What is a totalitarian state?

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Question

• What is a totalitarian state?

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• A totalitarian state is a society which is
  contolled by a few powerful people where any
  criticism of the state isnt allowed. For example
  Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe

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• What is a dictatorship?

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• A dictatorship is where one person holds absolute
  power for example Hitler

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• Whats the difference between Conservative and
  the Labour Party?

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• Labour Party believes in society sharing its
  wealth so they believe in a free NHS and schools
  which are paid for through people paying higher
  income tax.
• Conservatives believe in a society where people
  are free to spend their money where they wish and
  so income tax is lower. This means people pay for
  their NHS and schools (though some schools and
  health care is free for the poor).

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• In what way is the media politically powerful?

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• The media is powerful because it influences the
  way people vote as its the only way most people
  find out about politics and politicians. For
  example The Daily Mail, The Daily Express and The
  Daily Telegraph are all Conservative newspapers,
  so its readers tend to have conservative views on
  the UK. In contrast The Guardian and The Mirror
  are all Labour newspapers so their readers tend
  to think socialist views.

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Question

• Which General Election was said have been won by
  a newspaper headline?

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Answer

• The Sun newspaper in 1997 told its readers to
  vote for Tony Blair Labour just days before the
  1997 General Election.
• The Sun was traditionally Conservative but its
  new owner Rupert Murdoch had become friends with
  Tony Blair. Its believed that most of The Suns
  readers decided to vote Labour, which helped end
  18 years of Conservative rule

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• Identify as many ways people are politically
  socialised

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Answer

• People learn about politics and what the values
  of each political party are through
• The media
• The family
• Schools
• Their peers

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Question

• Which is the most influential type of political
  socialisation?

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Answer

• As you can imagine it could be any of the four
  areas identified in the previous slide.
• But the media is seen by some as the most
  powerful because of the points identified in the
  previous slides.
• But others argue its the family as your family
  is has a specific social class and your social
  class helps decide whether you vote Labour or
  Conservative because your parents might have a
  good job and so they want to pay lower income tax

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• Yet some people think a persons peer group is
  more influential as the people you mix with tell
  you what is or isnt important so you might live
  on a poor estate like Kurts and so everyone
  wants free health-care and school so they would
  encourage you to vote Labour
• But schools are important as you might be taught
  by a lot of middle-class teachers whos prefer to
  teach in private schools and so these teachers
  talk about the benefits of voting Conservative