Government and Politics

Assessment

The Politics A Level will be assessed at the end of Year 13 with 3 exams. Each exam is 2 hours long and is worth one third of the overall A Level. Paper 1: UK Politics. This includes topics such as democracy, voting behaviour and the media, as well as core political ideas such as conservatism, liberalism and socialism. Paper 2: UK Government. This includes topics such as the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister as well as non-core political ideas where we study feminism. Paper 3: Comparative Politics. This includes the US Constitution and federalism, US Congress, US presidency, US Supreme Court and civil rights, democracy and participation and comparative theories.