Module ARA1010 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA1010: Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Week 1 - Overview of the Middle East
Week 2 - Lecture: The Historical Context: Colonial Legacies and Post-Independence
Seminar: The Emergence of the State System in the Middle East
Week 3 - Lecture: Egypt from Nasser to Mubarak
Seminar: Egypt between Autocrats, Theocrats and Hegemonic Powers
Week 4 - Lecture: Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority
Seminar: The Palestinian Question and Lebanese Confessional Politics
Week 5 - Lecture: Ba'thist Syria and Post-Ba'thist Iraq
Seminar: Syria and Iraq: Between Dictatorships and Interventions
Week 6 - Lecture: Rentierism and Patrimonialism in the Gulf
Seminar: Revolutionary and Rentier Politics in Saudi Arabia and Iran
Week 7 - Lecture: The Political Dynamics of the Maghreb
Seminar: Democratization and Civil Reconciliation in the Maghreb
Week 8 - Lecture: Democratization in the Middle East
Seminar: Democratization in Crisis? Can the ‘Arab Spring’ Come True?
Week 9 - Lecture: Islamist Politics and the "War on Terror"
Seminar: Islamism between Violence and Democracy
Week 10 - Lecture: Gender and Development in the Middle East: Between Religious and Secular Agendas
Seminar: Critically Analysing the Human Development Report
Week 11 - Lecture: Conclusion; Review of the Final Examination
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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22 | 128 | 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 | 26.5 | A combination of lectures and guided seminar discussions, (11 x 1.5 hour lectures and 10 x 1 hour seminars) including group brainstorming and brief student presentations. Seminar discussions generally follow a related introductory lecture the previous week - except in the final session, where guided discussion and brainstorming take precedence, on the basis of guided reading |
Guided Independent study | 38 | Weekly reading for lectures and tutorials |
Guided Independent study | 18 | Researching and preparing group presentation |
Guided Independent study | 59.5 | Researching and writing of summative essays |
Guided Independent study | 8 | Web-based learning |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – http://ele.exeter.ac.uk/