Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM157: Global Issues in European Politics

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level	7
Credits	30	ECTS Value	15
Term(s) and duration	This module ran during term 1 (11 weeks)
Academic staff	Dr Florian Stoeckel (Convenor)
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
Available via distance learning	No

This module takes a comparative focus on a variety of international issues and how they shape political conflict at the national level in Europe. You will discuss in detail research on conflict as a result of globalisation, immigration, and European integration. Case studies come from Western, Eastern, and Southern Europe. You will also gain an understanding of similarities and differences in party political conflict across European countries and the rise of challenger parties. Finally, you will consider political conflict as it relates to the expansion of democracy in Europe and contemporary threats to the quality of democracy (e.g. developments in Eastern Europe, ‘post factual politics’ as a more general phenomenon).

Module created	26/06/2018	Last revised	04/07/2018