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Tokenism — AQA GCSE Citizenship Studies Definition

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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term

Tokenism

Definition

Giving people the appearance of involvement while allowing them little or no real influence over decisions.

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AQA GCSE Citizenship Studies · 8100

Paper 2

Asking for views only after the important decision has already been made risks tokenism: involvement in appearance, but little real influence.
Revise: Opportunities and Barriers to Citizen Participation

AQA Citizenship Studies past papers

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Apathy
Citizen participation
Civil society
Democracy
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