Government and Politics

Course summary

The course covers three main elements: UK Politics Topics include; - Democracy and participation - Political parties - Electoral systems - Voting behaviour and the media - The core political ideas of Socialism - Conservatism and Liberalism UK Government Topics include; - The constitution - Parliament - The Prime Minister and the Executive and the relationship between branches As well as one of the following non-core political ideas: - Anarchism - Feminism - Multiculturalism - Ecologism or Nationalism Comparative Politics: Students will study global politics. This unit will be of particular interest to those students who are keen to study International Relations at degree level. - Students will study theories of global politics - The state and globalisation - Economic - Political - Environmental and human rights - Governance - Power and developments regionalism - The European Union