Summary:
Student Unit Guides are perfect for revision. Each guide is written by an examiner and explains the unit requirements, summarises the relevant unit content and includes a series of specimen questions and answers.

There are three sections to each guide:

Introduction – includes advice on how to use the guide, an explanation of the skills being tested by the assessment objectives, an outline of the unit or module and, depending on the unit, suggestions for how to revise effectively and prepare for the examination questions.

Content Guidance – provides an examiner’s overview of the module’s key terms and concepts and identifies opportunities to exhibit the skills required by the unit. It is designed to help students to structure their revision and make them aware of the concepts they need to understand the exam and how they might analyse and evaluate topics.

Question and Answers – sample questions and with graded answers which have been carefully written to reflect the style of the unit. All responses are accompanied by commentaries which highlight their respective strengths and weaknesses, giving students an insight into the mind of the examiner.

• A revision guide specifically written to meet the requirements of the unit
  

• Written by an examiner with commentary on key points and concepts 
  

• Features specimen questions and answers, together with examiner's comments
  

Table of Contents:
Introduction
About this guide
How to use this guide
Scheme of assessment
Exam format
Revision advice
Examination skills
Content Guidance
About this section
Democracy and participation
Types of democracy
Democracy in the UK
Recent developments in UK democracy
Criticisms of democracy in the UK
Suggestions for enhancing democracy
Political parties
What is a political party?
The functions of political parties
Adversarial and consensus politics
Political ideologies
Conservative and Labour policies
Elections
The electoral mandate
Electoral principles
Electoral systems
Electoral reform and the party system
The case for electoral reform
Pressure groups
What is a pressure group?
Pressure group activities
Pressure group success
Pressure groups and political parties
Pressure groups and democracy
Questions and Answers
About this section
Question 1 Democracy and participation
Question 2 Political parties
Question 3 Elections
Question 4 Pressure groups