EXAMINATION: MONDAY 6TH JUNE 2016

Often it is easy to predict the topics or questions the examiners will choose when looking at the pattern of questions from the last few years, to see if there are any recurring topics, or topics which are ‘due’ for a question.

25 mark questions

June 2011

Q1 – ‘Participation Crisis’ in the UK

Q2 – Pluralist or Elitist pressure group politics

Q3 – Party unity and division over policies

Q4 – Westminster electoral reform

June 2012

Q1 – Referenda

Q2 – Pressure groups and pluralist democracy

Q3 – Labour Party’s traditional principles

Q4 – Outcomes from different electoral systems

June 2013

Q1 – Measures to improve democracy (excluding electoral reform)

Q2 – Decline of pressure group power

Q3 – Conservative Party & Thatcherism

Q4 – Advantages and disadvantages of FPTP

June 2014

Q1 – Strengths of representative democracy

Q2 – Pressure groups and democracy

Q3 – Internal divisions of political parties

Q4 – Advantages of electoral systems

June 2015

Q1 – Democratic deficit

Q2 – Advantages of Westminster electoral reform

Q3 – Concentration of power by pressure groups

Q4 – Political parties agreement on policies

• Predictions for June 2016
• Advantages and disadvantages of FPTP
• Rise/decline of pressure group power
• Referenda
• Internal divisions of Conservative Party

Remember you should always revise the FULL content of the course, to give yourself the best chance of being able to answer as many questions on the paper as possible.