Module POLM001M for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM001M: Risk, Responsibility, Regulation: Whose Policy is it Anyway (MPA only)
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 include the following topics in the order indicated:
1. Regulating What? Introduction to Risk Issues and Risk Tradeoffs
2. Regulating How? The Emergence of Risk Governance and the Concept of ‘Public Risk’
3. Institutional Design and the Institutionalisation of Risk
4. Risk Governance by Society: What Place Citizens and Lay Knowledge?
5. Risk Governance by Numbers: Cost-Benefit Analysis
6. Drafting and Reforming Risk Regimes
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 182 | 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 | 9 | Nine Lectures (1 hour each) |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 6 | Two Workshop (3 hours each) |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 3 | One Guest Presentation (3 hours) |
| Guided independent study | 82 | Reading, thinking and preparing for lectures and workshops |
| Guided independent study | 100 | Assignment Preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Other Learning Resources
Useful journals and periodicals include: Science, Technology and Human Values, Risk and Regulation, Public Administration, Journal of Hazardous Materials.
Students will find it helpful to consult papers and reports from agencies including the WTO, OECD and government departments to keep abreast of a policy environment that continues to evolve rapidly.
