Module POLM155 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM155: The Politics of Populism: Domestic and global challenges
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group class presentations | 15 minutes | 1-6 | Oral |
| General seminar participation and engagement in group work | Throughout the course | 1-6 | Oral |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 50 | 4,000 words | 1-6 | Written and Oral |
| Case study exercises | 50 | 6 x 500 words assignments | 1-6 | Written and Oral |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | Essay (4,000 words) | 1-6 | August/September reassessment period |
| Case study exercises | Essay (3,000 words) | 1-6 | August/September reassessment period |
Re-assessment notes
No available re-assessment for the case study exercises.
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.
Basic reading:
Akkerman, Tjitske, Sarah L. de Lange, and Matthijs Rooduijn, eds (2016) Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in Western Europe, Into the Mainstream? Abingdon, New York: Routledge.
Canovan, Margaret. 2005. The people, Key concepts (Polity Press). Cambridge: Polity.
Hay, Colin (2007), Why We Hate Politics, Cambridge: Polity.
Horwitz, Robert Britt (2013) America's right: anti-establishment conservatism from Goldwater to the Tea Party: Cambridge : Polity.
Linz, Juan J. 2000. Totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. Boulder, CO: Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Mudde, Cas (2007) Populist radical right parties in Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Norris, Pippa (2005) Radical right: voters and parties in the electoral market. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Panizza, Francisco (ed.) (2005), Populism and the Mirror of Democracy, London: Verso.
Pirro, Andrea L. P (2015) The populist radical right in Central and Eastern Europe: ideology, impact, and electoral performance: London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Rosenthal, L., & Trost, C. (Eds.) (2012) Steep: the precipitous rise of the Tea Party. Berkeley, London: University of California Press.
Schäfer, Armin, and Wolfgang Streeck, eds. 2013. Politics in the age of austerity. Edited by Polity. Cambridge.
Skocpol, T., & Williamson, V. (2012). The Tea Party and the remaking of Republican conservatism. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press
