GV100-4-FY-CO:
Introduction to Politics
2017/18
Government
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
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Requisites for this module
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BA L900 International Development,
BA L901 International Development (Including Year Abroad),
BA L902 International Development (Including Placement Year),
BA VL12 Modern History and International Relations,
BA VL14 Modern History and International Relations (Including Placement Year),
BA VL18 Modern History and International Relations (Including Foundation Year),
BA VL1F Modern History and International Relations (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV21 Modern History and Politics,
BA LV22 Modern History and Politics (Including Placement Year),
BA LV28 Modern History and Politics (Including Foundation Year),
BA LV2C Modern History and Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV25 Philosophy and Politics,
BA LV2H Philosophy and Politics (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA LV2M Philosophy and Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV8M Philosophy and Politics (Including Foundation Year),
BA L200 Politics,
BA L201 Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA L202 Politics (Including Foundation Year),
BA L203 Politics (Including Placement Year),
BA L219 Politics with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA L2M9 Politics with Human Rights,
BA LFM9 Politics with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA LL23 Sociology and Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA LL24 Sociology and Politics (Including Placement Year),
BA LL32 Sociology and Politics,
LLB ML14 Law with Politics (Including Year Abroad),
LLB ML15 Law with Politics (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML16 Law with Politics,
BA P580 Journalism and Politics,
BA P581 Journalism and Politics (Including Placement Year),
BA P582 Journalism and Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA L225 Politics and International Relations,
BA L226 Politics and International Relations (Including Year Abroad),
BA L227 Politics and International Relations (Including Placement Year)
This module is designed to provide you with an introduction to political science and to politics. The module consists of four parts: democracy and democratisation; political behaviour; political institutions; political outcomes. We will also introduce some practical aspects of political science, such as methods used to study political systems, reading and interpreting political science articles, and writing political science essays.
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1 hour lecture per week plus 1 hour class per week.
- EBSCOhost ebook collection. (c1971) The logic of collective action: public goods and the theory of groups, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. vol. Harvard economic studies
- Tsebelis, George. (1999-09) Veto Players and Law Production in Parliamentary Democracies: An Empirical Analysis. vol. 93
- Golder, Matt. (2003-05) Explaining Variation In The Success Of Extreme Right Parties In Western Europe. vol. 36
- Rogowski, Ronald. (1987-12) Political Cleavages and Changing Exposure to Trade. vol. 81
- Golder, Sona Nadenichek. (2017) Principles of comparative politics, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE/CQ Press.
- Przeworski, Adam. (2007-11) Authoritarian Institutions and the Survival of Autocrats. vol. 40
- EBSCOhost ebook collection. (2006) Party policy in modern democracies, New York: Routledge. vol. 19
- ebrary, Inc. (2002) Veto players: how political institutions work, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
- Rodrik, Dani. (2001-03) Trading in Illusions.
- EBSCOhost ebook collection. (c2003) The logic of political survival, Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
- Olson, Mancur. (1965) The logic of collective action: public goods and the theory of groups, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. vol. Harvard economic studies
- Samuels, David. (2010-12) Inequality and Democratization: A Contractarian Approach. vol. 43
- PAPE, ROBERT A. (2003-8) The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism. vol. 97
- Alasdair Roberts.The War We Deserve
Original text: Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, LLC.
- Tsebelis, George. (c2002) Veto players: how political institutions work, New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
- dawsonera. (1971) The logic of collective action: public goods and the theory of groups, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
- Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce. (c2003) The logic of political survival, Cambridge: MIT Press.
- EBSCOhost ebook collection. (2002) Comparing democracies 2: new challenges in the study of elections and voting, London: Sage.
- dawsonera. (2002) Comparing democracies 2: new challenges in the study of elections and voting, London: Sage.
- Norris, Pippa. (2008) Comparing democracies 2, London: Sage.
- Schultz, Kenneth A. (2016) World politics: interests, interactions, institutions, New York: W.W. Norton.
- Fearon, James D. (1995-6) Rationalist explanations for war. vol. 49
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course. The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students. Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Class Test 1 |
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20% |
| Coursework |
Class Test 2 |
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25% |
| Coursework |
Participation |
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5% |
| Coursework |
Essay Outline 1 |
|
5% |
| Coursework |
Essay 1 |
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20% |
| Coursework |
Essay Outline 2 |
|
5% |
| Coursework |
Essay 2 |
|
20% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 150 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Gina Reinhardt, email: gina.reinhardt@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Gina Reinhardt and Teaching Assistants
Module Supervisor: Dr Gina Reinhardt E: gina.reinhardt@essex.ac.uk
Module Administrator: Nicola Rowley
E: govquery@essex.ac.uk
Yes
Yes
No
No external examiner information available for this module.
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Of 182 hours, 181 (99.5%) hours available to students:
1 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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