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Politics and Reform in the Gulf
Module POL3129 for 2016/7
Module POL3129 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
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).