UK Politics Annual Update 2019


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Hit the highest grades at A-level with contemporary examples from the last year in UK politics you can use in your exams - Enhance your knowledge of the news with up-to-date case studies, clearly linked to the specifications - Each chapter sets out tips for exam success, so you know what a top answer requires - Develop persuasive arguments for the exam by testing yourself with practice questions and revising with end-of-chapter summaries - Enrich your answers with expert analysis and in-depth topical guidance from experienced author and teacher Sarra Jenkins and Politics Review editor Nick Gallop Chapters include: - The conflict between individual and collective rights - Parliamentary scrutiny of the executive - 12 months of ministerial resignations - Brexit: developments in 2018




UK Politics Annual Update 2020


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This course companion offers you all the information, analysis and topical material you need to draw on for tasks throughout your course, and for answering examination questions. - Review all the developments relevant to A-level specifications in UK politics from the last year, with examples linked closely to specification points - Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams - Enhance your knowledge of the news to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays - Learn to hit the highest grades with guidance from experienced author, teacher and Politics Review editor Nick Gallop Chapters include coverage on: - The 2019 general election - Relations between Parliament and the Executive - Relations between the Prime Minister and the Cabinet - Brexit and the constitution - 20 years of devolution




UK Politics Annual Update 2023


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- Review all the developments relevant to A-level specifications in UK politics from the last year, with strong links between topics and focused suggestions for further reading - Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams - Enhance your knowledge of the news to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays - Use our updated exam skills feature to clarify how to use the information you have just learned in your exam Chapters: - Think tanks: how do they operate and why are they controversial? - Rights in context: do we need a British Bill of Rights? - Political parties: are the Liberal Democrats re-emerging as a political force? - Devolved and divided? The causes and consequences of Northern Ireland's election - The constitution: is the UK's uncodified constitution working? - Parliament and the prime minister: did parliament contribute to a prime minister's demise? - Prime minister and executive (1): Boris Johnson - Prime minister and executive (2): Liz Truss - Prime minister and executive (3): Rishi Sunak - The Supreme Court: the impact of legislative reform and Lord Reed's presidency




UK Politics Annual Update 2022


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This UK Politics Annual Update will help students: - Review all the developments relevant to A-level specifications in UK politics from the last year, with examples linked closely to specification points, strong links between topics and focused suggestions for further reading - Develop their confidence with expert analysis they can draw on throughout their course and in the exams - Enhance their knowledge of the news to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping them to develop persuasive arguments for their essays - Learn more about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other up-to-date political developments, and how to put them into context - Use our updated exam skills feature to clarify how to use the information they have just learned in their exam UK Politics Annual Update 2022 chapters: 1. Pressure groups: Lobbying in the 2020s - methods and controversies 2. Rights in context: Campaigns to protect liberties and to extend the franchise 3. Political Parties: Old, new or in between? What does Keir Starmer's Labour Party stand for? 4. The constitution: The Johnsonian constitution 'in flux' 5. Devolution (Part 1): See no EVEL: what is the future for English representation in Westminster? 6. Devolution (Part 2): What does the government's 'levelling up' agenda mean for devolved government in England? 7. Parliament and the executive: The changing relationship between Parliament and the executive 8. The House of Lords: Peers in the 2020s: The composition and legislative influence of the House of Lords 9. The UK Supreme Court: Redefining judicial power in the 2020s




UK Politics Annual Update 2021


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You can use this Annual Update for tasks throughout your course and for help with examination questions. - Review all the developments relevant to A-level specifications in UK politics from the last year, with examples linked closely to specification points, strong links between topics and focused suggestions for further reading - Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams - Enhance your knowledge of the news to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays - Learn more about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other up-to-date political developments, and how to put them into context Table of contents: UK update 2021 1. Legitimacy and the lockdown: from health crisis to democratic crisis? 2. The Black Lives Matter movement: pressure, protest and controversy 3. Individual and collective rights: civil liberties campaigns in the 2020s 4. Political parties in the 2020s: funding, fairness and the future 5. Influence of the media: Is the BBC biased and does it matter? 6. Devolution and health crisis 7. The House of Lords: too big, too partisan and time for change? 8. What impact did the health crisis have on the relationship between parliament and the executive? 9. Controlling the health crisis: how effective was Boris Johnson in dictating events and determining policy?




US Politics Annual Update 2020


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Topical, up-to-date reading with close links to the specification, essential for exam success. This course companion offers you all the information, analysis and topical material you need to draw on for tasks throughout your course, and for answering examination questions. - Review all the developments relevant to A-level specifications in US politics from the last year, with examples linked closely to specification points - Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams - Enhance your knowledge to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays - Learn to hit the highest grades with guidance from Anthony J Bennett and experienced author, teacher and examiner Sarra Jenkins. Chapters include coverage on: - The Trump administration in 2019 - The journey to the 2020 elections - The Supreme Court 2018-19 - The Mueller Report




US Politics Annual Update 2020


Book Description

Topical, up-to-date reading with close links to the specification, essential for exam success. This course companion offers you all the information, analysis and topical material you need to draw on for tasks throughout your course, and for answering examination questions. - Review all the developments relevant to A-level specifications in US politics from the last year, with examples linked closely to specification points - Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams - Enhance your knowledge to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays - Learn to hit the highest grades with guidance from Anthony J Bennett and experienced author, teacher and examiner Sarra Jenkins. Chapters include coverage on: - The Trump administration in 2019 - The journey to the 2020 elections - The Supreme Court 2018-19 - The Mueller Report




US Politics Annual Update 2021


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You can use this Annual Update for tasks throughout your course and for help with examination questions. - Review all the relevant developments in US politics from the last year, with examples linked closely to A-level specification points - Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams - Enhance your knowledge to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays - Research up-to-date political topics like the 2020 US Presidential elections and the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Make connections between the latest developments and the political context of the US, with our focused links between the topic, the context and the exam content US Update 2021 - Table of Contents 1. US election - primaries 2. US election - campaigns 3. US election - the result 4. Supreme Court 5. Covid-19 and presidential power 6. Civil Rights: Race and Voting Rights in the US 7. Congress: Hyper-partisanship: is it effective? 8. Constitution - is it out-dated?




US Politics Annual Update 2022


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The Pig Book


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The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!