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Global Politics Hub

The whole specification in one place. Six sets of topic 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