Furthermore, the actual turnout was only 61.4%, so they were only representing around a third of the population. In this sense, representative democracy does not operate effectively in the UK as most of the population did not vote for the winning party. Britain follows a representative system because we are all represented by MPs in Parliament who will take care of local problems and take important grievances to the government. When we vote for these MPs, we give them the legitimacy to make decisions for the constituency but expect them to take the majority
History Coursework 2013 To what extent does the failure of the BUF to gain mass support in the 1930s reflect the lack of enthusiasm in Britain in the years 1845-1945 for any kind of extreme politics? Historians have never been able to accurately calculate the membership for the BUF. According to G.C Webber (1984) patterns of membership and support for the BUF scholars agree 40,000 members in 1934 this shows solidarity within historical documentation of the BUF . However he later states on the basis of the information contained in the home office files released out the public records office is that all the answers are misleading. For example the source refers to a picture painted by Collin Cross and accepted by Robert Benewick to support
How far do you agree with the view that African Americans were treated as second class citizens between 1940 and 1946? This view is very accurate; African Americans were not offered the same political, economic or social opportunities and rights as white people, despite the terms of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. However, overall, treatment of African Americans was worse in the south. Political/ legal rights and opportunities were limited for African Americans due to their treatment as second class citizens. For example, in the south, Jim Crow laws were in place, meaning that everybody had to pass a literacy test and pay poll tax before they could vote.
This idea that they were dying for an ideological dream of freedom that wasn’t even extended to their homes began the attitudes of people to change and when the attitudes of people change the government has to mould to keep the people appeased. After the war there was a huge crisis facing the American Government the booming war time economy was over, many black people were fired and left unemployed. Many of the soldiers returning home were demoralized and tired of fighting for a fake representation of freedom. Harry Truman was elected President at that time and he was seen as quite a racist figure by many historians as he famously and publically joined the KKK. Despite this the changing mood surrounding civil rights inspired Truman to make a difference.
I actually think that the white teenager wouldn’t be able to see why the colored boy was hurt, they would just brush it off and give an explanation like “oh the teacher didn’t mean it like that”. Secondly, I feel that because history has had such segregation, either by race, religion or by class, people feel as if they would be going against the norm and what society wants from them. History has taught us that the black people go here and the white people go there so that is what is ingrained in our minds. Also we are taught from a young age to marry our own kind and have the same colored children, for example, look at Barbie and ken dolls; they are the perfect white couple, and do you ever see a five year old white girl holding a black baby doll?. So because people are exposed to segregation at such a young age, when a intermarried
8. As many trials on black citizens up until that point have not been treated fairly and that these black citizens have not been able to exercise the same rights as other Americans, the group wants all imprisoned African Americans to be released. 9. In many of the unfair trials involving black citizens, the jury has been biased against the black people, disallowing a fair trial. This tenant demands a trial made of people similar to the people in trial, so in this case black citizens.
In recent cabinet changes Cameron appointed 4 women (Including Lady Warsi who is an ethnic minority) to be in Cabinet and the commons has 27 MPs who are part of an ethnic minority. More and more Women and Ethnic minorities but yet it is still not enough. The ration of women in Parliament to women in the public is not equal, which leave many to believe that women are not being equally represented (The same for Ethnic minorities). The question arises as to whether we should have MPs who reflect the ration of the population, or do we only vote in those who would do the job well, even if it leads to a greater dominance of a certain age, gender and
Therefore they had no rights as citizens. In the years after the war they did gain some improvements and began to protest for more, but by 1955 this was not enough to make a difference. Black Americans were subjected to segregation. The ‘Jim Crow’ laws meant that they had to use separate diners, separate schools and separate transport. This was
I just do not understand why the main focus of our education has to be all about test. I feel as if my classmates and I were like lab rats, being used for discovery and research, just so the school can gain recognition and reap the rewards for producing good test scores. Many districts use strict curricula’s that publishing companies produce to “promise” outstanding grades if you buy their products and complete them all. When you try to force that on the teachers, it is frustrating to them because they have the freedom of teaching taken away from them and are given a set of rules to produce better test results. Because many teachers and other educators are being forced to move away from teaching in their own preferred style, they must follow a set pace so that their instruction to the students is to what the district mandates instead of responding to the students need.
Voting for Our Future “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union,” must vote. Americans have more power than they think they have, but only if each and every individual exercises his or her right to vote. The problem is that on an important day such as Election Day, only about 58 percent of the population votes. Why is that? Citizens bicker, complain, and protest; yet do not vote.