A Level Government and Politics
Course summary
In Year 12 students study two broad themes; UK Politics and UK Government. In UK Politics, you will study Democracy and Political Participation, Political Parties, Electoral Systems and Voting Behaviour. In Governing the UK you will study The Constitution, Parliament, The Prime Minister and Executive and Relations between Institutions. After AS Exams, we will study Conservatism, Liberalism, Socialism, (Core Political Ideas) and then either Feminism or Multiculturalism (Non Core Political Ideas) In Year 13 students will study either American or Global Politics. The US unit includes the US Constitution, US Congress, US Presidency and comparative theories. The Global Unit includes Sovereignty and globalisation, Global governance regionalism and the EU and comparative theories.
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6 GCSEs at C or above, including grade 5+ in English Language and Mathematics.
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