Politics

Assessment

Component 1: UK Politics (33 1/3 % of A level: 2 hour exam) Political Participation: democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media. (Two 30-mark questions). Core Political Ideas: conservatism, liberalism, socialism. (One 24-mark question). Component 2: UK Government (33 1/3 % of A level: 2 hour exam) UK Government: the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and executive, relationships between the branches. (Two 30-mark questions). Optional Political Ideas, students will study: multiculturalism. (One 24-mark question). Component 3: Comparative Politics (33 1/3 % of A level: 2 hour exam) Global comparative politics: theories of Global Politics, sovereignty and globalisation, global governance: political and economic, global governance: human rights and environmental, power and developments, regionalism and the European Union. (Two 12-mark questions & two 30-mark questions).