Government and Politics

Assessment

Three exams at the end of Upper Sixth. All two hours long and equally weighted. Paper 1: • UK Government – The British Constitution, Parliament, PM + Cabinet, Judiciary, Devolution • UK Politics – Democracy, Participation, Electoral systems, Parties, Pressure Groups, the EU Paper 2: • US Government – The Constitution, Congress, President, Supreme Court • US Politics – Electoral process, Direct Democracy, Parties, Pressure Groups, Civil Rights • Comparative Politics – comparing the US/UK systems as listed above Paper 3: • Political Ideas – Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism, Feminism • One other ideology from Nationalism, Feminism