Government and Politics

Course summary

Component 1 - UK Politics 1. Political Participation - students will study: democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media. 2. Core Political Ideas - students will study: Conservatism, Liberalism and Socialism. Component 2 - UK Government 1. UK Government - students will study: the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and executive, relationships between the branches. 2. Non-core political ideas - students will study: feminism. Component 3 - Comparative Politics 1. Global Politics - students will study: sovereignty and globalisation, global governance: political and economic - global governance: human rights and environmental, power and developments, regionalism and the European Union, comparative theories.