College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Corruption, Power and Legitimacy
Module POL3235 for 2018/9
Module POL3235 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3235: Corruption, Power and Legitimacy
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content will no doubt vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following theoretical discussions:
- The definition of corruption
- The measurement of corruption
- Theoretical approaches to analysing corruption
- The causes of corruption
- A chronology of party system change
- Understandings of representative democracy
- Citizen and civil society responses to corruption
- Party funding reform as a response to perceptions of corruption
- Corruption challenges in privately financed party funding regimes
- Corruption challenges in public financed party funding regimes
- Case studies of the corruption challenges faced in specific institutional settings
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 |
| Guided Independent Study | 124 | Preparation for class and guided reading |
| Guided Independent Study | 12 | Preparation for the class presentation including researching and collating relevant sources; planning the structure and argument; writing the presentation slides; preparing the class discussion |
| Guided Independent Study | 60 | Preparation for the examination |
| Guided Independent Study | 60 | Preparation for the essay and essay outline, including researching and collating relevant sources; planning the structure and argument; writing up the essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
