Government and Politics

Course summary

The Politics course covers the UK’s system of representative democracy and government as well as that of the USA. It also covers the major political ideologies/ philosophies of conservatism, liberalism and socialism as well as other concepts such as nationalism. Paper 1 – UK Politics and core political philosophies This unit covers the workings of the UK’s parliamentary democracy and the core political philosophies of conservatism, liberalism and socialism Paper 2 – UK government and other political philosophies This unit covers the workings of the UK government. Paper 3 – The USA This unit covers the US federal constitution, voting systems and the workings of its presidential and parliamentary systems.