Government and Politics

Course summary

The course will help you develop a critical awareness of the nature of politics and the relationship between political ideas, institutions, and processes. The focus of the course is very much on contemporary UK and global political issues. You are expected to keep up with the news throughout the course. You might be interested in political events happening on a national or international scale. You might want to know how the British political system works. You might be interested in the debate about the EU referendum or wondered what the terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ mean in a political sense. If so, Politics could be for you! First year (AS): Unit 1: Contemporary Politics of the UK Unit 2: Contemporary Government of the UK Second year (A2): Unit 3: Political ideologies – Conservatism, Socialism, Liberalism and Nationalism Unit 4: Global politics