Modules in Politics. Faculty of Economics and Social Science. University of the West of England. This module is concerned with different forms of government in theory and practice.
Theory is concerned with the ideas offered in defence of democracy or dictatorship.
The aim of this module is to introduce students to the study of politics by examining politics at a level beyond that of the nation state. Politics at the international level will be considered by studying international institutions, actors and issues. The aim of this module is to provide students with a toolkit which will equip them for further study in politics - particularly those independent study elements which are incorporated in Level 3 modules. In essence, it will be concerned with the lenses which political scientists use as ways of filtering out information to be gathered from a large universe of so-called 'facts'. You will develop an understanding of the manner in which academic ideas circulate and will to be able to appraise the different traditions of explanation in political science as well as having a grounding in basic empirical knowledge.