Government and Politics

Course summary

Component 1: UK Politics · Political Participation: democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media. · Core Political Ideas: conservatism, liberalism, socialism. Component 2: UK Government · The constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and executive, relationships between them · Political Ideas: one idea from the following: anarchism, ecologism, feminism, multiculturalism, Nationalism Component 3: Comparative Politics · US Politics: The US Constitution and federalism, US Congress, US Presidency, US Supreme Court, civil rights and democracy and participation.