Module POC1023 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC1023: Participating in Politics
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
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:
- Defining political participation and its place in a democracy
- Electoral / party participation
- Lobbying / contacting an MP
- Petitions: on- and off-line
- Wearing badges / ribbons
- Legal demonstrations
- Radical actions (occupations, sit-ins)
- Strikes
- Youth engagement
- Boycotts / buycotts
- Civic engagement / voluntary organisations
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 16.5 | 11 x 1.5 hour lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 10 | 10 x 1 hour seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 85 | Private study. 8.5 hours preparing for each seminar (x10) |
| Guided Independent Study | 20 | Engaging in political actions and writing scholarly reflections |
| Guided Independent Study | 18.5 | Preparing call to action |
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.
Dalton, R. (2007) Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, Washington DC: CQ Press.
Gallego, A. (2015) Unequal Political Participation Worldwide, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Meredith, R. (2012) Voter Turnout: A Social Theory of Political Participation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Norris, P. (2002) Democratic Phoenix: Reinventing Political Activism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pattie,C., P. Seyd and P. Whiteley (2004) Citizenship in Britain: Values, Participation and Democracy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Uldam, J and A. Vestergaard (eds) (2015) Civic Engagement and Social Media; Political Participation Beyond the Protest, Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan.
Whiteley, P. (2012) Political Partiicpation in Britain and the Decline and Revival of Civic Culture, Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan.
Zukin, C. et al (2006) A New Engagement? Political Participation, Civic Life and the Changing American. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
