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The State
And Voting behaviour
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A Grade
B Grade
C Grade
Understand and evaluate the
varying sociological views of
the state. Describe how the
three main political parties in
the UK have separate but
sometimes very interconnected
agendas. Evaluate factors that
affect voting behaviour
hypothesising who factors link
together or if they are mutually
Understand the varying views
of the state, evaluating at least
two. Understand that each
political party has its own
agenda and may have links to
other parties. Describe the
factors that may affect voting
behaviour making a link
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two. Link two
soc theories.
Describe four main sociological
views of the state. Understand
that the three largest political
parties in the UK support
different policies. Describe that
personal circumstances can
affect who a person votes for.
Link some sociological theory
at a basic level.
SMSC Link Questions
Key Words
Key Names
Do all countries
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legitimate state?
Nordlinger (1981)
Must a state be legitimate
to be morally just?
Bill
Hayek (1944) Neo-Liberal
Which aspects of the state
culturally impact British
society?
Social Reformist
Engels (Marxist)
Do people categorised as
“normal” by the state have
the right to hold power via
discourse?
Neo-Liberal
Althusser and Milliband
(Marxists)
Voting Behaviour
Giddens (1988)
(Modernist)
Democracy
Held and Sklair (1995)
(Postmodernism)
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Psephologist
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Abi-Explain Althusser and Poulantzas’ contribution
to the neo-Marxist view of The State.
Sam-Describe a scenario when all
institutions within the State would conjoin.
Lauren-Why would Held and Sklair
not focus on one countries State in their work?
Nicola-Explain how and WHY Weber’s
view of The State differs from Marx’s
James-Why is the European Union a relevant
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topic
of debate within this module?
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The State should intervene in the
economy, welfare and education
The State should not intervene in the
economy, welfare and education
Abi (Team Leader)- Focus on economy
Sam (Team Leader)- Focus on economy
Lauren- Focus on education
Neelam-Focus on education
James- Focus on welfare
Nicola- Focus on welfare
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Proposed Policies
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How are Laws
made?
Conservatives
Liberal Democrats
Labour
Lauren
Sam
James
Neelam
Abi
Nicola
Task:
1) What are the 4 main
principals that the
Conservatives stand for?
2) What would change if our
current government had a
Conservative majority?
3) What are the Conservatives
criticised for?
4) Select two policies from the
education and Transport
policy section that will
assist in cutting the UK’s
cost of welfare.
Task:
1) Produce a 300 word
Manifesto persuading
people to vote Liberal.
2) Decide on a new Draft Bill
to propose to the House of
Lords to improve society
(See video for help)
3) Explain how and why the
Liberal Democrats
emerged.
4) Select 3 policies from the
policy document and
explain why the Liberals
would want to implement
them
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Task:
1) How did Labour change
under Tony Blair’s
leadership?
2) How did New Labour
compare to the outgoing
Conservative government?
3) What sociological theory
could be aligned to
Labour’s views?
4) Select three policies from
the policy document which
would help to support
poorer people in society.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVrtrk0jI
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10 vivo’s to the
winning group
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Group 2- Describe the link between
“Third Way politics” and the traditional Labour Party.
(7 Marks)
Neelam, James, Lauren
Swap with somebody from the other group and mark, justify!
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Group 1 (Sam, Nicola, Abi)
Name 3 interconnected factors that influence
voting behaviour
Group 2 (Neelam, James, Lauren)
Name 1 Social Class related factor and 1
education related factor that influence voting behaviour
Pairs:
Sam and Lauren
Abi and Neelam
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Social
class
Job
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Policies
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Family
Background
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Employment
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Sam/Abi
James/Nicola
Lauren/Neelam
Explain why some
sociologists believe that the
political process is in
decline
Describe the sociological
view that political parties
are becoming less distinct
Explain Voter apathy
1945-1974
1974-1997
1997-2005
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http://www.educationforum.co.uk/sociology
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http://www.educationforum.co.uk/sociology
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