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Politics
Political Analysis: Behaviour, Institutions, Ideas
Module POL2026 for 2020/1
Module POL2026 for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL2026: Political Analysis: Behaviour, Institutions, Ideas
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of these main topics:
- The study of Politics: Explaining, Understanding, Evaluating
- Rational choice and political action
- Rational actors or rational fools? Substantive and procedural rationality
- Collective action and social choice
- Trust in Politics
- Social Capital and democratic participation
- Do Institutions matter?
- Constructing political reality
- Feminism and Ideologies
- Concepts in political language and political analysis
- Norms and political argument
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | 122 | 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 & Teaching activities | 18 | Overview of topics by module convenor in weekly Lectures |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 10 | Small group discussion of key texts in weekly Tutorials |
| Guided independent study | 40 | Reading and preparation for tutorials |
| Guided independent study | 82 | Research and writing of essays |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
