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HOC and HOL
What are backbenchers,
What is the opposition,
What are by elections
5
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The functions of parliment
What does parliment react to,
What is the work of party whips,
What act pushed through parliment
11
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The comparative powers of HOC and HOL
In which house is taxation and ex...,
Can lords force an erection,
What does 1911 bill set out
4
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Debates about the relative powers of both Houses
In what ways are the lords becomi...,
Who is lord owen,
What ended tory dominance over th...
7
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the stages of legislative process
1st stage,
2nd stage,
Committee stage
12
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the significance of back benchers
Parimentary priviliage,
Backbench rebellions,
Backbench buisness committee 2010
6
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the work of select committees
Who introduced the hoc select com...,
What is the public accounts commi...,
How many mps does each committee ...
7
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the role of signifcance of oppostition
When is an oppostion effective,
How should the oppostion behave,
When was william hague tory leader
14
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the constitution
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the development of the uk constitution
Uk constituion is uncodified,
Untrenched,
Unitary
9
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Twin pillars
Is it uncodified,
Convention,
Is it unentrenched
6
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main sources of the UK constitution
What is statue law,
What is common law,
What is convention
5
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constitutional changes after 1997
What did new labour want to do,
How did tony blair become popular,
House of lords reform
7
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voting behaviour knowledge
0
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factors that impact outcome of election
Valence voting,
Rational voter,
Issue voter
6
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1979 election
How many seats did marget thatche...,
How many did james callaghan win,
How many seats did david steel wi...
6
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1997 election
How many seats did tony blair win,
How many seats did john major win,
Why did tony blair win the election
5
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2010 election
How many seats did david cameron win,
How many seats did gordon brown win,
What did david cameron do to win
4
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class based voting
What is class deallingment,
What was the most important type ...,
What did they believe both partie...
6
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gender age and ethnicity
What were the votes for age,
What is bame,
In 1997 the votes where
9
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the role of media
Traditonal role,
Changing role,
Why the media is good for politicans
3
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electoral systems
0
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different electoral systems
Type of electoral systems,
Marginal seats,
Safe seats
4
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advantages of FPTP
Advantage of fptp,
Another advantage of fptp
2
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disadvantages of fptp
A disadvantage of fptp,
Lack of proportinality,
Limited choice
5
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additonal member system ?
Additonal member system,
Where is it used,
The scottish parliment
7
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single transferable vote
Where is it used,
How it works,
Advantages
4
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supplimentary voting
Where is it,
How it works,
Advantages
4
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for referendums
What do referendums do for people,
Raise political awareness,
Independant supervision
3
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Against referendums
One disadvantage of referendums,
Popular participation may be low,
Skewed arguments
3
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democracy and participation
0
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current systems of reprensentative and direct democracy
Direct democracy,
Representative,
Pluralistic democracy
7
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case of reform the uk democratic system
Devolved goverments,
Independant judicary,
Free media
7
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is there a crisis in participation
In 2012,
Second order elections,
2017 by election
9
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what should be done to increase participation
What should be done to reform sys...,
Voting should be made compulsary,
Voting should not be made compulsary
3
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how pressure groups exert influence
What is sectional interest groups,
What is cause groups,
What is social movement
5
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widening the franchise
The franchsie,
The great reform act 1832,
Struggle for womans votes
3
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how pressure groups method and success
Methods used by insider group,
Methods used by outsider groups,
Direct actions
4
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right in context and major milestones
1998 human right act,
Magna carta 1215,
European convention on human rights
3
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political parties
0
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the functions and features of political parties
Represntation,
Participation,
Recuritment of office holders
5
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the funding of UK political parties
Arguments for state funding,
Arguments against state funding
2
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liberalism
0
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john locke
What was his key work,
John lockes key idea
2
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bretty friedan
What was her key work,
What was her key idea
2
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mary wollstonecraft
What was her key works,
What was her key idea
2
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john stuart mill
What what his key work,
What was his key idea
2
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john rawls ?
What was his key work,
What was his key ideas
2
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conservatism
0
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reforms under the coalition of 2010-2015
House of lords reform 2010,
Electoral reform 2010,
The recall of mp s act
6
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devoultion in england
Local goverment before 1997,
What did the blair goverment esta...,
Who was the first mayor of london
6
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develotuion in wales, NI and scotland
What is parliment like in scotland,
What is parliment like in ni,
What is parliment like in wales
3
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nationalism
Nationalism definition,
Nationalism core ideas,
Nations defintion
11
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