Government and Politics

Course summary

This course is concerned with the study of the government and politics in the UK. There are two compulsory components in Year 12, UK politics and UK government. Within component 1 (UK politics) students will study: Political Participation, democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media. Within component 2 (UK government) students will study: Core Political Ideas of conservatism, liberalism, socialism. Students will be expected and encouraged to keep up to date with current affairs and appropriate news stories relating to UK politics and government. Students should be willing to take part in such discussions, both to present their own views and to critically analyse those presented by others.