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The United Kingdom uses First Past The Post ('FPTP') voting. Highlight some advantages and disadvantages of this system.

First Past The Post is considered a 'pluralist' voting system, in that all eligible voters have a single vote to cast, and the recipient of the highest number of votes (a 'plurality') wins outright. For exam...
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Are Supreme Court Justices merely politicians in robes?

The idea that Supreme Court justices are politicians in robes is most surely backed-up by the politicisation of the appointment process. Merrick Garland, a liberal judge, was rejected by a republican senate ...
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What is soft power?

Soft power is the concept famously used by Joseph Nye to describe the ability to achieve desired outcome by attracting and co-opting rather than coercing other agents. In Nye's definition, soft power of a st...
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On what grounds are liberals against democracy? (15 marks)

Definition + 3 arguments = 15 marks I usually ask the student for the definition to get them going, then we slowly work through the exam question. I let them write as a homework, then we go over it again in ...
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'Assess the importance of presidential debates' (15 marks)

One reason that presidential debates are important is because they help voters learn about candidates, and subsequently how to vote. For many, these debates are what they reply upon when deciding how to vote...
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