A Level Government and Politics

Course summary

Government and Politics will enable students to develop an insight into political beliefs central to an understanding of the modern world. The course provides an introduction to the subject through an examination of UK political procedures and institutions such as democracy and political participation, party policies and ideas and key institutions. In second year the course allows more specialisation requiring more skills analysis and evaluation and offers a choice of challenging but comparable topics: UK and EU Political Issues; Political Ideologies; US Politics and Global Politics