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Does the First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system provide fair representation of the electorate?

The short answer is no but to delve deeper into the issue there's 2 main areas to look at: The choice FPTF gives voters - Most countries that use FPTP have a two party system which means that the real choice...
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Explain the term 'representative democracy'

Representative democracy is a method through which the public give a mandate to a political body to allow them to make decisions on behalf of the general public. This can be juxtaposed to direct democracy, w...
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Explain and analyse the significance of three sources of the British Constitution.

The most ingrained source of the constitution in the UK is statute law. This refers to all laws made by Parliament, which are called Acts of Parliament. If Parliament vote for a change, it becomes a new law ...
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What is representative democracy, and can you give examples of it?

Representative democracy, also referred to as liberal democracy, refers to a democratic system where citizens elect politicians to make decisions for them on their behalf. Representative democracy differs fr...
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To what extent have Socialists been committed to equality of outcome?

Equality of outcome is a state in which people have approximately the same material wealth or in which the general economic conditions of their lives are similar. Achieving equal results generally involves r...
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