Module POL3223 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3223: Political and Civic Engagement in an Age of Political Disaffection
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 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 cover some or all of the following topics:
- Citizenship and the Idea of Civic Engagement
- Theories of Citizenship
- Trends in Political and Civic Participation: Explaining Political Disaffection, ‘Anti-Politics’ and ‘Populism’
- The Critical Citizen? The rise of informal and non-conventional forms of political participation
- Young people’s participation in politics
- E-activism, social media and online participation
- Deliberative Democracy and Democratic Innovations
- The Social Capital Declinist Thesis: Are we really Bowling Alone?
- Civic Engagement as Participation in Public Policy – from Consultation to Coproduction
- Motivations for ‘Prosocial’ Behaviour: Theory and Evidence
- How Can Policy Makers, Public Managers and Non-Profits increase Political and Civic Participation? Case Studies from Policy and Practice
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 | 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 Activities | 44 | 22 x 2 hour seminars - a mix of lectures, group discussion and student presentations |
| Guided Independent Study | 110 | Reading and preparing for seminars including taking notes and set readings |
| Guided Independent Study | 51 | Research and reading summary writing |
| Guided independent study | 73 | Research and writing of consultancy report, to include liaison with external organisation or internal university units where applicable |
| Guided independent study | 22 | Preparation for presentations |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Relevant URLs, youtube videos, podcasts and clips will be uploaded on the module website
Other Learning Resources
A variety of policy reports, strategy and consultation documents will be available on the module website
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.
Barrett, M. & Zani, B. 2015. Political and Civic Engagement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. London & New York: Routledge.
Berger, B. 2011. Attention Deficit Democracy: The Paradox of Civic Engagement . Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford.
Dalton R. J., 2004. Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices: The Erosion of Political Support in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Durose, C. and Richardson, L. 2016. Designing Public Policy for Co-production: Theory Practice and Change. Policy Press, Bristol.
Hay C., 2007. Why We Hate Politics. Polity Press, Cambridge.
Hay C. and Stoker G., 2009. "Revitalising Politics: Have We Lost the Plot?." Representation. 45: 3, 225–36.
Henn, M. & Weinstein, M. 2006. ‘Young people and political (in)activism: why don’t young people vote? The Policy Press. 34(3): 517-34.
Henn, M. and Foard, N. 2011. ‘Young People, Political Participation and Trust in Britain’. Parliamentary Affairs, 65(1).
Howard, P.N. et al. 2011. Opening Closed Regimes: What Was the Role of Social Media During the Arab Spring? Project on Information Technology & Political Islam. Working Paper.
John, P., Cotterill, S., Moseley, A., Richardson, L. Smith, G., Stoker, G & Wales, C. 2012. Nudge Nudge Think Think: Experimenting with Ways to Change Civic Participation . Bloomsbury Academic.
Norris, P. 2011. Democratic Deficit: Critical Citizens Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Norris, P, & Inglehart, R.F. 2016. ‘Trump, Brexit and the Rise of Populism: Economic Have-Nots and Cultural Backlash’. Faculty Research Working Paper Series. Harvard University. JFK School of Government Paper RWP16-026.
Pattie C., Seyd P. and Whiteley P. 2004. Citizenship in Britain. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Putnam R., 2000 Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Renewal of American Community. Simon and Schuster, New York.
Sloam, James. 2013. “The ‘outraged young’: How Young Europeans Are Reshaping the Political Landscape.” Political Insight 4(1): pp. 4–7.
Smith G., 2009 Democratic Innovations. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Stoker G., 2006. Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.
Stoker G., 2006. "Explaining Political Disenchantment: Finding Pathways to Democratic Renewal." The Political Quarterly. 77: 2, 184–94.
Whiteley, P. 2011. Political Participation in Britain: The Decline and Revival of Civic Culture . Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke.
Xenos, M., Vromen, A., Loader, B.D. 2014. ‘The Great Equalizer? Patterns of Social Media Use and
Youth Political Engagement in Three Advanced Democracies’, Information, Community & Society, 17(2): 151-167.
Yang, H. and DeHart, J. 2016. Social Media Use and Online Political Participation Among College Students During the US Election 2012. Social Media + Society, 2(1), pp.11-13.
