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Explain how democracy, participation and representation helps address this requirement: Analyse and evaluate the 1997 general election, one election before 1997 and one election since 1997 in their wider political contexts. Use AO1, AO2 and AO3 where the command word requires them.
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- Use a structural approach.
- AO1 identifies the formal institutions and constitutional rules governing democracy, participation and representation.
- AO2 then compares the UK and USA: both systems allocate public power, whereas the UK constitution is uncodified and the US Constitution is codified with a stronger formal separation of powers.
- This difference matters because institutional checks and legal authority operate differently.
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A strong Politics answer uses accurate knowledge and explains that the UK and USA may share functions whereas their constitutional structures differ. One viewpoint must be tested against a competing viewpoint; however, the overall judgement must follow from political evidence and context.
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