A-Level Politics

3.1.1.1 The nature and sources of the British Constitution

3.1 Government and politics of the UK

Constitution

3.2 Government and politics of the USA and comparative politics

3.3 Political ideas

3.2.1.1 The constitutional framework of US government

US Constitution

Historical background of the US Constitution

Bicameral System

Senate

Article VI of the Constitution

Nature of the British Constitution

Sources of the British Constitution

Milestones of the British Constitution

Rule of Law

Parliamentary sovereignty

Executive branch

Judicial branch

Legislative branch (Congress)

House of Representatives

Impeachment

Ratify

Principles of the British Constitution

Unitary

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Reformation Parliament (1529–1536)

Magna Carta (1215)

Bill of Rights (1689)

Parliamentary privilege

Act of Settlement (1701)

Succession to the Crown Act 2013

Parliament Acts (1911, 1949)

Seperation of powers in the US

Checks and balances in the US

Constitutional Amendments

United States Bill of Rights (1791)

First Amendment

Second Amendment

Fourth Amendment

Fifth Amendment

Sixth Amendment

European Communities Act 1972

Brexit

House of Lords Act 1999

House of Lords

House of Lords Reform Act 2014

Federalism

Tenth Amendment

New Deal

1929 Wall Street Crash

Constitutional Reform Act 2005

UK Supreme Court

Miller II (2019)

Neoliberal Economics

Human Rights Act 1998

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Equality Act 2010

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

Data Protection Act 2018

European Convention on Human Rights

Safety of Rwanda Act 2024

Constitutional rights

Civil liberty

Fourteenth Amendment

habeas corpus

Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

Rights in the UK

Digital ID Cards

Declarations of Incompatibility

3.2.1.5 The electoral process and direct democracy

Electoral College

3.1.2.3 Political parties (UK)

Tamworth Manifesto (1834)

The Sun case study

Conservatives

Butskellism

National Nominating Conventions

Labour

Liberal Democrats

Green Party

Reform UK

SNP

Democrats

Republicans

Party Funding in the UK

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (PPERA) 2000

Political Parties and Elections Act (PPEA) 2009

Media in the UK

3.1.1.2 The structure and role of Parliament

Parliamentary scrutiny

3.2.1.6 Political parties (US)

Minarchism

Laissez-Faire (leave alone)

Select Committees

Role of the opposition

Role of Parliament and the Execcutive

3.1.1.3 The Prime Minister and cabinet

Prime Minister

John Major

Tony Blair

Gordon Brown

Affordable Care Act

3.2.2.2 The executives

Civil Service

3.2.1.3 The executive branch of government: President

Powers of the President

Significance of third parties and independents

3.2.2.5 Pressure groups

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Fathers 4 Justice

Snowdrop Campaign

3.2.2.4 Electoral and party systems

Structural theory in electoral systems

Comparing policies in UK and US

Rational theory in electoral systems

Cultural theory in electoral systems

Comparing two-party system

Comparing campaign and party finance

EU

3.1.2.5 The European Union 1

3.1.2.2 Elections and referendums

3.3.1.1 Liberalism

Origins of Liberalism

Core Ideas of Liberalism

Types of Liberalism

Examples of Liberalism

Key Thinkers of Liberalism

FPTP

STV

3.3.1.1 Liberalism

Origins of Liberalism
Core Ideas of Liberalism
Types of Liberalism
Examples of Liberalism
Key Thinkers of Liberalism

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3.3 Political ideas

3.3.1.1 Liberalism