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    Participation and Voting Behaviour 1. Explain the term class dealignment used in the extract. (5 marks) Class dealignment can be described as the relationship between social class and voting behaviour weakening‚ meaning that the electorate are beginning to vote for political parties which are not generally associated with their social class. The extract quotes “In the 1960s‚ Peter Pulzer concluded that‚ ’class is the basis of British party politics.’” The 1970s showed how the electorate strongly

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    whip‚ formally known as an “assistant party leader‚” is to keep track of the number of votes for and against a piece of legislation. Also‚ they are supposed to “whip up” support among the chamber membership. There are two types of committees in Congress: standing committees and select committees. Standing committees are permanent and are the more important type of committee. Standing committees have the power to propose and write legislation that covers a particular subject‚ such s finance or agriculture

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    Long term planning is used at the start of the year. The practitioners use this to ensure that all seven areas of learning are included throughout the year. The seven areas of learning include Personal and Social Development‚ Well-Being and Cultural Diversity‚ Language Literacy and Communication Skills‚ Mathematical Development‚ Welsh Language Development‚ Knowledge and Understanding of the World‚ Physical Development and Creative Development. Practitioners can overlook this planning to see if all

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    acts of congress summary

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    Act of Congress ⇒ Chapter Summaries Chapter 9—Politics First Chapter Nine continues with an examination of Barney Frank‚ the Democrat who served as the senior leader of the House Financial Services Committee that was responsible with researching‚ marking up‚ rewriting‚ and passing proposed legislation that would prohibit another financial crisis from developing in the future. However‚ while waiting for the release the administration’s white paper‚ which helped inform and educate members of

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    In the UK all children between the ages of 5 and 16 years old are entitled and is compulsory to a free place at a state school and the Education and Skills Act 2008 plan to raise the school leaving age to 18years old. The majority of state schools have to follow the national curriculum. State schools are mostly comprehensive meaning that they accept pupils of all academic abilities and are co – educational meaning they teach both male and female pupils. In the UK there are a variety of different

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    1.Explain Ani’s behaviour in terms of compliance. (2 marks) Ani’s behaviours would be classed as normative social influence because he was watching people and he changed his behaviour to fit in within the group‚ this would mean that he is publically agreeing but privately he does not agree‚ this shows normative social influence. 2. The following phrases refer to different types of conformity. Select the two phrases that describe internalisation. Highlight two only. C The beliefs of the group become

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    Congress Part 1 The United States establishes a bicameral legislature‚ which is a legislature made up of two houses and they are the Senate and the House of Representative. Through the aspect of history‚ the framers of the constitution knew are familiar to the British Parliament of two-house system. And for practical‚ the framers have to create a two-chambered body in order to the issue between New Jersey plan and Virginia plan. In theoretical way‚ and they favored a bicameral Congress for two houses

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    Explain what is meant by the term ‘a religious experience’. (45 marks) In 1969 Alister Hardy set up the Religious Experience Research Unit (RERU) with the aim of examining the extent and nature of the religious experiences of people in the UK. The experiences recorded were quite different from other types of experiences that people had. According to Alister Hardy the religious experience ‘… usually induces in the person concerned a conviction that the everyday world is not the whole of reality;

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    Congress Vs Incumbents

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    of America is like no other country in the world. Our democracy is confusing to everyone else in the world but makes sense to those born here. But‚ there is one thing that even confuses Americans‚ that is‚ Congress. According to Real Clear Politics‚ only 15% of Americans approve of job of Congress‚ while 75% disapprove. This is not surprising‚ but what is surprising is that even with such low approval ratings‚ 80% of Senator Incumbents and 95% of Representative Incumbents get reelected. Why? This paradox

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