Politics

The most popular resources on the Politics Blog this month are:

Title	Author	Date	Views
AS revision: Ministerial responsibility	Mike McCartney	May 2009	1061
AS revision: some definitions	Mike McCartney	May 2008	792
A2 Students - It’s Crunch Time	Scott Thomas	Mar 2013	723
AS essay tips	Mike McCartney	May 2011	679
Pressure group success in action	Jim Riley	May 2009	568
How Cabinet REALLY works!	Ben Fuller	Apr 2013	507
Revision Update: UK Politics: Exemplar Answer: Does the Executive Have Too Much Power?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	497
A to Z of Famous UK Politicians	tutor2u Admin	Feb 2008	493
Pressure Group Example for Exams	Mark Evetts	Oct 2011	487
A Labour Party Policy (at last!)	Ben Fuller	Apr 2013	429
Revision Update: UK Politics: Exemplar Answer: Parliament and the Executive	Mike Simpson	May 2013	421
AS revision: the Human Rights Act	Mike McCartney	May 2009	408
Revision Update: UK Judiciaries and Rights	Mike Simpson	May 2013	376
Bullingdon Club antics don’t look too good in a recession	Jim Riley	Oct 2008	361
One Nation Labour & Some Revision on GOVP1 and GOV3B	Scott Thomas	Jan 2013	327
Revision Update: Elections: Voting Behaviour and the Next General Election	Mike Simpson	May 2013	313
Impact of the Human Rights Act	Mike McCartney	May 2011	308
Revision Update: Parliament: Is Executive Power Checked?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	307
Revision Update: The Executive: Prime Ministerial Power	Mike Simpson	May 2013	304
Revision Update: Parliament: House of Lords	Mike Simpson	May 2013	299
Revision Update: UK Politics: Exemplar Answer: MPs and their Constituents	Mike Simpson	May 2013	292
Essential update: differences between Labour and the Conservatives	Mike McCartney	Nov 2010	283
AS Politics: direct democracy	Mike McCartney	Oct 2011	278
Revision Update: UK Politics: Internal Party Democracy	Mike Simpson	May 2013	278
The Presidency and the Power To Persuade	Giles Marshall	Mar 2012	272
Revision Update: The Executive: Collective and Individual Ministerial Responsibility	Mike Simpson	May 2013	264
AS revision: UK pressure groups and democracy	Mike McCartney	May 2009	256
Revision Update: Parliament: Select Committees - Watchdogs Without Teeth?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	256
Revision Update: US Politics: The Supreme Court	Mike Simpson	May 2013	240
Global Issues: Top Films	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Feb 2010	231
What does Cabinet do?	Mike McCartney	Nov 2010	228
Revision Update: UK Politics: A Leadership Challenge to David Cameron?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	228
Revision Update: Parliament: Evaluation of the Legislature	Mike Simpson	May 2013	218
Different Back Bench Factions within the Conservative Party	narmstrong	Feb 2012	211
Edexcel AS Government & Politics - ExamBuster 2011	Jim Riley	Jan 2011	205
Revision Update: US Politics: Pressure Groups, Newtown and the NRA	Mike Simpson	May 2013	196
Revision Update: US / UK Politics: Exemplar Answer: A Bill of Rights?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	195
US revision: Obama’s executive office	Mike McCartney	Jun 2009	192
Politics Quiz 29th January 2013	Scott Thomas	Jan 2013	189
Electoral Systems	Scott Thomas	Dec 2012	188
Revision Update: The Executive: Cabinet Reshuffle in September 2012	Mike Simpson	May 2013	188
The Great Offices of State GOVP2	Scott Thomas	Apr 2013	187
House of Lords - Welfare Bills savaged by Lords	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Jan 2012	185
Revision Update: US Politics: Exemplar Answer: A Conservative Robert’s Supreme Court?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	183
Where next for the GOP after The 2012 Presidential Campaign?	Jim Riley	Mar 2013	182
Judicial neutrality	Mike McCartney	Jan 2008	180
Revision Update: US Politics: Exemplar Answer: Protection of Rights in the USA	Mike Simpson	May 2013	170
