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Edexcel A-Level Politics 9PL0 · Paper 3

Global Politics - Revision Hub

The whole specification in one place. Six sets of revision notes, one per content area, each organised in specification order with definitions, examples, past questions, examiner insight, mark-scheme moves, arguments, essay guidance and self-marking quizzes. Plus a key-examples sheet for the whole paper.

How to use: open a content area, work through the drop-downs, then test yourself on the quick-check questions at the end of each subsection. Every page has a Save as PDF button.
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The six content areas
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The State and Globalisation

1.1 the state and sovereignty · 1.2 globalisation and its impact · 1.3 advantages and disadvantages · 1.4 contemporary issues.
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Global Governance: Political and Economic

The UN and NATO · the IMF, World Bank, WTO, G7 and G20 · poverty and dependency · reform and non-state actors.
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3

Global Governance: Human Rights and Environmental

International law and the courts · intervention and sovereignty · the UNFCCC and IPCC · ecology debates and NGOs.
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4

Power and Developments

Types of power · classifying states · polarity and world order · systems of government · the liberal model · states and global issues.
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Regionalism and the European Union

Forms of regionalism · regionalism and globalisation · bodies beyond the EU · European integration · the EU as a global actor.
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Comparative Theories

Realism · liberalism · the divisions between them · the anarchical society · explaining developments since 2000.
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Tools for the whole paper
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Key Examples Sheet

Ten exam-ready examples for every content area, with what each one shows and the questions it works best on.

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The Portable Ten

The ten most useful examples across the whole paper, with where each one fits and how to argue it both ways.

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Build the Essay (drag and drop)

Builders for the predicted 30-mark essays - climate governance, the UN, the IMF and World Bank, and non-state actors. Place the themes, points, examples and connecting sentences, then check.

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The exam at a glance