Wider reading list:

a_level_politics_course_guide_2021.pdf
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What does an MP do?

Play the interactive game to see what our MPs do on a day to day basis
Investigate your local MP:
Watch Parliament TV! 
​Don't forget PMQs on Wedsnesdays - 12pm
Key Words 
4_uea_visual_politics_dictionary.pdf
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dictionary_of_key_terms_in_uk_politics.pdf
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General Overviews of British Politics

How it Works
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Find your way
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Andrew Heywood

what_is_politics.pdf
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uses_and_abuses_of_political_concepts.pdf
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Heywood/e/B001HCVXVK%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Tutor 2 U

Top picks of ​recent documentaries / Films 

political_gogglebox_v1_-_april_2020.pdf
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Textbooks
  • Edexcel UK Government and Politics for AS/A Level Fifth Edition by Neil McNaughton
  • Essentials of UK Politics (fourth edition) by Andrew Heywood
  • Politics UK (ninth edition) by Bill Jones and Philip Norton
  • British Politics (third edition) by Simon Griffiths and Robert Leach
  • Exploring British Politics (fourth edition) by Mark Garnett and Philip Lynch
  • Essentials of Political Ideas: For A Level by Andrew Heywood
  • Political Ideologies (sixth edition) by Andrew Heywood
  • Modern Political Ideologies (third edition) by Andrew Vincent
Useful TV shows/broadcasts
  • Parliament TV (every session / committee meeting) https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons 
  • Channel 4 News (7pm daily)
  • BBC News (BBC One - 1pm, 6pm and 10pm, daily)
  • BBC Newsnight (BBC Two 10.30pm, daily)
  • Politics Live (BBC Two 11.15am on Weds but 12.15pm every other day Mon-Fri, daily)
  • BBC News Channel Live (rolling)
  • BBC Parliament Channel
  • Sky News Channel (rolling)
  • Sunday Politics (BBC One, Sundays 11am, after AM)
  • Question Time (BBC Thursdays 10.30pm; only when Parliament is in session)
  • The Andrew Marr Show (Sunday; usually 9am)
  • Have I got News For You? (Fridays 9pm; series based; political satire)
Useful News Broadcaster Websites (remember not all will be balanced)
Useful Podcasts/Radio shows
Useful Blogs
Useful Journals
Currently in the KLS library 
  • American Government 101: From the Continental Congress to the Iowa Caucus
  • Politics for Beginners
  • Alt-Right : from 4chan to the White House
  • 30-second politics : the 50 most thought-provoking theories in politics, each explained in half a minute
  • How democracy ends
  • Them : adventures with extremists
  • Social class in the 21st century
  • American politics : a graphic guide
  • Eve was framed : women and British justice
  • Edexcel A-level politicsStudent guide 4,: Government and politics of the USA
  • In your defence : stories of life and law
  • Making sense of the Troubles : a history of the Northern Ireland conflict
  • Edexcel AS/A-level politicsStudent guide 2,: UK government
  • Political ideas for A level: Liberalism, conservatism, socialism, feminism, anarchism
  • Kill all normies : the online culture wars from Tumblr and 4chan to the alt-right and Trump
  • US government and politics for A-level
  • Enemies and neighbours : Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
  • Edexcel GCE politics AS and A-level: Student book
  • Essentials of political ideas : for A Level
  • Essentials of UK politics
  • Global politics
  • Political ideologies : an introduction
  • Good as you : from prejudice to pride- 30 Years of Gay Britain
  • Manufacturing consent : the political economy of the mass media
  • The Secret Barrister : stories of the law and how it's broken
  • Times Like These: Graphic Reports of Modern Life
  • Hegemony or Survival : America's Quest for Global Dominance
  • Go figure : the Economist explains
  • On Anarchism