HIGHER MODERN STUDIES Electoral Systems First-Past-The-Post (Simple Majority) How the System works: The current system of electing MPs to the House of Commons is called First-Past-The-Post. There are 646 separate constituencies across the UK each electing one single Member of Parliament. In order to vote you simply put an ‘X’ next to the name of the candidate you support. The candidate who gets the
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1. Efficiency: Market is more efficient than economic planning. In market‚ production is based on demand‚ but in economic planning‚ production is based on government setting. For example‚ in a warm winter‚ a market will cut its production of boots‚ while an economic planning will not do so‚ leading to a waste of resource in excess production. 2. Profitability. Market is more profitable than economic planning. In market‚ companies are owned by individuals‚ and they have motivation to improve profit
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Electoral Systems and Stability in Divided Societies Introduction Severely divided countries pose a particular problem when it comes to securing democratic stability. Such countries are characterised by deep cleavages representing ‘sociocultural and ascriptive traits‚ such as race‚ ethnicity‚ language‚ religion or region’ (Bogaards‚ 2003‚ p. 59). Other forms of social division‚ which focus on wider issues‚ do not diffuse the strength of these cleavages‚ making them particularly entrenched.
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more accurate display of political diversity in the legislature is achieved by proportional representation (Gottfried and Lodge‚ 2011). It is a more representative voting system that allows for consensus politics to take place and favours coalition governments. Critics might question the stability of a coalition government; however‚ an introduction of a PR voting system would result in a fairer representation of the British electorate’s political views in the legislature. Britain’s current electoral
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WEBSITE ADDRESS: VERY COMPREHENSIVE NOTES ON SEPARATE ELECTORATE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS Documents included: * The Montagu-Chelmford Reforms report(excerpt) from ’Speeches and Documents on the Indian Constitution 1921-1947’‚ Selected by Sir Maurice Gwyer and A. Appadorai‚ OUP‚ 1957 Vol. I.[CMP(18)] * Nehru Report 1928 (excerpt) from ’Readings In the Constitutional History of India‚ 1757-1947’‚ Desika Char‚ Oxford University Press‚ 1983.[Extra(4A)] * M. A. Jinnah’s Fourteen Points 1929 (excerpt)
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source‚ 7 marks for both. (6 – 7) (b) (i) Level 0 – No evidence submitted or response does not address the question (0) Level 1 – One mark for each valid aspect to a maximum of two e.g. All over 20 could vote; secret ballot; proportional representation; election every 4 years; separate election for Presidency etc.
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Canada’s elections involve high participation of people due to which people get information about various political issues and remain up to date of political events. Due to this‚ people become educated regarding their political leaders electoral system‚ laws and policies. This promotes more number of people to cast their vote that enable voters to know that their one vote can make the difference in choosing their representative. In the recent Canadian Elections‚ Justin Trudeau focused on voter turnout
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Mark Scheme (Results) June 2011 GCE Government & Politics 6GP01 People & Politics Edexcel is one of the leading examining and awarding bodies in the UK and throughout the world. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic‚ vocational‚ occupational and specific programmes for employers. Through a network of UK and overseas offices‚ Edexcel’s centres receive the support they need to help them deliver their education and training programmes to learners. For further information‚
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Array Representation A complete binary tree has a simple array representation. Suppose we number the nodes from left to right‚ beginning at the top and ending at the bottom. Then we can store the various data items in the corresponding elements of an array. For example can be represented by the array This in fact corresponds to the level order enumeration of the tree. Note that we only use an initial segment of the array. Provided the array is long enough‚ and we know the number of
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Lapura ‚ Jomari S. AB Pol Sci - PS12 ASS#1 (Name) (course-section ) A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy‚ usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office.[1] Parties participate in electoral campaigns and educational outreach or protest actions. Parties often espouse an expressed ideology or vision bolstered by a written platform with
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