Module POL3124 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3124: Anarchism and World Ordering
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 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:
- Capitalism and private property
- Democracy, the state and mutual aid
- Federalism and syndicalism
- Anarchism and terrorism
- Anarchism, war and revolution
- Chomsky, US Empire and moral truisms
- Ontological anarchy and global security
- Social Ecology and complexity theory
- Anarchafeminism and prefigurative politics
- Anarchy, international law or a world state?
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 & Teaching activities | 44 | 2 hours per week for 22 weeks. Small group work, presentations, discussion, reflection |
| Guided Independent Study | 100 | Preparation for class, reading summary and further reading |
| Guided Independent Study | 26 | Summative class presentation |
| Guided Independent Study | 50 | First summative essay |
| Guided Independent Study | 80 | Second summative essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading summary | 5 minutes | 1-7 | Written |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 90 | 0 | 10 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One group presentation | 10 | 15 minutes | 1-7 | Written |
| Presentation report | 5 | 500 words | 1-7 | Written |
| First summative essay | 40 | 3,500 words | 1-7 | Written |
| Second summative essay | 45 | 3,500 words | 1-7 | Written |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group presentation and report | Reflective essay (1,000 words) (15%) | 1-7 | August/September re-assessment period |
| First summative essay | Essay (3,000 words) | 1-7 | August/September reassessment period |
| Second summative essay | Essay (3,500 words) | 1-7 | August/September re-assessment period |
Re-assessment notes
The 1,000 word replacement essay will be submitted by each student that was unable to present.
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.
Uri Gordon, Anarchy Alive!: Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory (London: Pluto Press, 2008).
Ruth Kinna, The Continuum Companion to Anarchism (New York: Continuum, 2012).
Ruth Kinna, Anarchism: A Beginner's Guide. Revised. ed. (Oxford: Oneworld, 2009)
