Political Participation Series (b) Explain the main features of the UK’s democratic system. 10 25 5 (b) Explain three forms of democratic participation. 10 25 (a) What is meant by legitimacy? 5 (b) Explain three strengths of representative democracy. 10 (c) How democratic is the UK? 25 (a) Apart from voting in elections and referendums‚ describe two ways of participating in politics. 5 (b) Explain the arguments in favour of lowering the
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In developing societies many idiosyncrasies structure the social congregation which has directly or indirectly led to gender inequalities. A plethora of literature is available on various aspects of gender but this particular study focuses on perceptive reality‚ an area which has not been addressed. This study is conducted in four categories of jobs viz.‚ education‚ media‚ administration and medicine & health to capture whether any difference exists between what is spelt out theoretically and
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To improve the health inequalities of people living in low SES areas individuals‚ communities and governments must take on certain responsibilities as this is due to the fact that some factors are outside of individual’s control. This will work towards addressing the health inequalities by providing equal opportunities while taking in all considered factors. The socioeconomic disadvantage can contribute to addressing these health inequalities by gaining knowledge to learn about better health practices
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and libertarianism‚ people cannot be equal. Each person is born with different amounts of wealth and contrary aspects both physically and mentally‚ no matter how much people fight for equal human rights. There is an increase in reported racial discrimination cases‚ and still women in South Korea are less employed than men. Capitalism was adopted by the government as a means to motivate people into working harder. Nevertheless‚ both the government and its people should attempt to bring equality
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1.1) Explain what is meant by discrimination? Discrimination is treating somebody unfairly or differently based upon race‚ sex‚ age‚ wealth etc. “One of the main sources of discrimination is prejudice.” Prejudice is a preconceived opinion. 1.2) Describe ways in which discrimination may deliberately or inadvertently occur in the work setting? Stereotypes- sometimes it is an easy mistake to make assumptions about a person because they belong to a particular group. Stereotypes might be associated
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Women’s rights have become a global and ongoing fight. There have been many advances that have taken place in the equalization of genders. The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Woman (CEDAW) has been an affective and instrumental device in bringing about change in many countries around the world‚ including the U.S. However‚ despite this progress there are many areas that still need attention in order to create a more equal world for women. Globalization has
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a) Explain Plato’s concept of "Forms" [33] Plato‚ an ancient Greek philosopher living around 400 BCE‚ came to an belief that as well as the visible world‚ there was in fact another‚ separate ’world’ which contained the ’Forms’. Forms are what Plato understood to be the reality that lies behind each concept and object in the visible world. Plato was exploring how the human senses know how to categorise objects‚ animals and concepts‚ however warped they may be from their mundane Form. He believed
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Inequality has risen across the rich world since the 1970s‚ as financial liberalisation and lower taxes‚ among other things‚ have fuelled a rise in the numbers of the very rich. But now‚ resentment over inequality is growing ever more vocal‚ even as the rich see the crisis erode some of their wealth. Is taxing the rich more heavily necessary to buy social peace? Or do adverse effects on entrepreneurship and innovation outweigh any such considerations? And should we be concentrating on particular
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Inequality: Causes and Consequences Marcus Robinson Florida A& M University Inequality is the lack of equality‚ opportunity‚ treatment‚ or status. Inequality has been going on since World War II and began to rise in the mid 1970s. Many people in the world from the United States to the Caribbean have dealt with this problem. In this article it discusses the causes and consequences of inequality researches and examinations of sociologists and economists that go in depth of the social and
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Explain the main principles of the classical forms of Utilitarianism (25 Marks) Utilitarianism was first created by Jeremy Bentham‚ he believed that human beings were motivated by pleasure and pain so he can be called a hedonist. Bentham said that all human beings pursued pleasure and wanted to avoid pain. As a hedonist‚ he believed that pleasure was the sole good and pain was the sole evil. He said ‘an action is right if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number’ this is where the greatest
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