Power & Developments (Edexcel A Level Politics): Exam Questions

Examine the similarities in how democratic and autocratic states impact on global order.

Examine the differences between democratic and autocratic states in terms of their characteristics and the consequences for global order.

Evaluate the extent to which the rise of the United Nations has made soft power more significant than hard power in global politics.

You must consider this view and the alternative to this view in a balanced way.

Evaluate the extent to which the state system and world order have scarcely changed since 2000.

You must consider this view and the alternative to this view in a balanced way.

Examine the factors that have led to China and India being described as ‘emerging powers’.

Evaluate the extent to which globalisation has made the world unipolar rather than multipolar.

You must consider this view and the alternative to this view in a balanced way.

Examine the differences between a great power and a superpower.

Examine the differences between failed states and rogue states.

Examine the differences between the spread of liberal economies and the spread of democracy.

Examine the differences between the impact of changing state power on human rights and on the environment.

Evaluate the view that the spread of democracy has gone into reverse.

You must consider this view and the alternative to this view in a balanced way.

Evaluate the view that the rise of emerging powers has made global governance more difficult.

You must consider this view and the alternative to this view in a balanced way.

Evaluate the view that the greatest threats to global stability now come from weak states rather than from strong ones.

You must consider this view and the alternative to this view in a balanced way.