POLITICS

Assessment

Unit 1: UK Politics Political Participation (democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media) Core Political Ideas (conservatism, liberalism, socialism) 2 hour written exam 33% of A level Unit 2: UK Government UK Government (the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and executive, relationships between the branches) Optional Political Ideas: one idea from the following: anarchism, ecologism, feminism, multiculturalism, nationalism. 2 hour written exam 33% of A level Unit 3: Comparative Politics USA (the US Constitution and federalism, US congress, US presidency, US Supreme Court and civil rights, democracy and participation, comparative theories) 2 hour written exam 33% of A level