Politics

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

Title	Author	Date	Views
AS revision: Ministerial responsibility	Mike McCartney	May 2009	1051
AS revision: some definitions	Mike McCartney	May 2008	782
A2 Students - It’s Crunch Time	Scott Thomas	Mar 2013	707
AS essay tips	Mike McCartney	May 2011	666
Pressure group success in action	Jim Riley	May 2009	551
How Cabinet REALLY works!	Ben Fuller	Apr 2013	508
Revision Update: UK Politics: Exemplar Answer: Does the Executive Have Too Much Power?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	498
A to Z of Famous UK Politicians	tutor2u Admin	Feb 2008	491
Pressure Group Example for Exams	Mark Evetts	Oct 2011	480
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	402
Revision Update: UK Judiciaries and Rights	Mike Simpson	May 2013	380
Bullingdon Club antics don’t look too good in a recession	Jim Riley	Oct 2008	336
One Nation Labour & Some Revision on GOVP1 and GOV3B	Scott Thomas	Jan 2013	326
Revision Update: Elections: Voting Behaviour and the Next General Election	Mike Simpson	May 2013	315
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	293
Essential update: differences between Labour and the Conservatives	Mike McCartney	Nov 2010	282
Revision Update: UK Politics: Internal Party Democracy	Mike Simpson	May 2013	281
AS Politics: direct democracy	Mike McCartney	Oct 2011	278
The Presidency and the Power To Persuade	Giles Marshall	Mar 2012	273
Revision Update: The Executive: Collective and Individual Ministerial Responsibility	Mike Simpson	May 2013	269
Revision Update: Parliament: Select Committees - Watchdogs Without Teeth?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	256
AS revision: UK pressure groups and democracy	Mike McCartney	May 2009	249
Revision Update: US Politics: The Supreme Court	Mike Simpson	May 2013	248
Revision Update: UK Politics: A Leadership Challenge to David Cameron?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	228
What does Cabinet do?	Mike McCartney	Nov 2010	223
Revision Update: Parliament: Evaluation of the Legislature	Mike Simpson	May 2013	218
Different Back Bench Factions within the Conservative Party	narmstrong	Feb 2012	210
Global Issues: Top Films	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Feb 2010	205
Edexcel AS Government & Politics - ExamBuster 2011	Jim Riley	Jan 2011	205
Revision Update: US / UK Politics: Exemplar Answer: A Bill of Rights?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	201
Revision Update: US Politics: Pressure Groups, Newtown and the NRA	Mike Simpson	May 2013	200
Revision Update: The Executive: Cabinet Reshuffle in September 2012	Mike Simpson	May 2013	191
Revision Update: US Politics: Exemplar Answer: A Conservative Robert’s Supreme Court?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	191
US revision: Obama’s executive office	Mike McCartney	Jun 2009	188
Politics Quiz 29th January 2013	Scott Thomas	Jan 2013	187
The Great Offices of State GOVP2	Scott Thomas	Apr 2013	187
House of Lords - Welfare Bills savaged by Lords	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Jan 2012	184
Electoral Systems	Scott Thomas	Dec 2012	183
Judicial neutrality	Mike McCartney	Jan 2008	179
Revision Update: US Politics: Exemplar Answer: Protection of Rights in the USA	Mike Simpson	May 2013	176
Where next for the GOP after The 2012 Presidential Campaign?	Jim Riley	Mar 2013	170
Edexcel Politics Discussion - Global Issues	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Mar 2013	167
AS revision: decline of Parliament	Mike McCartney	May 2009	163
US Politics - King Obama?	Jim Riley	Dec 2012	163
Pressure group methods	Mike McCartney	Sep 2008	161
Explaining the differences between Left and Right	Jim Riley	Oct 2009	160
Revision Update: US Politics: Cabinet Government in the US?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	159
Revision Update: The Executive: Coalition: All Good Things Must Come to an End	Mike Simpson	May 2013	156
Elections April 2013	Scott Thomas	Apr 2013	154
Revision Update: UK Politics: Exemplar Answer: Functions of Political Parties	Mike Simpson	May 2013	152
Labour: a summary of old and new Labour policies	Mike McCartney	Oct 2009	141
Revision Update: US Politics: Obama’s Second Administration	Mike Simpson	May 2013	133
US Politics - Can You Buy an Election?	Jim Riley	Dec 2012	129
Federalism: advantages and disadvantages	Mike McCartney	Oct 2009	126
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: seven exam tips	Mike McCartney	Nov 2009	123
American Politics revision: separation of powers	Mike McCartney	May 2009	121
How important is the Vice President?	Mike McCartney	Oct 2008	119
Revision Update: US Politics: The Start of Obama’s Second Term	Mike Simpson	May 2013	115
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
WOW! Politics 2014	Jim Riley	May 2013	107
Revision Update: US Politics: Rights and the War on Terror	Mike Simpson	May 2013	103
Edexcel Unit 1 revision: political parties (Dec 2007)	tutor2u Admin	Dec 2007	103
Judiciary: Judges becoming too politicized?	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Nov 2011	102
The importance of the vice-presidency	Mike McCartney	Jul 2008	101
