For some reason I couldn't get footnotes into the normal links, so click on the icon for a 'Word' version of the essay for full references. My British politics essays were stolen last year with my computer, sorry.

COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT
ELECTORAL TRENDS	Dealignment, realignment, non-alignment? To what extent can these concepts account for changes in electoral support for parties? (both versions are missing schematic maps of the UK election results of 1992 &1997 referred to in the text)	(7,106 words)
JUDICIARIES	'Modern judiciaries end up as substitute legislatures or as subordinate agencies of the executive.' Discuss.	(6,521 words)
EXECUTIVE POWER	Compare the scope of, and limits to the powers of the President of the USA, the British Prime Minister and the German Chancellor.	(4,797 words)
BUREAUCRACIES	In attempting to use civil servants to serve their political ends, governments undermine their capacity to implement the policies of the state. Discuss.	(2,112 words)
FEDERALISM	What significant differences do federal arrangements make for political decision making to a national polity?	(3,223 words)
PARTY SYSTEMS	Account for the differences in the party systems of the UK, the USA and Germany.	(2,535 words)
US POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENTIAL POWER	"All members of the Washington Community are compelled to watch the President for reasons not of pleasure but vocation. They need him in their business just as he needs them" [Neustadt] Discuss.	(5,746 words)
FEDERALISM & CENTRALISATION	Is there a bias towards centralisation in US government and politics?	(3,712 words)
SUPREME COURT	In what sense is the Supreme Court a third branch of government?	(2,693 words)
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP	What determines the political success of Congressional leaders?	(3,349 words)
PARTIES AND ELECTIONS	"There is no majority party in United States electoral politics". Discuss, clarifying the implications for governing.	(3,524 words)
HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS
LOCKE; PRIMARY AND SECONDARY QUALITIES	What is Locke's distinction between primary and secondary qualities? Is it tenable?	(1,650 words)
HUME; PERSONAL IDENTITY	Was Hume right to think of the self as a bundle of perceptions? Is there any sensible alternative to thinking of it in this way? If we think of the self as Hume thought of it, is its survival of any importance?	(1,739 words)
LOCKE; INNATENESS	Is there a notion of innateness which survives Locke's argument in Book I of the Essay?	(1,246 words)
DESCARTES; COGITO	What function does Descartes envisage for the cogito? Can it perform that function?	(1,531 words)
ETHICS; MORAL LUCK	Is Moral Luck a contradiction in terms?	(1,970 words)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
DEFINITIONS	Distinguish among realist, international society and liberal approaches to international order.	(2,283 words)
COLLECTIVE SECURITY	To what extent is collective security a viable alternative to the balance of power?	(3,226 words)
POWER AND GERMANY	In what sense can Germany be said to be powerful within Europe?	(3,571 words)
DEMOCRATIC PEACE	Is democratisation making international relations more peaceful?	(3,007 words)
GLOBALISATION	Are globalisation and interdependence transforming world politics?	(3,631 words)
NGO'S	How important is the role of non-state actors (both NGOs and other groups) in global environmental politics?	(2,342 words)
THE COLD WAR
ORIGINS	Do you agree that the two key episodes in the early evolution of the Cold War were the Marshall Plan and the Korean War?	(2,139 words)
CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY	Where should one look for the springs of Chinese foreign policy, 1950-85?	(2,774 words)
KHRUSHCHEV'S FOREIGN POLICY	Explain the evolution of Soviet Cold War policies, 1953-64.	(2,169 words)
DETENTE	How should one explain the ups and downs of détente, 1953-85? What did détente actually amount to?	(2,106 words)