Eu gov Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

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A summary for the second exam for the minor/specialisation Challenges to EU Governance.

which systems gather data about individuals? - correct answer Tracking systems in videos, cookies, google location, facebook tags which action have the courts ruled in favor for (4th amendment) - correct answer without a reasonable expectation to privacy, there is no privacy right how does customer data impact personal life? - correct answer job offer, scholarship offer, loan approval information privacy - correct answer the right to determine when, and to what exten...

Review Sheet, Second Midterm Exam, GOV 312L: U.S. Foreign Policy Module 8: Violence and the International Political Order 1. What is politics (as defined in lecture)? What are the two central components of this definition? a) Use of authority to allocate scarce resources; coordinate social behavior b) Authority- direct behaviors of others; relies on coercion and legitimacy c) Allocation- competition/ social conflict; there are not enough resources for everyone to get something which...

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...

is direct democracy superior to representative democracy - direct democracy is the only pure form of democracy-first agree point -This is because it ensures that people only have to obey laws that they make themselves. Popular participation/sovereignty in government is the very key of freedom: it is how the people determine their collective destiny, their 'general will'. majority have a say/are represented e.g. Scottish independence referendum-84% turnout UK membership of the EU-72% on...

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...

Evaluate the view that referendums create more problems than they solve - Referendums aggravate deep factionalism within the government, which leads to greater instability and weakness. Indeed, it would seem that they create more problems than they solve The EU ref was called to silence the euroscepticism within the Conservative parties but it has just amplified the divisions within that party Paragraph 1: Brexit is a massive example of referendums causing more problems than they solve: R...

'Evaluate the extent to which the increased use of referendums would improve democracy in the UK'- Themes - direct democracy participation representation 'Evaluate the extent to which the increased use of referendums would improve democracy in the UK'- Judgement - large extent Direct Democracy - referendums purest form of democracy each vote is equal and none are wasted produce accurate reflection of wishes of the people gives gov decisions greater legitimacy and authority low turn...

'Evaluate the extent to which the increased use of referendums would improve democracy in the UK'- Themes - direct democracy participation representation 'Evaluate the extent to which the increased use of referendums would improve democracy in the UK'- Judgement - large extent Direct Democracy - referendums purest form of democracy each vote is equal and none are wasted produce accurate reflection of wishes of the people gives gov decisions greater legitimacy and authority low turn...