Government and Politics

Course summary

WHY STUDY THIS COURSE? We live in a tumultuous era of politics, and it is impacting young people more and more. This course will allow you to understand and access these tricky issues. Many students pick politics not knowing much about it, and then enjoy it so much they go on to study it at university. All recognise it is a fun and important subject to understand. Unlike every other subject, the content is always changing, which makes it truly unique. COURSE DESCRIPTION Politics is the study of Politics in the UK, USA and of the key ideologies that have dominated the last century: UK Politics: · Democracy and Representation · Political Parties · Electoral Systems · Voting Behaviour UK Government: · Constitution · Parliament · Executive and PM · Supreme Court Ideologies: · Liberalism · Conservatism · Socialism · Feminism US Politics and Government: · Constitution and Federalism · Congress · President · Supreme Court · Democracy and Representation.