College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Global Issues in European Politics
Module POLM157 for 2018/9
Module POLM157 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM157: Global Issues in European Politics
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
- Methods and Approaches in Comparative Politics
- Party Systems in Europe
- Mass-Elite Linkages and Public Opinion
- Globalization-Integration Conflict
- National and European Identity
- International Conflicts and National Protest
- Far left and far right challenger parties
- A Loss of Support for Democracy?
- The Quality of Democracy in Poland and Hungary
- Post Factual Politics
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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22 | 278 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 22 | 11 x 2 hour weekly seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 100 hours | Reading and preparing for seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 30 hours | Preparation of presentation |
Guided Independent Study | 148 hours | Preparation and writing of assessments, includes the compilation of a reaction to a reading (40 hours) as well as the research and writing related to an essay (108 hours) |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE - ( vle.exeter.ac.uk )