College of Social Sciences and International Studies
The Logic of Democracies and Dictatorships
Module POL2103 for 2019/0
Module POL2103 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL2103: The Logic of Democracies and Dictatorships
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The syllabus will vary according to the expertise of the lecturers who teach the module and according to the political and social debates which students may be interested in each year. Topics are likely to include:
- introduction to comparative politics,
- the state,
- nationalism
- the definition of and differences between democracies and dictatorships
- variation within democracies and dictatorships,
- elections, and the
social and political actors who compete over power within these systems of rule.
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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24 | 126 | 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 | 24 | 12 x 2 hour weekly seminars |
Guided Independent study | 44 | Preparation for essay - including researching and collating relevant sources; planning the structure and argument; writing up the essay. |
Guided Independent study | 42 | Preparation for examination including researching and collating relevant materials, reviewing lecture and seminar notes, examining past papers, making detailed revision notes. |
Guided Independent study | 40 | Private study reading and preparing for seminars; contributing to the discussion forum on ELE; and preparing notes for seminars (see below in Formative Assessment). |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/