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This is an example of an essay question that could be asked (with slight variation) for a paper on British Politics. An approach to the question will need to be twofold - firstly the content needs to be a...

Referendums are considered to enhance democracy by sharpening the mandate for public policy decisions. Whilst decisions in parliament are usually made by our MPs through a representative democratic system...

First-Past-the-Post is a single member plurality system used in the UK for general elections and in England for local elections. Candidates must receive a plurality of votes to win the sit in their consti...

The Prime Ministerial government thesis suggests that power has been concentrated in the hands of the Prime Minister and that the Prime Minister is the dominant figure in the British governmental system. ...

Since 1972 – and the McGovern-Fraser Commission reforms which attempted to make the process more democratic – presidential candidates have been selected through caucuses and primaries which determine dele...