Political Science Homework Help

About Political Science

Political science asks how power is organised and exercised: constitutions, institutions, elections and citizenship. These questions draw on government syllabuses across Africa and beyond — features of democracy, the arms of government, federal and unitary systems, political parties and pressure groups — and often use a real constitution as the example.

Popular topics in Political Science

• Democracy

  Features of democracy, direct and representative forms, its merits and demerits, and the conditions it needs.

• Constitutions

  Written and unwritten constitutions, supremacy, rigidity and flexibility, and amendment procedures.

• Arms of Government

  Legislature, executive and judiciary, separation of powers and checks and balances.

• Federal & Unitary Systems

  Features of each, devolution, and the reasons federations are adopted or abandoned.

• Elections

  Electoral systems, the franchise, electoral commissions, and what makes an election free and fair.

• Political Parties

  Functions, one-party, two-party and multi-party systems, and party discipline.

• Pressure Groups

  Types, methods of influence, and how they differ from political parties.

• Citizenship & Rights

  Acquiring citizenship, rights and duties, the rule of law and human rights protection.

How ScanSolve helps with Political Science

ScanSolve answers with the institution or concept defined, then applied to the system in the question — which matters, because the same term works differently in a federal and a unitary state. Where a number of features or functions is asked for, the answer gives exactly that many, each developed.

Essay questions are structured as an argument with a position, and constitutional questions quote the provision being discussed rather than paraphrasing it away. Comparison questions are organised point by point rather than one system after the other.

Study tips for Political Science

1. 01

   Learn features in lists you can count. "Four features of democracy" is a common question shape and rewards preparation.

2. 02

   Keep the three arms of government and their functions exact. Overlapping them is treated as a knowledge error.

3. 03

   Use the country named in the question. Its constitution decides whether your general point is true there.

4. 04

   For "discuss" and "to what extent", give both sides and then a judgement. A one-sided answer caps its own marks.

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