Resources
This website provides free access to a variety of articles and teaching and learning materials (these will change and expand over time)
What is Politics?
Dictionary of key terms in UK politics
Brexit - How and why it happened
Conservatism - A defence for the privilaged and prosperous
Ecologism - The politics of sensibilities
'First past the post' - For and against
How 'deep' is deep ecology?
Key moments in the life of the Coalition
Liberalism, toleration and diversity
Managing the cabinet's big beasts
Multiculturalism - A recipe for tension and social conflict?
Multiculturalism, identity and the challenge of diversity
Nationalism - Irrelevant in an interconnected world
Nations and nationalism
Political ideologies – key themes (in summary)
Proportional representation - For and against
Referendums - For and against
The Big Society - Conservatism reinvented?
The loveless marriage - Making sense of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition
The rise of Jeremy Corbyn - Why it happened
Globalisation - Has cultural globalisation reshaped world politics?
Multiculturalism - Cultural belonging at the expense of cultural mixing
Uses and abuses of political concepts
USA - Still a global hegemon