = digital democracy
“should there be a second EU ref?” e-petition
received 3.8 million signatures
PLANE STUPID - aimed to prevent airport expansions by invading
airports and blocking flights
EXTINCTION REBELLION - aimed to persuade govt to take immediate action
on climate change by organising public
demonstrations that blocked Oxford Circus
ASH - aimed to educate on the harmful nature of
tobacco working with the govt to adopt policies
and was successful in creating health warnings
on cigarette packs and increasing tax on tobacco
RMT - aimed to gain better pay and conditions for its
members and was successful receiving bonus
payment for working during the London Olympics
ADAM SMITH - former SPAD who lobbies for Paddy Power
A V SECRETARY OF STATE FOR - 9 foreign prisoner held in UK prison Belmarsh
THE HOME DEPARTMENT without trial
- Held under section 23 of anti-terrorism crime and
security act 2001
- Incompatible with article 5 of ECHR
CAMPBELL V MIRROR GROUP - 2001 mirror newspaper published pictures of
NEWS Naomi Campbell leaving a clinic that dealt with
narcotic addictions
- Right of privacy had been denied
LIBERTY - aims to flight to uphold civil liberties using social
media and working with the government
- in Aug 2020 won a court of appeal ruling against
the legal framework used by South Wales Police
when using facial recognition technology
YES PARTICIPATION CRISIS - 2001 GE turnout only 59.4% lowest ever turnout
- Declining party membership = 1940s political
parties membership rose to over 3 million
compared to now 995,000
NO PARTICIPATION CRISIS - Surge to labour party membership in 2015 as
membership fees decreased to £3
- 2014 Scottish IndyRef (turnout 84%)membership
of SNP 100,000 members
- UKIP 50,000 = 4th largest for membership
- not a crisis just an evolution = digital democracy
“should there be a second EU ref?” e-petition
received 3.8 million signatures
PLANE STUPID - aimed to prevent airport expansions by invading
airports and blocking flights
EXTINCTION REBELLION - aimed to persuade govt to take immediate action
on climate change by organising public
demonstrations that blocked Oxford Circus
ASH - aimed to educate on the harmful nature of
tobacco working with the govt to adopt policies
and was successful in creating health warnings
on cigarette packs and increasing tax on tobacco
RMT - aimed to gain better pay and conditions for its
members and was successful receiving bonus
payment for working during the London Olympics
ADAM SMITH - former SPAD who lobbies for Paddy Power
A V SECRETARY OF STATE FOR - 9 foreign prisoner held in UK prison Belmarsh
THE HOME DEPARTMENT without trial
- Held under section 23 of anti-terrorism crime and
security act 2001
- Incompatible with article 5 of ECHR
CAMPBELL V MIRROR GROUP - 2001 mirror newspaper published pictures of
NEWS Naomi Campbell leaving a clinic that dealt with
narcotic addictions
- Right of privacy had been denied
LIBERTY - aims to flight to uphold civil liberties using social
media and working with the government
- in Aug 2020 won a court of appeal ruling against
the legal framework used by South Wales Police
when using facial recognition technology
