Government and Politics

Course summary

Has there ever been a better time to study politics? What is the British constitution? Who upholds the law? Where does power really lie in the UK? Will the UK even exist in five years? Students with an interest in these questions should consider studying Government and Politics. The course complements a wide range of A Level courses, particularly well alongside History, English and Economics. • Democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media • Core Political Ideas, conservatism, liberalism, socialism • UK Government; the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and executive, relationships between the branches • Non-core political ideas; one idea from the following: anarchism, ecologism, feminism, multiculturalism, nationalism • US Government - the US Constitution and federalism, US Congress, US presidency, US Supreme Court and civil rights, democracy and participation, comparative theories