Government and Politics

Course summary

• Political Participation – democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media. • Core Political Ideas – conservatism, liberalism and socialism. • UK Government – constitution, parliament, prime minister and executive, relationships between the branches • Non-Core Political Ideas -one idea from the following: anarchism, ecologism, feminism, multiculturalism and nationalism • Comparative Politics (UK and USA) constitution, federalism, legislature, presidency, judiciary, civil rights, democracy and participation, comparative theories