5.a. Is the term representative democracy a contradiction, and, if so, why? (2 marks; word limit:...

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5.a. Is the term representative democracy a contradiction, and, if so, why? (2 marks; word limit: 100 words). 1. Alvin Goldman (2015, p. 238) quotes New York Times readers' responses to the U.S. Supreme Court decision McCutcheon v. Federal Elections Commission. Which role are these comments supposed to play in Goldman's argument and do they, in your opinion, successfully show what Goldman thinks they show? (3 marks; word limit: 100 words). 2. What is wrong with imposing competence requirements on children if they are to be permitted to vote? (3 marks; word limit: 100 words). 4. Summarise the arguments which Yascha Mounk gives for and against independent central banks in a democracy (3 marks; word limit: 150 words). 3.a. Is undertaking an act of lawbreaking deliberately sufficient to fulfil the principledness" characteristic of civil disobedience? (0.5 marks; word limit: 20 words). 3.b. Explain your answer to part a. (1.5 marks; word limit: 75 words) 5.a. Is the term representative democracy a contradiction, and, if so, why? (2 marks; word limit: 100 words). 1. Alvin Goldman (2015, p. 238) quotes New York Times readers' responses to the U.S. Supreme Court decision McCutcheon v. Federal Elections Commission. Which role are these comments supposed to play in Goldman's argument and do they, in your opinion, successfully show what Goldman thinks they show? (3 marks; word limit: 100 words). 2. What is wrong with imposing competence requirements on children if they are to be permitted to vote? (3 marks; word limit: 100 words). 4. Summarise the arguments which Yascha Mounk gives for and against independent central banks in a democracy (3 marks; word limit: 150 words). 3.a. Is undertaking an act of lawbreaking deliberately sufficient to fulfil the principledness" characteristic of civil disobedience? (0.5 marks; word limit: 20 words). 3.b. Explain your answer to part a. (1.5 marks; word limit: 75 words)

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