Module POL1020 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL1020: Politics in Europe
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Comparative government and governance in Europe: theoretical and methodological foundations.
Varieties of political systems in Europe: governments and parliaments
Representative democracies: political parties and elections
The role of the media
Participation and interest groups
The UK
Germany
France
Southern Europe
The Scandinavian model meets Europe
The challenge of enlargement
How European integration affects governance in the member states (main hypotheses and mechanisms of Europeanization).
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 |
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26.5 | 123.5 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 16.5 | 11 x 1.5 hour lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 10 | 10 x 1 hour tutorials |
Guided Independent study | 66 | Coursework and independent study includes reading, note taking, and sketching answers to essay and seminar questions, presentation preparation and essay writing. This study is continuous throughout the course and should take at least six hours a week. |
Guided Independent study | 57.5 | Further independent study. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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.
Bale, Tim (2008) European Politics: a Comparative Introduction - 2nd edition (Basingstoke: Palgave Macmillan).
Bache, I. and A. Jordan, eds, (2006) The Europeanization of British Politics, Palgrave.
Bache, I. S. George and S. Bulmer (2011) Politics in Europe.
Bulmer, S. and C. Lequesne (2013) The Member States of the European Union (New European Union Series).
Hancock, Donald (2012) Politics in Europe. Washington, DC : CQ Press.
LeDuc, Richard G. Niemi, and Pippa Norris. (2010) Comparing democracies 3 : elections and voting in the 21st century. Sage.
Strøm, Kaare,Müller, Wolfgang C. and Bergman, Torbjörn (2003) Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies. Oxford University Press.