Politics A Level

Course summary

A Level Politics engages students with the core political ideology behind Western democracy: Conservatism, Socialism and Liberalism. They also have the option to study one non-core ideology such as feminism. Students focus on British politics and the British political landscape, including case studies from recent elections. The Global Politics unit allows students to examine the wider political environment with focuses on regionalism and the EU, international organisations such as the UN and international political issues ranging from the global environment to human rights.