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Welcome to the resources page. Below is a directory of Ian Wright's course notes, prepared for students studying the Edexcel AS and A2-Level Government and Politics GCE (A2 Route C: US and comparative politics) at Exeter School.

These notes come with a health warning: they were last updated in 2003 and, following Ian's retirement from teaching, are no longer maintained or updated.

All of the notes below (MS Word format) in one .ZIP: All_ASA2_Docs.zip (2.3MB)

AS

Unit 1

An introduction

An Introduction to Unit 1.doc

Concepts

Unit 1 Democracy Core.DOC
Unit 1 Introduction to Politics Unit 1.DOC

Elections

Unit 1 Elections.1.doc
Unit 1 Elections 2.doc
Questions on Elections.doc

Parties

Unit 1 Political Parties.doc
Unit 1 Understanding New Labour.doc

Pressure Groups

Unit 1 UK Pressure Groups.doc
Pressure Groups Exam Questions.doc

Referendums

Unit 1 Referendums-full.doc
Unit 1 Referendums test.doc
Unit 1 Referendums - summary.doc
Questions on Referendums.doc

Unit 1 Exams

Unit 1 June 2001.doc
Unit 1 Jan 2002.DOC
Unit I May 2002.doc
Unit 1 January 2003.doc
Unit 1 New Style Specimen.doc

Unit 2

An introduction

An Introduction.doc

Parliament

Parliament and Representation.doc
Unit 2 The House of Commons.doc
Questions on Parliament.doc

Prime Minister and Cabinet

Unit 2 Pres and Parl Executives.doc
Unit 2 Prime Ministerial Power.doc
Unit 2 The Cabinet.doc
Unit2Ministers and CivilServants.DOC
Unit2Ministerialresponsibility.doc
Questions on the Executive.doc

The Judiciary

Unit 2 British Courts and the Political Process 1.doc
Unit 2 British Courts and the Political Process 2.doc
Unit 2 HRA1.doc
Unit 2 HRA2.doc
Unit 2 HRA3.doc

The UK Constitution

Unit 2 Constitutions and British Democracy.doc

The Monarchy

Unit 2 The Monarchy Debate Abolition.doc
Unit 2 The Monarchy Debate Core Notes L6.doc
Unit 2 The Monarchy Debate Defence.doc
Unit 2 The Monarchy Debate Reform.doc
Unit 2 The Monarchy and the British Constitution summary.doc

Exam Questions on the Constitution.doc

Unit 2 Exams

Unit 2 June 2001.DOC
Unit 2 Jan 2002.DOC
Unit 2 May 2002.doc
Jan 2003.doc
Unit 2 New Style Specimen.doc

Unit 3

An Introduction.doc
Unit 3 Devolution.doc
Unit 3 EU.doc
Unit 3 House of Lords.DOC
Unit 3 Labour and Constitutional reform 2.doc
Exam Papers.doc

A2

Unit 4

Elections

Unit 4 Primaries.doc
Unit 4 Summary Primaries.doc
Unit 4 Electoral College.doc
Unit 4 Referendums USA.doc
Unit 4 The US Mid Term Elections 2002.doc
Unit 4 Turnout.doc
Unit 4 Why Bush Won.doc

Parties

Unit 4 American Party Ideology.doc
Unit 4 Decline of Political Parties.doc
Unit 4 US PartyCompetition.doc
Unit 4 US Two party system.doc

Pressure Groups

Unit 4 Pressure Groups USA.doc

Source Gun Debate

Gun Debate.doc
Gun Control.doc
Gun Rights.doc
The Gun debate - philosophical debate.doc

Unit 5

Congress

Unit 5 Intro to Congress.doc
Unit 5 Comparing the Senate and House of Representatives.doc
Unit 5 Congressional Committees.doc

Federalism

Unit 5 Federalism .doc
Unit 5 Federalism Revision.doc

President and Vice President

Unit 5 Presidential Power .doc
Unit 5 The Vice President.doc
Unit 5 The Vice President Summary.doc

Supreme Court

Unit5 SupremeCourtHistory.doc
Unit 5 Judicial Review in the USA - Core Notes.doc

Background - Supreme Court and Abortion

Unit 5 Judicial Review and Abortion.doc

US Constitution and Bill of Rights

Unit 5 US Constitution .doc
Unit 5 Bill of Rights.doc

US Constitution - Background

An Introduction to US Government .doc
Unit 5 US Constitution - Text and Comments.DOC
Unit5 Free Speech.doc
Unit5 Freedom of Religion.doc

Unit 6

Guide to Topics Unit 6.doc
Unit 6 Comparative Courts.doc
Unit 6 Comparing Parties and Party Systems in the UK and USA.doc
Unit 6 Comparing the UK Prime Minister and US President.doc
Unit 6 Devolution and Federalism.doc
Unit 6 Legislatures Comparative.doc
Unit 6 Pressure Groups in the USA and UK.doc
Unit 6 US UK Constitutions compared.doc



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