AQA_2024: A-level Politics - Paper 3 Political Ideas. (Merged Question Paper and Marking Scheme)

AQA_2024: A-level Politics - Paper 3 Political Ideas. (Merged Question Paper and Marking Scheme) A-level POLITICS Paper 3 Political ideas Friday 14 June 2024 Materials For this paper you must have:  an AQA 12-page answer book. Instructions  Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Morning Time allowed: 2 hours  Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7152/3.  Answer all questions from Section A and Section B.  Answer one question from Section C.  Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.  Do not tear out any part of the book. All work must be handed in.  If you use more than one book, check that you have written the information required on each book. Information  The marks for questions are shown in brackets.  The maximum mark for this paper is 77. For A-level Politics Paper 3 on Political Ideas, focus on the following key areas to revise effectively: 1. Key Political Ideologies: o Liberalism: Understand its core principles (e.g., individual freedom, equality, limited government, and free markets). Study key thinkers like John Locke, John Stuart Mill, and modern liberal theorists. o Conservatism: Focus on the values of tradition, order, hierarchy, and gradual change. Key figures to review include Edmund Burke, Michael Oakeshott, and modern conservatives. o Socialism: Review the principles of equality, social justice, and collective ownership. Key thinkers include Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and modern socialists like Anthony Crosland. o Anarchism: Understand the rejection of state authority, focusing on individual freedom and voluntary cooperation. Key theorists include Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Emma Goldman. o Feminism: Study its core ideas on gender equality, patriarchy, and women's rights. Key figures include Mary Wollstonecraft, Simone de Beauvoir, and bell hooks. o Ecologism: Focus on environmentalism, sustainability, and the relationship between humans and nature. Key figures include Murray Bookchin and Arne Naess. 2. Key Thinkers and Their Contributions: o Be prepared to explain the contributions of key political thinkers to the development of each ideology. Understand their key texts and how their ideas have influenced political thought. 3. Comparing Ideologies: o Study the overlaps and contrasts between ideologies. For example, compare liberalism and socialism on their views on freedom and equality or conservatism and anarchism on authority and change. 4. Political Theory in Practice: o Review how these ideologies influence political parties, policies, and real-world politics. Be able to relate theoretical ideas to current political debates and movements. 5. Debates within Ideologies: o Understand internal disagreements within each ideology. For example, the debate within socialism between democratic socialism and revolutionary socialism, or the debate within feminism between liberal feminism and radical feminism. By focusing on these areas, you will be able to engage critically with key political ideas and their real world applications, ensuring a solid understanding for Paper 3. IB/G/Jun24/G4003/E6 7152/3 2 Section A – Core Ideologies Short Questions Answer questions 1, 2 and 3. 0 1 Socialism Explain and analyse three ways in which socialist thinkers view the free market. 0 2 Liberalism Explain and analyse three ways in which liberal thinkers view individual liberty. 0 3 Conservatism [9 marks] [9 marks] Explain and analyse three ways in which conservative thinkers view the role of the state. [9 marks] IB/G/Jun24/7152/3 3 Section B – Core Ideologies Extract Question Read the extracts below and answer question 4 that follows. Methods to achieve Socialism Extract 1 Reform or revolution? Legislative reform and revolution are different factors in the development of class society. They condition and complement each other, and are at the same time exclusive of each other, as are the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Every legal constitution is the product of a revolution. In the history of classes, revolution is the act of political creation, while legislation is the political expression of the life of a society that has already come into being. The development of democracy brings some sort of “people’s state”. But this participation takes the form of bourgeois parliamentary democracy, where class conflicts and class domination are not done away with, but are, on the contrary, displayed in the open. Exactly for this reason must the proletariat seize political power and suppress completely the capitalist system. Extract adapted from Reform or Revolution, by Rosa Luxemburg, 1899. Extract 2 The dangers of revolution The United Kingdom and the USA should study the USSR to avoid its mistakes. Because of Great Britain’s unified and stabilised population and unwritten constitution, which permit every possible alteration, the establishment of a new social order need not involve violent upheaval against despotic and corrupt government as it did in Tsarist Russia. Thus, the British people will be able to avoid the crudities and cruelties inherent in sudden and violent revolution. On the other hand, to carry out social reconstruction it will be desirable to study the bolder experiments in the USSR owing to the fact the government swept away the remnants of the old social order. Extract adapted from The Truth about Soviet Russia, co-authored by Beatrice Webb, 1942. 0 4 Analyse, evaluate and compare the arguments presented in the extracts with regard to the role of revolution in socialism. In your answer you should refer to the thinkers that you have studied. [25 marks] Turn over for Section C Turn over ► IB/G/Jun24/7152/3 4 Section C – Other Ideologies Essay Question Answer the question set on one of the following ideologies. In your answer you should draw on material from across the whole range of your course of study in Politics. Either 0 5 Nationalism ‘Nationalism values the identity of a people