Module POL3205 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3205: Civic Engagement
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Introduction: Citizenship and the Idea of Civic Engagement
- Trends in Political Participation: Declining levels of formal political participation
- Explaining Political Disaffection
- The Critical Citizen? The rise of informal political participation (e.g. Petitions E-Activism, Campaigning, Demonstrating & Protesting, Supporting Boycotts)
- Democratic Innovations from around the world and their applicability to the UK (e.g. citizens assemblies and juries, participatory budgeting)
- Trends in Civic Participation: Volunteering and Community work
- The Social Capital Thesis: Bowling Together or Bowling Alone?
- Civic Engagement as Participation in Public Policy – from Consultation to Coproduction
- Motivations for Prosocial Behaviour: Theory and Evidence
- How Can Policy Makers, Public Managers and Non-Profits increase Political and Civic Participation? Case Studies from Policy and Practice
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | 256 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 44 | 22 x 2 hour seminars - a mix of lectures, group discussion and student presentations |
| Guided independent study | 110 | Reading and preparing for seminars including taking notes and set readings |
| Guided independent study | 51 | Research and essay writing |
| Guided independent study | 73 | Research and writing of strategy paper, to include liaison with external organisation or internal university units where applicable |
| Guided independent study | 22 | Preparation for presentations |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Relevant URLs, youtube videos, podcasts and clips will be uploaded on the module website
Other Learning Resources
A variety of policy reports, strategy and consultation documents will be available on the module website
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Almond G. and Verba S., 1963 "The Civic Culture." Princeton University Press Princeton
Coleman S., 2004 "Connecting Parliament to the Public via the Internet." "Information, Communication and Society." 7: 1, 1–22.
Dalton R. J., 2004 "Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices: The Erosion of Political Support in Advanced Industrial Democracies." Oxford University Press Oxford
Durose, C. and Richardson, L. 2016. Designing Public Policy for Co-production: Theory Practice and Change.
Hay C., 2007 "Why We Hate Politics." Polity Cambridge
Hay C. and Stoker G., 2009 "Revitalising Politics: Have We Lost the Plot?." "Representation." 45: 3, 225–36.
John, P., Cotterill, S., Moseley, A., Richardson, L. Smith, G., Stoker, G & Wales, C. 2012. Nudge Nudge Think Think: Experimenting with Ways to Change Civic Participation. Bloomsbury Academic.
Lowndes V., Pratchett L. and Stoker G., 2001 "Trends in Public Participation." "Public Administration." 79: 2, 445–55.
Newman J., Barnes M., Sullivan H. and Knops A., 2004 "Public Participation and Collaborative Governance." Journal of Social Policy." 33: 2, 203–23.
Pattie C., Seyd P. and Whiteley P., 2004 "Citizenship in Britain." Cambridge University Press Cambridge
Putnam R., 2000 "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Renewal of American Community." Simon and Schuster New York
Smith G., 2009 "Democratic Innovations" Cambridge University Press Cambridge
Stoker G., 2006a "Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work." Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke
Stoker G., 2006b "Explaining Political Disenchantment: Finding Pathways to Democratic Renewal." "The Political Quarterly." 77: 2, 184–94.
Whiteley, P. 2011. Political Participation in Britain: The Decline and Revival of Civic Culture. Palgrave Macmillan.
