Politics

Political and Civic Engagement in an Age of Political Disaffection
Module POL3223 for 2018/9

Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3223: Political and Civic Engagement in an Age of Political Disaffection

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

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Citizenship and the Idea of Civic Engagement
Theories of Citizenship
Trends in Political and Civic Participation: Explaining Political Disaffection, ‘Anti-Politics’ and ‘Populism’
The Critical Citizen? The rise of informal and non-conventional forms of political participation
Young people’s participation in politics
E-activism, social media and online participation
Deliberative Democracy and Democratic Innovations
The Social Capital Declinist Thesis: Are we really Bowling Alone?
Civic Engagement as Participation in Public Policy – from Consultation to Coproduction
Motivations for ‘Prosocial’ Behaviour: Theory and Evidence
How Can Policy Makers, Public Managers and Non-Profits increase Political and Civic Participation? Case Studies from Policy and Practice

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
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
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	44	22 x 2 hour seminars - a mix of lectures, group discussion and student presentations
Guided Independent Study	110	Reading and preparing for seminars including taking notes and set readings
Guided Independent Study	51	Research and reading summary writing
Guided independent study	73	Research and writing of consultancy report, to include liaison with external organisation or internal university units where applicable
Guided independent study	22	Preparation for presentations

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

Relevant URLs, youtube videos, podcasts and clips will be uploaded on the module website

A variety of policy reports, strategy and consultation documents will be available on the module website