US Politics - King Obama?	Jim Riley	Dec 2012	167
Edexcel Politics Discussion - Global Issues	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Mar 2013	166
Pressure group methods	Mike McCartney	Sep 2008	165
AS revision: decline of Parliament	Mike McCartney	May 2009	165
Explaining the differences between Left and Right	Jim Riley	Oct 2009	161
Revision Update: US Politics: Cabinet Government in the US?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	157
Revision Update: The Executive: Coalition: All Good Things Must Come to an End	Mike Simpson	May 2013	155
Elections April 2013	Scott Thomas	Apr 2013	154
Revision Update: UK Politics: Exemplar Answer: Functions of Political Parties	Mike Simpson	May 2013	151
Labour: a summary of old and new Labour policies	Mike McCartney	Oct 2009	145
How important is the Vice President?	Mike McCartney	Oct 2008	137
US Politics - Can You Buy an Election?	Jim Riley	Dec 2012	133
Federalism: advantages and disadvantages	Mike McCartney	Oct 2009	130
Revision Update: US Politics: Obama’s Second Administration	Mike Simpson	May 2013	130
American Politics revision: seven exam tips	Mike McCartney	Nov 2009	129
Revision Update: UK Politics: Conservative Party	Mike Simpson	May 2013	125
Revision Update: UK Politics: Labour as a One-Nation Party?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	125
American Politics revision: separation of powers	Mike McCartney	May 2009	123
Revision Update: US Politics: The Start of Obama’s Second Term	Mike Simpson	May 2013	112
The importance of the vice-presidency	Mike McCartney	Jul 2008	111
Labour lists its greatest achievements since 1997	Jim Riley	Feb 2008	111
Judges and civil liberties	Mike McCartney	Jan 2010	109
Have post 1997 constitutional reforms been a success?	Mike McCartney	May 2011	108
Do we want more EU?	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	108
Edexcel Unit 1 revision: political parties (Dec 2007)	tutor2u Admin	Dec 2007	105
Judiciary: Judges becoming too politicized?	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Nov 2011	103
Global Issues: Conflict, War and Terrorism: Iraq Ten Years On	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Mar 2013	99
Revision Update: US Politics: Rights and the War on Terror	Mike Simpson	May 2013	99
Parliament and government: the basics	Mike McCartney	Feb 2009	99
WOW! Politics 2014	Jim Riley	May 2013	99
Revision Update: UK Politics: Are Labour the Tories Democratic Organisations?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	98
Devolution revision: differences in Scotland and Wales	Mike McCartney	May 2008	97
Six Principles of the US Constitution - Video Introduction	Jim Riley	Sep 2012	94
Cabinet government is dead say officials	Mike McCartney	Aug 2009	90
Arab spring - The Path to Protest	Ben Christopher	Jun 2011	89
The rise of single issue pressure groups	Mike McCartney	Feb 2008	88
American Politics revision: eight exam tips	Mike McCartney	Jun 2009	87
Tory Modernisation 2.0	Jim Riley	Jan 2013	83
Introduction to AS: constitutional change	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	83
Budget 2013 - Leaking left right and centre	Scott Thomas	Mar 2013	81
Select committees: Parliament is not dead	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	79
The Leveson Report	Jim Riley	Dec 2012	78
Pressure groups update: students and young people	Mike McCartney	Dec 2010	77
AS revision: Parliamentary scrutiny	Mike McCartney	May 2009	77
Disadvantages of direct democracy	Mike McCartney	Dec 2009	76
Pressure group power	Mike McCartney	Feb 2008	75
Pressure groups: interesting times ahead	Mike McCartney	Mar 2011	72
Pressure groups and democracy	Mike McCartney	Dec 2010	71
Extremism in the Desert - Where Next for the War on Terror?	Jim Riley	Jan 2013	66
On Parliamentary Sovereignty	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Oct 2011	66
