Making Your Mind Up: Key Debates in A-Level Politics

Key Debates

Paper 1: UK Politics & Core Political Ideas

• Democracy & Participation.
• Political Parties.
• Electoral Systems.
• Voting Behaviour & the Media.
• Core Political Ideas: Conservatism; Liberalism; Socialism.

Paper 2: UK Government & Non-Core Political Ideas

• The Constitution.
• Parliament.
• The Prime Minister & the Executive.
• The Relationship between the Branches of the Government.
• Non-Core Political Ideas: Anarchism.

Paper 3: Comparative Politics - the Government & Politics of the USA

• The Constitution.
• Congress.
• The Presidency.
• The Supreme Court & Civil Rights.
• Democracy & Participation.

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