Politics
Politics of the Middle East
Module POC2123 for 2020/1
Module POC2123 for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC2123: Politics of the Middle East
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 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 of the following topics or readings:
- Politics and Area Studies: Beyond Orientalism/Occidentalism and East/West
- Empire, Colonialism and the Birth of the Middle East State (Egypt, Algeria, Turkey)
- Beyond TH Marshall: Citizenship(s) in the Middle East (Gulf, Lebanon)
- Oil Wealth/Curse: Modernization, urban development and neoliberal policies (Gulf, Algeria, Libya)
- NGO-ization or the Liberalization of Politics (case study: LGBT activism vs. “Gay Internationalists”)
- Informal Politics, Resistance and Encroachment (a view from Egypt and Gaza)
- Sect, Sectarianisation and the State (Iran, Yemen)
- Transnational Solidarity and the Middle East (Kurdistan)
- From the War on Terror to the War on Iraq: Reading the ME through a Feminist IR Lens
- The Arab Spring and Masculinist Restoration (Bahrein, Syria)
- The Universalization of Human Rights: What Challenges for the Middle East?
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 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 | 22 | 11 x 2 hr seminars |
| Guided independent study | 128 | Private study students are expected to read suggested texts and make notes prior to seminar sessions. They are also expected to read widely to complete their coursework assignments. More specifically, students are expected to devote at least: 66 (6 hours per topic/week) hours to directed reading; 6 hours to completing the formative research outline; 42 hours (3 hours/day over two weeks) for completing the essay; 10 hours (2 hours/day over 5 days) for completing opinion pieces. The 4 remaining hours serve as a margin to be adjusted depending on the student in question |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