New blog for AS and A2 Government and Politics launched	Simon Sharpe-Foster	Oct 2012	65
Unit 2 PM/Cab examples	Mike McCartney	May 2011	65
President Cameron	Mike McCartney	Jun 2011	64
Ideologies and Parties: New Labour and Liberalism	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Mar 2012	64
President as “bargainer-in-chief”	Louise Gibbard	Nov 2009	60
Introducing Politics: Gay Marriage and UK Democracy	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	60
Edexcel AS Modules January 2008 Exam Technique	tutor2u Admin	Jan 2008	60
David Cameron’s Bloomberg Europe Speech	Michael Owen	Jan 2013	60
US revision: Obama and federalism	Mike McCartney	Jun 2009	59
Pressure groups in action: carry on, doctor	Mike McCartney	Mar 2011	59
Easy intro to British Politics	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	58
American Politics exam hall strategies	Mike McCartney	Jun 2011	58
The political compass	Mike McCartney	Oct 2010	56
The clash between Parliament and Judges	Mike McCartney	Jun 2011	56
Party politics: the consensus on law and order	Mike McCartney	Feb 2011	55
An Early Political Christmas Present	Scott Thomas	Dec 2012	54
Edexcel AS Politics - ExamBuster Revision Guide for 2009 Exams	Jim Riley	Oct 2008	54
Party renewal in the USA	Mike McCartney	Feb 2009	54
US update: Initiatives in the recent US election	James Armstrong	Nov 2012	54
UK welfare policy: new directions?	Mike McCartney	Sep 2010	52
US elections 2008: voting behaviour and race	Mike McCartney	Aug 2008	52
Politics reading list	Mike McCartney	Jun 2008	51
US government guide	Mike McCartney	Jan 2009	50
Useful UK judges article	Mike McCartney	Oct 2010	50
9/11 ten years on	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	49
Presidential primaries: study note update	Mike McCartney	Oct 2011	49
US federalism	Mike McCartney	Jun 2011	49
World Politics and International Relations at IB level	Verity Aylward	Sep 2009	48
Barack Obama Inauguration Address 2013	Michael Owen	Jan 2013	45
US Politics: Propositions in 2012 – a shift leftwards?	Jim Riley	Dec 2012	44
Budget 2013 - Leaking left right and centre	Scott Thomas	Mar 2013	44
Elections in America 2012	Jim Riley	Dec 2012	44
Global Issues: Terrorism ~ Beyond Bin Laden	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Jan 2013	43
Explaining the role of Select Committees	Jim Riley	Feb 2012	43
Modern Conservatism - In Thought And Action	Giles Marshall	Jan 2012	42
Weblinks for AS Government and Politics Party Policies and ideas	Simon Sharpe-Foster	Oct 2012	42
House of Lords reform: what’s the argument?	Mike McCartney	Aug 2008	40
Boris on the buses (or not)	Mike McCartney	Apr 2008	39
UK Elections in November 2012	Jim Riley	Dec 2012	37
A Level Politics eBook - Representative Processes in the USA - US Elections	Jim Riley	Jul 2011	37
US political parties: introductory exercise	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	37
Pressure Groups & the NHS	Jim Riley	Dec 2009	36
Judicial Independence under threat?	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Feb 2011	36
Social media and pressure groups	Geoff Riley	Mar 2010	35
Cat fight over Human Rights Act?	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Oct 2011	34
Globa Issues: Cultural Conflict ~ Difference between Sunnis and Shiites	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Feb 2011	34
Links for AS students studying democracy	Simon Sharpe-Foster	Oct 2012	34
Politics Classroom Posters - Pressure Groups	Jim Riley	Aug 2010	34
Pressure group power	Mike McCartney	Sep 2009	34
Global Issues: Human Rights - ‘The Ticking Bomb’ - Torture, Jack Bauer and Binyam Mohamed	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Feb 2010	34
Osama, Obama, and the power to persuade	Mike McCartney	May 2011	33
House of Lords Reform: Do we do away with the buffoons?	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Apr 2012	33
Constitutional reform revision: freedom of information	Mike McCartney	May 2008	32