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Component 1: UK Politics (*Component code: 9PL0/01)Written examination: 2 hours
33⅓% of the qualification 84 marks Content overview 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, socialism. |
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Component 2 Written examination: 2 hours
33⅓% of the qualification 84 marks Content overview 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: • one idea from the following: anarchism, ecologism, feminism, multiculturalism, nationalism |
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Component 3 US & Comparative Politics (*Component code: 9PL0/3A)
Written examination: 2 hours, 33⅓% of the qualification,84 marks Students study either USA (9PL0/3A) Content overview For USA (3A), students will study: • the US Constitution and federalism, US Congress, US presidency, US Supreme Court and civil rights, democracy and participation, comparative theories. |