Politics

Governing the Good Life: Contemporary International Studies
Module POC2086 for 2019/0

Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC2086: Governing the Good Life: Contemporary International Studies

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.

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:

Governing The Good Life: Introduction to the rising international interest in wellbeing
Bhutan: Gross National Happiness
South Africa: Ubuntu after apartheid
India: Swaraj, self-development and self-rule
Ecuador: Buen Vivir and plurinationalism
UK: Measuring National Wellbeing
US: Chasing the American Dream
New Zealand: The Waitangi Tribunal and Te Kupenga
South Korea: ì?°ë¹? Wel-bing and wellbeing
International transfer of ideas: EU, UN, OECD

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 & Teaching activities	22	11 x 2 hour seminars
Guided independent study	30	Preparation for seminars (30 hours)
Guided independent study	45	Reading set texts (30 hours) and secondary material (15 hours)
Guided independent study	53	Assessment (53 hours)

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