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This module will introduce students to key concepts, debates, and findings in political science. Topics to be discussed include the state, elections, parties, legislatures, political executives, party systems, and political regime types. The module will discuss these topics with reference to democracies, non-democracies, and everything in between. Students will also be introduced to research design in political science, focusing on case selection, methods, data, and generalisability. Students will build on material covered in SESS0016 (鈥楿nderstanding Politics I: The Big Questions鈥�), but the focus will shift to the empirical (not theoretical) study of politics. We will explore how our knowledge of 鈥榟ow politics works鈥� is created, challenged, and changed. Weekly lectures are complemented by weekly tutorials.
Following completion of the module, students will be familiar with key debates in contemporary political science; will be familiar with different methodologies used in the study of political phenomena; and will be comfortable with reading, understanding, and critically engaging with political science research articles.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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