Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Socialism Definitions, Socialism and Human Nature, Socialist Values, Social Class, Class Conflict, Socialism vs. Capitalism, Equality, Key Concepts of Socialism, Social Justice, Problems with Social Justice, Class Conflict, Collectivism, State Socialism, Why Utopia Failed, Social History (1640-1740), Social History (1740-1830), Charles and Robert, Karl Marx, Marxism, Marx’s Three Categories, Orthodox Marxism, Modern Marxism, Modern Marxism, Revisionism, Revolution Not Evolution, How Socialism Works, Types of Socialism, Revolutionary Socialism, Evolutionary Revolutionary Socialism, Fabians, Democratic Socialists as well as Capitalism and Socialism.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Nature of Political Parties, Leadership of Political Parties, The Two-Party System, State Party Power, Big Issues that Shaped the Parties, The Two-Party System, Structure of the Major Parties, Polarisation – Break-up of the Solid South, The 50-50 nation’ and ‘red vs. blue’, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Third Parties, Third Party Obstacles and Theories of Party Renewal/Decline.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: The Lords in Context: Historical Evolution; Changing Constitutional Position, the Functions of the Lords, Current Membership, House of Lords Reform, Strength / Weakness of Current and Possible Systems.

A Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: France’s Role in the Process of European Integration, Positions of France’s Three Most Influential Political Parties on Europe, Franco-German Relations in Europe, France and the European Defence Community, France and the Common Agricultural Policy and France and the Treaty for a European Constitution.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Indicators of Religiosity in Northern Ireland, Religion and the Conflict in Northern Ireland and Anti-Catholicism.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Devolved Chaos 1999-2002, Unionist Division over the GFA, The Northern Ireland Assembly Elections November 2003, DUP-UUP Electoral Competition 1989-2010, Sinn Fein-SDLP Electoral Competition 1989-2007, St. Andrews Agreement, the Northern Ireland Assembly 2007, Voting System, the Executive, Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Continuing Issues in Northern Ireland: Parades, Representation, Polarisation, Victims, the Economy, and Flags, Devolution Progress 2007-15, Attitudes to Devolved Power Sharing 2015 and Satisfaction with Devolved Power Sharing, by Party Supported, 2011. The Presentation includes Polling Data, Electoral Results, and Graphs.

Comprehensive Revision Notes that Cover: Role of the Judiciary, Judicial Independence, Judicial Neutrality, Judicial Reviews and Civil Liberties.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Characteristics of Scotland’s Devolved Party System, Key Political Cleavages, Votes and Seats in Scotland in UK General Elections 1964-2010, Differential Voting Patterns in Scottish and Westminster Elections, the 2015 Westminster Election Result in Scotland, Votes and Seats in Scottish Parliament Elections 1999-2011, Scotland’s 2011 Electoral Geography, the Electoral Geography of Scotland, the 2011 Scottish Parliament Election: SNP ahead in every Demographic Category, the 2011 Scottish Parliament Election: Voting by Identity, Explaining the Dominance of Labour in Scotland from the 1960s until 2007, The 2011 Scottish Parliament Election: Labour’s fall begins, the Scottish National Party (SNP), the SNP’s Economic Focus, the SNP in Government, the Scottish Conservative Party, Collapse of Conservative Working-Class Support in Scotland 1979-97, Scottish Liberal Democrats, the Scottish Nation, Modern Identity: Civic and Self-Governing Scotland, Trends in ‘forced choice’ (Scottish or British) & in Moreno National Identity, Religion in Scotland (2011 census), the History of Scottish Sectarianism, The ‘Sectarianism is Pervasive’ Argument, Why the ‘Sectarianism is Pervasive’ Thesis? The Response of Scotland’s Devolved Government to the Perceived Problem of Sectarianism, the ‘Sectarianism is Not Pervasive’ Thesis, The ‘Sectarianism is Exaggerated’ Arguments of Bruce and the Sectarianism a is Exaggerated Thesis.

A Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Welsh Assembly Overview, Areas of (Semi) Devolved Powers, the Welsh Assembly: the Early Days, the First Minister of Wales, Secondary Legislative Powers, the Welsh Assembly: Elections, The Welsh Executive: Formations, the Richard Commission 2004, Greater Powers for the Welsh Assembly, 2011: Referendum to ‘unlock’ Powers, What has the Assembly done? Public Health Agenda, An Apathetic Population? Why Low Turnout?Attributions of Responsibilities, the State of the Parties, Labour: What’s in a Name? Welsh Labour Party, 2007 Election, 2011 Election, 2016 Election, Welsh Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, UKIP and Constitutional Preferences 2012.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: the Democratic Deficit for Wales, ‘Labourland’ and 1979 referendum, ‘Quangoland’: The Thatcher Years, the Impact of Welsh Nationalism and the 1997 Election and Referendum Campaign.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Issues of Governance such as the Union, the Scottish Office, Accountability/Legitimacy and the decline of Conservative Unionism. It also covers the Rise of Nationalism, the Growth of the SNP and the Unionist Responses from the Conservative and Labour Parties, examines the bringing about of devolution such as the 1st Attempt in 1979 – the campaign and result, the ‘Thatcher Factor, the Constitutional Convention, 2nd Attempt in 1997– the campaign and result and the 2014 Independence Referendum.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Europeanisation and Integration, Party Politics, Left, Right, and Multiculturalism, Explaining Party Performance, Populism, Public Backlash or Political Opportunism? The Far Right - a Clear and Present Danger?

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: the Secret of Modern Britain is there is no Power Anywhere, Definitions: The State, Why is the State Important? Power and the State: Max Weber, Authority-Legitimate Power, the British State, the Triumph of Parliamentary over Royal Power, 18th Century, Urbanisation: 19th Century, Role of the State, Post WWII - State intervention, the British Political Tradition Greenleaf (1983), Westminster Model, Sovereignty, Core Executive, Executive – Legislature Relations, Electoral System, Party System, Judiciary, Territorial Politics, Model of Democracy? Challenges to the Westminster Model, New Labour Constitutional Reform, From Government to Governance and Models of Distribution of Power.

Comprehensive Presentation that covers: the Process of Devolution in the United Kingdom, how Power has Decentralised from Westminster and Transitioned to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the English Question as well as the Post-Devolutionary Environment such as the Rise of the SNP and the Story of Welsh Nationalism which differs from Scotland.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: What impression does this give of the Civil Service? The Classic Model of the Civil Service, the Lack of Change in the Civil Service 1850-1988, Main Changes to the Civil Service Over Recent Decades, Structural change followed the Ibbs Report of the late 1980s, Next Steps Agencies, Civil Service Controversies Since the 1980s, New Labour 1997-2010, Labour’s Plethora of new delivery vehicles, Reduced Civil Service, Politicisation? Why use special advisers? The controversies, Are special advisers neutral civil servants? What did the Conservatives promise? What did the Con-Lib Dem coalition do? the Civil Service under the Coalition Government and is the Civil Service fit for purpose?

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: the Commons in Context: Historical Evolution and Constitutional Position, the Functions of the Commons and the Roles of MPs, Key controversies: Payroll Vote, Pay, Public Schools, Patriarchy, House of Commons Reform, Applying Theories of the State.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Home Rule Bills for Ireland, the Growth of Unionism, the Growth of Nationalism, Government of Ireland Act, Devolution after 1920, Differing Perspectives on the devolved Unionist Government from 1920, the 1937 Irish Free State Constitution Deal, How Realistic Were Unionist Fears? Excuse or Explanation for Discrimination? to What Extent were Nationalists to Blame? Self-Exclusion from Devolved Government, Possibilities for the Reform of Devolved Government by the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement, Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, the Inability of the Devolved Government to Adequately Reform, a Difficult-to-Reform Polity, the British Response to the Problems of the Unionist Devolved Government in 1969, British Policy Initiatives in Northern Ireland since 1969, the growing intra-unionist challenge to the devolved Unionist Government, the end of the Devolved Unionist government, UK Government Green Paper 1972, Sunningdale Agreement 1973, New Devolution Proposed via the UK Government’s 1973 White Paper that was later agreed at Sunningdale, December 1973, Unionist Mistrust of the SDLP and the Council of Ireland, Implementing Devolved Power Sharing: the Collapse of Support and the Collapse of Devolved Power Sharing, May 1974.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Responses to the Collapse of Devolved Power Sharing in 1974, British Government Policy after the Collapse of Devolution, Rolling Devolution 1982-86, The Climax of the Movement away from Devolved Power Sharing: the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985: Unionist Perspectives, Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985: non-Unionist Perspectives, the Climax of the Movement away from Devolved Power Sharing: the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985: Unionist Perspectives, Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985: non-Unionist Perspectives, Rolling Devolution 1982-86, the Road to the Good Friday Agreement and Devolution, the Good Friday Agreement 1998,The Referenda on the Good Friday Agreement May 1998, Voting by Religion in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement Referendum in Northern Ireland, Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, June 1998: Unionists, Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, June 1998: Nationalist and ‘Other’ Parties (all pro-Agreement), the Executive and Assembly Committees and Issues with the GFA.