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AQA A-Level Politics 7152
The Nature and Sources of the British Constitution
The Structure and Role of Parliament
The Prime Minister and Cabinet
The UK Judiciary
Devolution
Democracy and Participation
Topic overviewDemocracy, Legitimacy and Direct DemocracyDirect and Representative Democracy ComparedThe Reform Acts of 1832 to 1884 and the ChartistsSuffragists and SuffragettesWho Can Vote Today, and Votes at 16Forms of Political ParticipationTurnout, Apathy and Proposals for ReformPartisan and Class Dealignment
Elections and Referendums
Topic overviewMajoritarian and Proportional SystemsThe Additional Member System, STV and Other SystemsThe 1945 and 1979 General ElectionsThe 1997 and 2010 General ElectionsModels of Voting BehaviourLeadership, Manifestos, Campaigns and the MediaThe Nature and Use of ReferendumsRegulating Referendums, and the Case For and Against
Political Parties in the UK
Pressure Groups in the UK
The UK and the European Union
The Constitutional Framework of US Government
Congress
The US Presidency
The US Supreme Court
US Elections and Direct Democracy
Topic overviewCongressional Elections and Electoral College VotesThe Electoral CollegeThe Invisible Primary, Primaries and CaucusesSuper Tuesday, Momentum and DelegatesWhat Decides a US ElectionCampaign Finance RegulationParty Coalitions and Voting BehaviourRealignment, Dealignment, Split-Ticket Voting and TurnoutDirect Democracy at State Level
Political Parties in the USA
Pressure Groups in the USA
Civil Rights in the USA
Comparative Politics: Theoretical Approaches
Constitutions and Legislatures Compared
The Executives Compared
The Judiciaries Compared
Electoral and Party Systems Compared
Pressure Groups Compared
Civil Rights Compared
Liberalism
Conservatism
Socialism
NationalismIdeology
FeminismIdeology
MulticulturalismIdeology
AnarchismIdeology
The Structure and Role of Parliament
Burke and the Models of Representation
- 4 things to know
- Paper 1
Overview
Recall questions on Burke's trustee model and its critics, the delegate model, the doctrine of the mandate and party discipline, and the descriptive or resemblance model of representation.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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Give one practical problem with the delegate model.
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How does the mandate model justify strong party discipline?
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What is the descriptive, or resemblance, model of representation?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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Whose 1774 address to the electors of Bristol set out the trustee model of representation?
Model answer
Edmund Burke.
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What is the trustee model of representation?
Model answer
The view that a representative is elected to exercise their own mature judgement in the national interest rather than to obey instructions.
- 3
Why did Burke insist Parliament was not a gathering of rival ambassadors?
Model answer
Because he saw it as a deliberative assembly of one nation with one overall interest, not a bargaining forum for local interests.
- 4
Give one criticism of the trustee model.
Model answer
It can be used to justify ignoring constituents entirely, which sits badly with democratic accountability.
- 5
What is the delegate model?
Model answer
The view that a representative should act on the express instructions of those who elected them, exercising little independent judgement.
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Give one practical problem with the delegate model.
Model answer
Constituents rarely hold a single clear view, and consulting them on every issue would be impossible in practice.
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