Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3129: Politics and Reform in the Gulf

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Introduction and module organisation; traditional socio-political characteristics and dynamics of the Gulf states. The politics of oil and rent in the Gulf; historical review of political reform trends in the Gulf

Politics and Reform in Saudi Arabia

Politics and Reform in Kuwait

Politics and Reform in Bahrain

Politics and Reform in Oman

Politics and Reform in Qatar and the UAE Politics and Reform in Iran

Politics and Reform in Iraq

Media, women and human rights in the Gulf

Conclusions: towards democratisation or liberalised autocracy?

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	13 hours of lectures and convenorfacilitated discussions regarding materials covered in lecture; 9 hours of group presentations and class discussion regarding presentations
Guided independent study	128	33 hours of reading for class; 95 hours of preparing for assignments through researching, planning and writing an essay

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).