Unit 2: Parliament - how it works and its effectiveness

As parliament from aquinaspolitics

Unit 2: Functions of the House of Lords

The house of lords – functions from aquinaspolitics

Unit 2: Model Answers

Excellent resource, looking at Unit 2 questions and possible answers.

Unit 2 model answers from Matthew Bentley

Unit 1 & 2: More Devolved powers to Holyrood!

New powers for the Scottish Parliament could be in place shortly after the Holyrood elections in May, according to Scottish Secretary David Mundell. He was speaking to MSPs after a deal was reached on the fiscal framework underlying increased devolution.

Click here for the full article.

Questions for discussion: How does this effect parliamentary sovereignty, legitimacy, representation, authority, power, democracy?

Unit 3: Another introduction to Anarchism

Unit 3: An Introduction to Anarchism - Part 1

A useful (if a little dull) presentation on Anarchism.

Unit 2: The EU Debate - will it weaken government

There are lots of news articles on the latest EU issue. Click here for a piece from the BBC that discusses how the split within the cabinet could affect the power and effectiveness of Cameron, the executive and indeed, government.

Useful application marks for questions on the effectiveness of cabinet, government, parliamentary sovereignty, prime ministerial power etc etc

There is lots more on the BBC. Please make sure you are keeping abreast of the situation.

All Politics students

See below for the latest Politics Review magazine, available in library now. Lots in it (as always) for all students, both AS and A2.

Politics review from mattbentley34

Unit 2: Prime Minister or President

Prime minister from aquinaspolitics

Unit 3: Marxism and Communism

Here is the presentation from today. It by no means explains each area of Marxism in a clear way, but it does give you the key areas that you must understand.

Marxist and communist analysis from mattbentley34

Unit 3: A brief introduction to Marxism

Unit 1 & 2: Holyrood in the news again

Click here for an article on the financial arrangements to accompany the Scotland Bill. Useful when discussing devolution and constitutional affairs. 

Unit 1: Scottish Parliament - AMS

Thank you to Stefan for this article on Scottish politics. It explains how the Scottish electoral system works and has some excellent examples.

Unit 1: Political Participation - lots of examples

Thank you to me, for finding this article on political participation. Really useful when answering questions on this topic.

How to form a political party

Click here for your step by step guide to form a political party....exciting times at DBS!

Unit 2: The House of lords - What do they do?

The work of the house of lords politics review 2014 from mattbentley34