Edexcel Government and Politics A2 2016 - Unit 3 and Unit 4

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Reply 20

Carolinec1206

Original post by SinsNotTragedies

Fine, I suppose I'm paying for a tour guide and a translator as well, good deal on my end. :wink:

Best deal ever !

Reply 21

S131607

What did you guys get in AS? And have you applied for politics at uni?

Reply 22

Carolinec1206

Original post by S131607

What did you guys get in AS? And have you applied for politics at uni?

I've applied for Law ,though my firm choice is actually Law and politics but I don't want to do politics any more,so will probably take gap year anyway. You?

Reply 23

S131607

Original post by Carolinec1206

I've applied for Law ,though my firm choice is actually Law and politics but I don't want to do politics any more,so will probably take gap year anyway. You?

Oh right, well I'm a first year at college and I took politics AS a year early so am doing A2 now. I'm going to apply to do politics at uni later this year, just looking for all the advice and tips I can get!

Reply 24

bsbnah

Any predictions on unit 3B & 4B?

Reply 25

Fox Corner

I've added this post to the A Level directory thread, which you can find here

let me know if you make or find any more exam threads and I'll add them to the directory

Reply 26

Lion467

Any predictions for unit 3c + 4c?

Reply 27

xxvine

Original post by bsbnah

Any predictions on unit 3B & 4B?

Same
I'm terrified though
Especially with unit 4

Reply 28

username1447874

Original post by bsbnah

Any predictions on unit 3B & 4B?

I think for unit 4 the 45m will be: Ecologism, Nationalism and Multiculturalism.
As for unit 3B I haven't even tried to predict it but they haven't asked a "To what extent is conservatism a single doctrine question" so... it may be that :biggrin:

Reply 29

bsbnah

Original post by phantomspecialist

I think for unit 3, Anarchism is defo coming up! No socialism this year but maybe 2 15 markers?

Reply 30

xxvine

Original post by phantomspecialist

How would you go by answering that?
What would you structure be?

Reply 31

username1447874

Original post by xxvine

How would you go by answering that?
What would you structure be?

Well usually for the single doctrine questions I would use the core values/themes and say how they agree but then I would say how they diverge.

E.g. "Single doctrine because: all feminists seek to challenge patriarchy. However RadFems... On the other hand LibFem... Alternatively SocFem... Thus it can be argued that it is not a single doctrine"

So for Conservatism I would do that and talk about how TradCon differs/is similar to LNR/CNR?
(Sorry for the feminist example, it was the easiest one to use)

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Reply 32

xxvine

Original post by phantomspecialist

wait can you explain single doctrine? i have done a few past papers but never came across that question....this may come up so I'm worried lol

Reply 33

username1447874

Original post by xxvine

wait can you explain single doctrine? i have done a few past papers but never came across that question....this may come up so I'm worried lol

As far as I know, "single doctrine" means "one idea". So the question is basically asking you if "X" is an ideology of one idea. There may be themes that run through the ideology, but at the end of the day, the answer should most certainly be no because there are different subbranches and they may have different means/goals/views on Human nature etc.

So for example of one of my paragraphs would look like:
"One may argue that X is a single doctrine due to the fact... However it can be argued that X is not as Y (sub-branch 1) think... Whereas Z (sub-branch 2) think... Thus it can be argued X is not a single doctrine"

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Reply 34

evie.123

To what extent are there divisions between the main political parties over racial and ethnic issues? - anybody have any ideas on this question please?

Reply 35

xxvine

Original post by phantomspecialist

so if the qu was on liberalism or conservatism how would you tackle that?

Would you compare modern liberalism to classical and traditional conservatism with the neo conservatism?