Ryton Students - Departments – Politics– Overview
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Unit 1 People and Politics Political Parties Functions The
Party System Liberal
Democrats Conservatives Labour |
Units
1 and 2 are taught concurrently from September to Easter Unit
3 is comprised of elements studied during this period too. |
Units
1, 2 and 3 are all examined at the end of year 12 in summer
examinations. There are no January
modules and no coursework. There are
opportunities to resit these units in the following
January if necessary. All three units
carry equal weight and form 50% of the total points available for the
Advanced GCE in Government and Politics. The
exam board is Edexcel http://www.edexcel.org.uk/quals/gce/gvmt-pol/as/8067/ |
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an essential resource as is; |
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Pressure Groups Typology Methods
of influence Lobbying Think
Tanks PGs
and democracy Democracy and Power Direct
versus Indirect democracy How
democracy works in Referendums Elections and Electoral systems The
‘first past the post’ system. Alternatives
to FPTP Majoritarian and Proportional Devolution The
decline of Unitary government The
expansion of the EU Advantages
and Disadvantages of integration. |
November February March September
onwards with Mrs Carter April
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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/ |
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