Module POL3221 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3221: The Politics of Food, Farming and Nature
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Aims
The module aims to provide you with an understanding of how what we eat is both influenced by policy and politics and in turn influences a wider politics of the environment. The module makes use of a wide range of published papers and reports and benefits from the course leader’s direct policy engagement and research commissioned by Government. While the focus is on the policy and politics of the United Kingdom, many of the issues relate to global trends and pressures.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of key issues in the politics of food, agriculture and the environment. 2. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the policy responses to the challenges that arise from these issues. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Locate, use and analyze secondary primary data relevant to the specific issue areas. 4. Place issues discussed in a wider context and deploy critical arguments. |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Demonstrate critical and analytical skills through readings, class discussions and presentations. 6. Enhance your capacity to undertake inter-disciplinary and political analysis. |
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:
History of Food Supply and its role in the Formation of Politics
Food and the State: Twentieth century perspectives
Contemporary Political Economy of Global Food
Food and Agriculture: Supply Systems, Pressure Groups and Government
Food and the Politics of Trade and Aid
Food and the Politics of Identity
Contested Food: The Politics of Diet and Nutrition
Contested Food: The Politics of Farming and the Environment
Contested Food: The Politics of Waste
The Future for Food: New Policies and new approaches to Food, Farming and Nature
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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44 | 256 | 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 Activities | 44 | 22 x 2 hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 132 | Reading: 6 hours/week |
Guided Independent Study | 44 | Following the media: 2 hours/week |
Guided independent study | 80 | Coursework preparation and completion |
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.
Indicative Reading:
Carolan, M (2012) The Sociology of Food and Agriculture, London: Routledge.
Clapp, J. (2011) Food, Polity Press.
McKeon, N. (2015) Food Security Governance, Routledge.
Nestle, M. (2013) Food Politics, University of California Press.
Rayner, G. and Lang, T. (2012) Ecological Public Health: Reshaping the conditions for good health, London: Earthscan.