Government and Politics

Assessment

The course is assessed entirely by external examination. Content overview - UNIT 1 Political Participation: • democracy and participation • political parties • electoral systems • voting behaviour and the media Core Political Ideas: • Socialism and communism • conservatism • liberalism Content overview - UNIT 2 UK Government • The constitution, • Parliament, • Prime Minister and executive, • Relationships between the branches. Other Political Ideas: • Feminism Content overview - UNIT 3 Global Politics • Theories of Global Politics, • Sovereignty and globalisation, • Global governance: political and economic, • Global governance: human rights and environmental, • Power and developments, • Regionalism and the European Union