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Unit 1 - People, Politics and Participation

• Participation and Voting Behaviour
• Electoral Systems
• Political Parties in Wales and the UK
• Pressure Groups and Protest Movements

Unit 2 - Governing Modern Wales

• The British Constitution
•  Parliamentary Structures in Wales and the UK
• The Core Executives in Wales and Westminster
• Multi-level Governance in Wales and the UK

Unit 3 (one of the below)

• Politics of the USA
  • The Electoral Process and Direct Democracy
  • Political Parties
  • Voting Behaviour
  • Pressure Groups
• Ideologies
  • Liberalism
  • Socialism
  • Conservatism / (theory)
  • Nationalism

Unit 4

• Government of the USA
  • The Constitutional Framework of US Government
  • The Legislative Branch of Government: US Congress
  • The Executive Branch of Government
  • The Judicial Branch of Government: The Supreme Court
• Challenges in Contemporary Politics
  • Globalisation
  • Environmentalism
  • Feminism
  • Multiculturalism