Government and Politics

Course summary

This course will help you to develop knowledge and understanding of the role politics plays in relation to current local, national, and global issues, as well as studying key thinkers and political ideas. The study of UK politics and government forms the core of the course. This includes analysing the Westminster system at the heart of UK politics, considering broader aspects of democracy and participation in modern Britain, and developing an understanding of contemporary political debates. Alongside this you will study the three core political ideas (Liberalism, Conservatism and Socialism) underlying contemporary politics and another ideology selected from a list of five. In the second year you will be able to contrast the UK political scene with a study of the politics of the USA.