Politics

Assessment

Component 1: UK Politics and Core Political Ideas: Liberalism, Conservatism and Socialism: Written examination, 2 hours, 84 marks, 33% Content Overview: 1. Political Participation, students will study: democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media. 2. Core Political Ideas, students will study: conservatism, liberalism, socialism. Component 2: UK Government and Non-Core Political Ideas: Anarchism; Written examination, 2hours, 84 marks, 33% Content Overview: 1. UK Government, students will study: the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and executive, relationships between branches. 2. Optional Political Ideas, students will study one idea from the following: anarchism, ecologism, feminism, multiculturalism, nationalism. Component 3: Politics of the USA: Written examination, 2 hours, 84 marks, 33% Content Overview: The US Constitution and federalism, US Congress, US presidency, US Supreme Court and US civil rights, US democracy and participation, Comparative theories.