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Types of
Democracy Participation Crisis
Liberal
Democracy to vote
·
pressure groups
ways
·




Direct participate:
Democracy Features
·
join parties ·
writing to MP
: ->
accountability of
go -protection of rights ·
petitions
· Protesti
Strike
·

·

System where
people can make direct =>

peaceful transition of power-freedom of association ·
join trade union social media

decisions on an issue ->
usually in
yes no ↳
Article 11
called by representative
>
-


free & fair elections 1997 71
↳e 4%
g.frendums petitions juries
=
.



.




Constitution
widespread participation 2
, ,
>
-
-
2001 - 4 % -
Lab won but
·
seen as purest form of democracy -freedom of expression 2005 -
61 41
votes feel by nearly
>

Independent Judiciary
- .




stimes
2010-65 . 1 %
USA have intiatives not
= >
-


Rule of Law 2013 -
66 . 2
.

I .




Refrendums 2017 = 68 8 .




Advantages Disadvantages ESTUDY
= 67 3
2019 .




Legitimacy
->


Not of Lockdown
greater legitimacy practical
·
·




·
purer
·
leads to
tyranny of ·
809 % said they supported after I weeks Franchise
↑ political involument the majority 68 % tended to
support Reforms
· ·




& education
·
can have low turnout
21 %
,
·
measures
people decide The Great Reform Act 1832
emotionally property owners
·
>
3rd Reform AC 1887
-



·
works ·
14% = too much fuss >
-




& renters
wealthy
Could vete
Representative Democracy >
-
UK
BUT UK weren't 2nd Reform Act 1867 Electorate doubled
·


as
strong >
-


Representation of the
where ↳ working clas men who -
·
system everyone elects
E ↳ France had to
people act 1918
Spain couldn't were householder
w
representative (person/group) go out to excercise
only
to represent their interests &
Stay within 1km of ho
& Participation
dog
Democracy
to walk
home I had to record Equal Franchise Act 192
make decisions for them

↳e Representation of the -

.


g . elections parliament, Refrendums vote issue people act 1969
single
, -
> on
devolved bodies

Example :


features : free & fair elections regular
>
-
Monarch & Lord
s not elected
D Should
· -


UK
- stay in EEL - Yes 67
:
2 %, No 32 8 %
:


Other elections below 50 %
.




↑ Turnout ↑ since 2011
.
-
= ->


Turnout: 63 2 % .
1997 -
Sc
· Universal
Sufferage -
>

everyone
above -
16 + 17 &
prisoners ②
↳ 18 (with exceptions) should alternative vote
replace FPTP -
Yes 32
: 1 % No :
67 9 %
Yes
-
:



righe
.



Can't
.

#
-


Tumout : 42 2 1
. . .



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