Module POL3132 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3132: Globalisation and Democratic Politics: the End of the Nation State?
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
TERM 1: Principles and Types of Democracy
Week 1
General introduction to the module
Week 2
Democracy in history
Week 3
Minimalist conceptions of Democracy
Week 4
Democracy: Ideals and values
Week 5
Political Equality
Week 6
Discussion of Formative Work
Week 7
The Majority’s Rule
Week 8
Democracy and the Social Choice Paradoxes
Week 9
Representative Democracy
Week 10
Participative Democracy
Week 11
Deliberative Democracy and Public Reason
Week 12
Revision class of Term 1
TERM 2: The conditions and the transformation of democrac
Week 1
Limits to democracy: Delegation, and Accountability
Week 2
The conditions of Democracy I: Trust
Week 3
The conditions of Democracy I: Civil Society
Week 4
Self-government: territory and nation
Week 5
Democracy and the civic community
Week 6
Democracy and Multiculturalism
Week 7
Democracy and Globalisation
Week 8
Peoples and Borders: Cosmopolitan Democracy?
Week 9
Democracy in the EU
Week 10
International Democracy
Week 11
Democratic Global Civil Society
Week 12
Revision class of Term 2
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 activity | 44 | 2-hour weekly seminars with a mix of formal lecture, student-led seminar, collective discussion |
| Guided Independent study | 256 | A variety of private study tasks directed by module leader including Independent research and writing. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Other Learning Resources
Online videos, documentaries, conference papers and online material
