A-level
POLITICS
Paper 3 Political ideas
Thursday 11 June 2020 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For this paper you must have:
an AQA 12-page answer book.
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
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.
If you use more than one answer 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.
IB/G/Jun20/E7 7152/3
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Section A – Core Ideologies Short Questions
Answer questions 1, 2 and 3.
0 1 Socialism
Explain and analyse three ways in which socialist thinkers have viewed the concept of
equality.
[9 marks]
0 2 Liberalism
Explain and analyse three ways in which liberal thinkers have viewed the role of the state.
[9 marks]
0 3 Conservatism
Explain and analyse three ways in which conservative thinkers have viewed the
economy.
[9 marks]
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Section B – Core Ideologies Extract Question
Read the extracts below and answer question 4 that follows.
Conservatism and society
Extract 1
Individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating
their rights). So strong and far-reaching are these rights that they raise the question of what, if
anything, that state and its officials may do. How much room do individual rights leave for the
state? The nature of the state, its legitimate functions in society and its justifications, if any, is the
central concern of this book; a wide and diverse variety of topics intertwine in the course of our
investigation.
Extract adapted from Anarchy, State and Utopia, Robert Nozick (1974)
Extract 2
Society is indeed a contract. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many
generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those
who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. Each contract of each
particular state is but a clause in the great primeval contract of eternal society, linking the lower
with the higher natures, connecting the visible and invisible world, according to a fixed compact
sanctioned by the inviolable oath which holds all physical and all moral natures, each in their
appointed place.
Extract from Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke (1790)
0 4 Analyse, evaluate and compare the arguments being made in the above extracts as to
the significance of society within conservatism. In your answer you should refer to the
thinkers you have studied.
[25 marks]
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POLITICS
Paper 3 Political ideas
Thursday 11 June 2020 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For this paper you must have:
an AQA 12-page answer book.
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
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.
If you use more than one answer 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.
IB/G/Jun20/E7 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 have viewed the concept of
equality.
[9 marks]
0 2 Liberalism
Explain and analyse three ways in which liberal thinkers have viewed the role of the state.
[9 marks]
0 3 Conservatism
Explain and analyse three ways in which conservative thinkers have viewed the
economy.
[9 marks]
IB/G/Jun20/7152/3
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Section B – Core Ideologies Extract Question
Read the extracts below and answer question 4 that follows.
Conservatism and society
Extract 1
Individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating
their rights). So strong and far-reaching are these rights that they raise the question of what, if
anything, that state and its officials may do. How much room do individual rights leave for the
state? The nature of the state, its legitimate functions in society and its justifications, if any, is the
central concern of this book; a wide and diverse variety of topics intertwine in the course of our
investigation.
Extract adapted from Anarchy, State and Utopia, Robert Nozick (1974)
Extract 2
Society is indeed a contract. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many
generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those
who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. Each contract of each
particular state is but a clause in the great primeval contract of eternal society, linking the lower
with the higher natures, connecting the visible and invisible world, according to a fixed compact
sanctioned by the inviolable oath which holds all physical and all moral natures, each in their
appointed place.
Extract from Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke (1790)
0 4 Analyse, evaluate and compare the arguments being made in the above extracts as to
the significance of society within conservatism. In your answer you should refer to the
thinkers you have studied.
[25 marks]
Turn over for the next question
Turn over ►
IB/G/Jun20/7152/3
