POLITICS
Politics
Politics is a popular and engaging subject at Westminster Tutors and is led by our former Vice Principal, Nick Dommett. Students build a structured foundation of political knowledge and then are able to specialise in particular topics that interest them. The study of Government & Politics looks at political ideas, institutions and processes within the UK and how these compare and contrast to other political systems. There is plenty of opportunity for lively political debate, and our students also benefit from free lectures at the top London universities.
Course outline
AS level
- Democracy and participation
- Political parties
- Electoral systems
- Voting behaviour and the media
Component 2: UK Government
- The constitution
- Parliament
- Prime Minister and executive
- Relationships between the branches
A level
UK Politics
- Democracy and participation
- Political parties
- Electoral systems
- Voting behaviour and the media
Core Political Ideas
- Liberalism
- Conservatism
- Socialism
Component 2: UK Government
UK Government
- The constitution
- Parliament
- Prime Minister and executive
- Relations between the branches
Non-core Political Ideas
- Anarchism
- Ecologism
- Feminism
- Multiculturalism
- Nationalism
Component 3: Comparative Politics
Government and Politics of the USA
- The US Constitution and federalism
- US Congress
- US presidency
- US Supreme Court and US civil rights
- US democracy and participation
- Comparative theories
Global Politics
- The state and globalisation
- Global governance: political and economic
- Global governance: human rights and environmental
- Power and developments
- Regionalism and the European Union
- Comparative theories
Assesment
AS level
Component 1
- 60 marks
- 1 hour 45 minutes written paper
- 50% of total AS level
Component 2
- 60 marks
- 1 hour 45 minutes written paper
- 50% of total AS level
A level
Component 1
- 84 marks
- 2 hours written paper
- 33.3% of total A level
Component 2
- 84 marks
- 2 hours written paper
- 33.3% of total A level
Component 3
- Assessment of one of the two options
- 84 marks
- 2 hours written paper
- 33.3% of total A level
Specification
Tutors
BEd (Greenwich), BA (Westminster), MSc (UCL), PhD (Institute of Education, London)
Nick Dommett
LLB (Birm), LLM (SOAS), BSc (Imperial), MA (King’s), PhD (King’s)
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