Module POL3206 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3206: The Political Economy of the State
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module’s precise content may vary from year to year (the topics will generally be covered in a 2 week bloc):
Term 1 The historical evolution of capitalism and nation-states
- The development of modern European states: institutions and capacity
- Capitalism and ‘the first wave of democratization’
- Gender and economic and political change
- Social spend, the welfare state and democracy
- State led growth and the ‘Asian miracle’
Term 2 Varieties of capitalism in a global economy
- ‘Varieties of Capitalism’
- Varieties of Capitalism beyond ‘the core’
- The transformation of labour markets and institutions
- Digital economy, platforms and regulation
- Welfare and equality in contemporary capitalism
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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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 |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 20 | 20 Lectures (1 hour each) |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 20 | 20 seminars with student presentations (1 hours each) |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 4 | Assessment workshops (2 hours each) |
Guided independent study | 200 | Reading, thinking and preparing for lectures and tutorials |
Guided independent study | 56 | Assignment preparation |
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.
Rothstein, B. (2012) ‘Good governance’ in Levi-Faur (ed) The Oxford Handbook of Governance, Oxford: OUP.
North, D. and Weingast, B. W. (1989) ‘Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in 17th Century England’ Journal of Economic History, 49: 803-32.
Ziblatt, D. (2006) ‘How did Europe Democratize?’ World Politics, 58: 311-338.
Moehling, C. M and Thomasson, M. A. (2020) ‘Votes for Women : an economic perspective on women’s enfranchisement’ The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 34:2, 3-23.
Haggard, S. (2015) 'The developmental state is dead: long live the developmental state!' in Mahoney and Thelen (ed) Advances in Comparative Historical Analysis. Cambridge: CUP.