Government and Politics

Course summary

Unit 1: UK Politics Students will study the topics of Political Participation and Core Political Ideas. Political Participation includes studying democracy & participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media. Core Political Ideas includes the study of conservatism, liberalism and socialism. Unit 2: UK Government Students will study the topics of the UK Government and the political idea of nationalism. The UK Government component includes studying the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and executive and relationships between the branches. Nationalism includes looking at the key ideas and principles, different types of nationalism and key nationalist thinkers and ideas. Unit 3: Comparative Ideas For this unit, students will study the politics of the USA, making comparisons with UK politics throughout. The study of USA Politics includes studying the US constitution and federalism, US congress, US presidency, US Supreme Court, democracy and participation, and civil rights.