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Assess the view that devolution, under the Good Friday Agreement, created a more democratic system than that which existed under direct rule.
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Assess the view that devolution, under the Good Friday Agreement, created a more democratic system than that which existed under direct rule. There are a vast amount of references, which all to some degree support the idea that the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) created a more democratic system of government. However invariably, as is often the case there are those who would argue that despite the GFA and subsequent devolution, a democratic deficit still exists. First I would like to examine the latter view, namely that devolution under the GFA has failed to provide a more democratic system, than the system, which existed previously under direct rule. Direct rule refers to the situation whereby the affairs of Northern Ireland (NI) are governed directly by the Westminster parliament. The governing authority is held by the appointed secretary of state, accompanied by Junior ministers, each of which are responsible for a particular government department for...
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