College of Social Sciences and International Studies

Developments in British Politics: From Baldwin to Brexit
Module POL3212 for 2019/0

Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3212: Developments in British Politics: From Baldwin to Brexit

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

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:

Models of British politics

British politics in the early 20th century

The postwar consensus

Thatcherism

New Labour

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government

Britain and the World

Britain and Europe (including Brexit)

The ‘Age of Austerity’

The British party system

Electoral reform

Voting behaviour

The mass media

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 and teaching activities	44	22 x 2 hour seminars
Guided independent study	88	Seminar preparation
Guided independent study	168	Coursework

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).