Unit 1: Elections, US of A style

A topical clip on how the US elecoral system works..

Unit 1: Vote now!

Have you been watching the British political parties at their annual conferences? In the UK there’s lots of coverage but do all the speeches, gaffes, deals and splits affect what you believe? The next general election is not until 2015, but if you could vote today, which of the five major parties listed below would you go for?

Click here to access some onfo on each party and then cast your vote!

Unit 1: Traditional Conservatives, New Right or One Nation

Click here to access a recent piece on Camerons view of crime.

Is the British Prime Minister has appealing to traditional Conservatives with his call to punish offenders. However, he also wants to help criminals go straight. Desperate politics or sensible strategy?

Politics reading list.

The library has some more new books for you to read. Especially relevant at the moment is the second one.   

 

Both are by Philip Allan who write the Politics Review magazines

 

AS Government & Politics - The constitution & constitutional reform

by Eric Magee

 

AS Government & Politics - UK elections & electoral reform

by Eric Magee

Unit 1: Pressure Groups - Presentation

Useful pressure group material. Click here to access the presentation from todays lesson.

Unit 1: Political parties - Are they all the same?

Wow, the perfect article comes at just the right time. Click here to access a piece looking at Cameron Vs Milliband. They sound the same. They look the same. Are all politicians actually the same? This checklist tracks differences between the leaders of Britain’s two biggest parties. How would you vote?

Unit 1: Participation and Voting

Click here to access a link discussing voting age in Scotland. The article begs the question, is this more democratic or is this just a gimmick which will have little or no effect on turn out.