Politics

Course summary

For the A Level course we study for three components: For Paper 1 we study British politics including democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media, as well as the ideologies: liberalism, conservatism and socialism. For Paper 2 we study British government including the constitution, parliament, prime minister and executive, relationships between the branches and the ideology of feminism. For Paper 3 we focus on American politics. This comparative component covers the US Constitution and federalism, the US Supreme Court and civil rights, the US Congress, the presidency, and democracy and participation. Each of the three papers consist of a 2-hour exam.