Module POL3271 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3271: Public Opinion, Post Factual Politics: New Challenges for Western Democracies
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 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:
- The nature of political attitudes
- Understanding quantitative research
- Theories of opinion formation
- Political sophistication and heuristics
- Political contestation I: left/right conflicts
- Political contestation II: cultural conflicts
- Models of voting behaviour
- The rise of populism
- The role of emotions
- Filter bubbles, misinformation, and social media
- Public support for democracy
- Tolerance
- The public divide over the EU and Brexit
- Identity politics I: cosmopolitanism and European identity
- Identity politics II: Anti-immigrant sentiments
- Identity politics III: far right parties
- Attitudes towards the redistribution of resources within and across nations
- Attitudes towards gender equality
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 |
...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 | 2 hour weekly seminars with a mix of short formal lectures, student led seminar, and collective discussion |
| Guided independent studies | 98 | Preparing for seminars: reading and research |
| Guided independent study | 158 | Completing assessment tasks: reading, research and writing |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
http://www.economist.com/world/europe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/eu
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france/institutions-and-politics/french-government/
