Modern studies essays

Key points

Pressure groups influencing the government

• Sectional groups

• Cause groups

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• outsider groups

• insider groups

Individuals + influencing government decision making

• Voting

• political party

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• newspapers

• internet

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• pressure groups

• cause groups

• sectional groups

Parliamentary representatives holding government to account

• PMQs

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• Committees

• The Liaison Committee

Factors income + wealth inequality

• low-paid employment

• zero-hour contracts

• poor education

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• unemployment

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• Government benefits policies

• Universal credit

Factors health inequality

• poverty

• poor quality housing

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• lifestyle choices

• smoking

• alcohol

• Glasgow effect

• deprivation

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• gender

• social class + poverty

Effect of inequality on group in society (children)

• poverty

• children glasgow

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• health outcomes

• premature birth/low birth weight

• poverty

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• Education

Success of government responding to socio-economic inequalities

• NMW

• NLW

• UC

• policies (all)

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• ban ‘happy hour’ +’multi-buy deals’

• Minimum Unit Pricing

Opportunities citizens influence actions of gov US

• Voting

• primaries

• electoral college system

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• political parties

• standing as a candidate

• campaign funding

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• interest groups

Government decision-making dominated by one branch of gov US

• SOTU

• President law making

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• Power of appointment

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• executive orders