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Politics
The Politics and Policies of Youth Engagement
Module POL3275 for 2021/2
Module POL3275 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3275: The Politics and Policies of Youth Engagement
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover for example the following topics:
- The decline of democracy; which ‘democracy’ and why?
- The challenges and opportunities in the measurement and conception of participation
- Alternative, alienated and apathetic: causes and consequences of youth disengagement
- Young People’s Politics: Brexit, the Climate Crisis, Inequality, Protest and Political Literacy
- Comparative approaches: central policy responses to youth disengagement in the UK and EU, with a focus on civic education and the rise of deliberative democracy
- Global participation; with a focus on the MENA region post ‘Arab spring’ and the contemporary protests in Asia
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 | 11 x 2-hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 50 | Private study; reading and preparing for seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 78 | Preparation for assessments; including researching and collating relevant sources; planning the structure and argument; writing up the essay and constructing the research brief |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).