The question (6 marks)
In a country where the major newspapers and television channels belong to a handful of business houses, the same houses quietly finance the leading political parties. Elections are held on time, the count is honest, and the winners say they govern with the consent of the people. (i) Explain the channels by which economic power reaches public decisions. (ii) What is meant by saying that ideology can create an illusion of consent, and how far may that claim safely be pressed? (6 marks)
MU Module I, ideological and economic power; pack ch. 01 sections 5.2-5.3 and 6.2.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 1 · Power, Authority and Legitimacy of Political Science – II.
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