Fptp - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Contains 19 A* essay plans for Paper 1 and Paper 2 Edexcel Politics. I achieved an A* in the 2022 exams, these essay plans are in great detail with key statistics and evidence and strong analysis needed to get into the top level :) 1. How secure are the rights of UK citizens 2. Which party system we have in the UK 3. To what extent is the media the most powerful factor in influencing the way people vote 4. How healthy is the UKs democracy/do we have a democratic deficit 5. What factors ar...

Evaluate the extent to which direct democracy, rather than representative democracy should be used in the UK P1: Direct democracy participation- direct democracy is better bc participation falling with representative democracy-2019- 67% compared to high turnout of 1979s, 76% in 1979- lowest 2001 counter point: -direct demo increases participation-there was a 72.2% turnout for Brexit- and engagement, but undermines the motivation- -Countries such as Switzerland shows frequent ref...

to what extent did the political landscape change 1918-79? ARGUMENT- changes massively, war most prominent change PARA 1- rise of labour+decline of the liberals. Lloyd-george outed asquith, seen as traitor. caused a split in the liberals, failed to reunite for 1918 election. Tories rejected coalition, allowed labour to rise. ww1 led to more trade union members, no more fptp. labour became the main opposition in 1929, parties shared the goal of getting rid of liberals PARA 2- ww2. the war ...

Politics Pearson Edexcel Paper 1 39 CORRECTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS LATEST UPDATE What is FPTP? What is AMS? What is the advantage of FPTP? What is the disadvantage of AMS? What is the disadvantage of FPTP? What is the winners bonus? What is the percentage of vote share the Conservatives won in the last general election? What is the percentage of seats the Conservatives won in the last general election? What is the disadvantage of FPTP according to the source? What is the advantage of AMS...

Evaluate the view that reforming party funding would improve the various functions of political parties. - intro - current party funding is largely seen as undemocratic. the principles of parties are to rep, ensure democracy with their policy formulation and increase participation para one - representation link people to government may only need support of 30-40% for fptp victories YES - For : With public funding the State can encourage or demand changes in for example how many women cand...

Direct democracy - ANSWER-all individuals express their opinions themselves and not through representatives acting on their behalf Representative democracy - ANSWER-an individual selects a person to act on their behalf Similarities of representative and direct democracy - ANSWER-based on a majority Differences of direct and representative democracy - ANSWER-direct is not elective, direct is for individuals, direct has more citizen involvement Legitimacy - ANSWER-the right to exercis...

Assess whether direct democracy should be more widely used in the UK (30) - ANS Paragraph 1 - Yes It encourages more political participation bc people themselves chooses Purest form of democracy giving it a high legitimacy This can be seen in Referendums E.g Brexit 2016 Other places like Switzerland uses direct democracy More referendums like Scotland 1997 and Wales 1997 allowed devolution to be created - name keys examples of how this was good E.g having its own electoral system & the whi...

Evaluate the view that the only parties which matter in the UK's political system are the Conservative and Labour parties- themes - ANS Westminster Local elections Devolved bodies 1. Judgement - ANS As a whole- yes- however when looking at a more local level their power is weakening Westminster - ANS Lab and Cons formed government for over 100 years FPTP use in Westminster elections mean that Lab and Cons will be favored and inevitably form the executive or opposition 87% huge majority...

Evaluate the view that the Supreme Court has too much influence over the executive. para 1: - The supreme court can only determine law not create it However the supreme court can set judicial precedents which must then be followed in later cases- supreme court is the final court of appeal giving them greater weight Eg. 2016 r v Jogee the supreme court overturned the case on the principle of joint enterprise established in common law Despite this, parliament can still change laws to benefi...

Essay plans which cover a multitude of areas of the spec which can be applied to a variety of questions. These plans helped me achieve an A* throughout the year and can help you by providing you with essay questions, points and examples. This resource contains 26 essays including: To what extent is there a participation crisis in the UK? Evaluate the view that the UK is in a democratic deficit? Evaluate the extent to which UK democracy is in urgent need of reform/ to what extent does the...