POLITICS IN THE UK
Answer TWO questions, ONE from each section.
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No. of Questions 10
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SECTION A
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
1 Assess recent proposals for reforming the House of Lords.
2 Is the Civil Service a politically neutral institution?
3 To what extent is the role of the Prime Minister becoming increasingly
presidential?
4 What role do pressure groups play in the democratic process?
5 Examine attempts by the present Labour Government to decentralise political
power in the UK?
SECTION B
POLITICAL PARTIES AND VOTING BEHAVIOUR
6 Has the Labour Party abandoned the labour movement and, if so, why?
7 What factors were responsible for the Conservatives’ defeat in the 1997 General
Election?
8 ‘Without North-Sea oil there would be no Scottish nationalism.’ Discuss.
9 Assess the contribution of Butler and Stokes to our understanding of
contemporary voting behaviour.
10 Compare and contrast the role the media played in the 1992 and 1997 General
Elections.
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