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• General
  

  General

  • British and American Governments: A comparative Approach Forum

    By clarifying concepts and mechanisms, this course aims at enhancing students' understanding of the policy-making process in the UK and in the USA. It aims also at promoting their analytical thinking so as to be able to make projections.

• Topic 1
  

  Topic 1

  • Political Culture Lesson

    This lecture examines the background factors that help to shape the way in which political life and processes operate in Britain and America

  • Political Culture File
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  Topic 2

  • Constitutions File

    This lecture examines the characteristics and principles of the British as well as the American constittions. It takles also the similarities and differences between both constitutions.

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  Topic 3

  • Executives File

    This lecture examines through comparison the functions and powers of the Political and Official Executives in both countries the UK and the USA. 

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  Topic 4

  • Legislatures File

    This lecture is concerned with the nature, characteristics and work of Parliament and Congress.

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  Topic 5

  • The Judiciaries File

    This lecture explores the role of the judiciaries and how judicial independence is protected in both the US and the UK.

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  Topic 6

  • Governance beyond the Centre File

    This lecture examines the sub-national government and its relationship to the centre in both the UK and the USA.

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  Topic 7

  • Political parties File

    This lecture deals with the functions and relevance of political parties in both the UK and the USA. It examines the similarities and differences between the parties of both counteries. 

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  Topic 8

  • Lecture eight: Pressure Goups File

    This lecture examines the way pressure groups work and their effectiveness in both the UK and the USA.