Do we want more EU?	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	101
Global Issues: Conflict, War and Terrorism: Iraq Ten Years On	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Mar 2013	99
Revision Update: UK Politics: Are Labour the Tories Democratic Organisations?	Mike Simpson	May 2013	98
Parliament and government: the basics	Mike McCartney	Feb 2009	97
Devolution revision: differences in Scotland and Wales	Mike McCartney	May 2008	96
Six Principles of the US Constitution - Video Introduction	Jim Riley	Sep 2012	92
Arab spring - The Path to Protest	Ben Christopher	Jun 2011	87
Cabinet government is dead say officials	Mike McCartney	Aug 2009	87
The rise of single issue pressure groups	Mike McCartney	Feb 2008	87
American Politics revision: eight exam tips	Mike McCartney	Jun 2009	83
Tory Modernisation 2.0	Jim Riley	Jan 2013	83
Introduction to AS: constitutional change	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	82
Budget 2013 - Leaking left right and centre	Scott Thomas	Mar 2013	79
Select committees: Parliament is not dead	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	79
AS revision: Parliamentary scrutiny	Mike McCartney	May 2009	77
The Leveson Report	Jim Riley	Dec 2012	77
Pressure groups update: students and young people	Mike McCartney	Dec 2010	76
Disadvantages of direct democracy	Mike McCartney	Dec 2009	75
Pressure group power	Mike McCartney	Feb 2008	74
Pressure groups: interesting times ahead	Mike McCartney	Mar 2011	71
Pressure groups and democracy	Mike McCartney	Dec 2010	71
On Parliamentary Sovereignty	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Oct 2011	67
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
Extremism in the Desert - Where Next for the War on Terror?	Jim Riley	Jan 2013	65
President Cameron	Mike McCartney	Jun 2011	63
Ideologies and Parties: New Labour and Liberalism	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Mar 2012	63
President as “bargainer-in-chief”	Louise Gibbard	Nov 2009	61
American Politics exam hall strategies	Mike McCartney	Jun 2011	61
David Cameron’s Bloomberg Europe Speech	Michael Owen	Jan 2013	60
Introducing Politics: Gay Marriage and UK Democracy	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	60
US revision: Obama and federalism	Mike McCartney	Jun 2009	59
Edexcel AS Modules January 2008 Exam Technique	tutor2u Admin	Jan 2008	58
Pressure groups in action: carry on, doctor	Mike McCartney	Mar 2011	58
Easy intro to British Politics	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	57
The political compass	Mike McCartney	Oct 2010	56
The clash between Parliament and Judges	Mike McCartney	Jun 2011	56
Party renewal in the USA	Mike McCartney	Feb 2009	56
Party politics: the consensus on law and order	Mike McCartney	Feb 2011	55
Edexcel AS Politics - ExamBuster Revision Guide for 2009 Exams	Jim Riley	Oct 2008	54
An Early Political Christmas Present	Scott Thomas	Dec 2012	53
US update: Initiatives in the recent US election	James Armstrong	Nov 2012	53
UK welfare policy: new directions?	Mike McCartney	Sep 2010	52
US elections 2008: voting behaviour and race	Mike McCartney	Aug 2008	52
US government guide	Mike McCartney	Jan 2009	51
Politics reading list	Mike McCartney	Jun 2008	50
Presidential primaries: study note update	Mike McCartney	Oct 2011	49
Useful UK judges article	Mike McCartney	Oct 2010	49
US federalism	Mike McCartney	Jun 2011	49
9/11 ten years on	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	48
World Politics and International Relations at IB level	Verity Aylward	Sep 2009	45
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	43
Global Issues: Terrorism ~ Beyond Bin Laden	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Jan 2013	43
Explaining the role of Select Committees	Jim Riley	Feb 2012	42
Elections in America 2012	Jim Riley	Dec 2012	42
Modern Conservatism - In Thought And Action	Giles Marshall	Jan 2012	41
House of Lords reform: what’s the argument?	Mike McCartney	Aug 2008	41
Weblinks for AS Government and Politics Party Policies and ideas	Simon Sharpe-Foster	Oct 2012	41
US political parties: introductory exercise	Mike McCartney	Sep 2011	39
Boris on the buses (or not)	Mike McCartney	Apr 2008	38
A Level Politics eBook - Representative Processes in the USA - US Elections	Jim Riley	Jul 2011	37
UK Elections in November 2012	Jim Riley	Dec 2012	37
Judicial Independence under threat?	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Feb 2011	36
Pressure Groups & the NHS	Jim Riley	Dec 2009	36
Osama, Obama, and the power to persuade	Mike McCartney	May 2011	34
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
Global Issues: Human Rights - ‘The Ticking Bomb’ - Torture, Jack Bauer and Binyam Mohamed	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Feb 2010	34
House of Lords Reform: Do we do away with the buffoons?	Owen Moelwyn-Hughes	Apr 2012	33
Links for AS students studying democracy	Simon Sharpe-Foster	Oct 2012	33
Politics Classroom Posters - Pressure Groups	Jim Riley	Aug 2010	33
Social media and pressure groups	Geoff Riley	Mar 2010	32
Judges and rights exam update - contains link to excellent revision source	Mike McCartney	Apr 2010	32
US campaign finance	Mike McCartney	Oct 2011	32