Paper 2 | Edexcel A-level Politics
UK Government and Political Ideas
2 hours | 84 marks
The four UK Government topics plus the non-core political idea studied by your class.
UK Government
These four topics supply the 30-mark source question and the 30-mark essay.
- The ConstitutionSources, principles, reform and debates over sovereignty and rights.
- ParliamentLegislation, scrutiny, representation and the balance between Commons and Lords.
- Prime Minister and ExecutivePrime-ministerial power, cabinet government, accountability and the core executive.
- Relations Between InstitutionsThe Supreme Court, Parliament, executive and devolved bodies in tension and cooperation.
Non-core Political Ideas
Students study one option and answer one 24-mark question.
- NationalismNation, state, self-determination and competing nationalist traditions.
- FeminismPatriarchy, equality, difference and competing feminist traditions.
- MulticulturalismIdentity, diversity, minority rights and the politics of recognition.
- AnarchismHuman nature, authority, the state and rival routes to a stateless society.
- EcologismSustainability, human nature, the economy and shallow and deep ecology.
Exam at a glance
- 30source question
- 30UK Government essay
- 24political idea question
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