WHAT IS POLITICS?
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LECTURE 1: WHAT IS POLITICS? ..................................................................................................7
LECTURE 2: POLITICS DEGREE .....................................................................................................9
SEMINAR 1: THINKING ‘POLITICALLY’ .......................................................................................10
LECTURE 3: POPULISM ..............................................................................................................12
LECTURE 4: IRON LAW OF OLIGARCHY .....................................................................................15
SEMINAR 2: THE RISE OF THE TEA PARTY .................................................................................18
LECTURE 5: WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT AUSTERITY CUTS? (FOUNDATIONALIST
PERSPECTIVES) ..........................................................................................................................22
LECTURE 6: WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT AUSTERITY CUTS? (ANTI-
FOUNDATIONALIST PERSPECTIVES) ..........................................................................................24
SEMINAR 3: CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF AUSTERITY ..................................................................25
LECTURE 7: POLTICAL SCANDALS..............................................................................................28
LECTURE 8: POLITICS AND MEDIA.............................................................................................31
SEMINAR 4: EXPENSES SCANDALS ............................................................................................34
LECTURE 9: STUDY OF POLITICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE .........................................................35
LECTURE 10: CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL ...................................................................................39
SEMINAR 5: CLIMATE CHANGE .................................................................................................41
LECTURE 11: CAUSES OF TERRORISM .......................................................................................43
LECTURE 12: REPRESENTING TERRORISM ................................................................................46
SEMINAR 6: TERRORISM ...........................................................................................................49
LECTURE 13: CAUSES OF WARS ................................................................................................53
LECTURE 14: THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN WAR...............................................................................57
SEMINAR 7: WAR AND INTERVENTION ....................................................................................59
LECTURE 15: ESSAY WRITING....................................................................................................61
LECTURE 16: ESSAY APPROACHES AND REVISION ....................................................................65
SEMINAR 8: ESSAY ....................................................................................................................67
FORMATIVE ESSAY ....................................................................................................................70
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LECTURE 1: POLITICS AS POWER...............................................................................................79
LECTURE 2: THEORIES OF STATE POWER – PLURALISM ...........................................................83
SEMINAR 1: FACES OF POWER IN POLITICS ..............................................................................87
LECTURE 3: THEORIES OF STATE POWER – ELITISM ................................................................91
LECTURE 4: THEORIES OF STATE POWER – MARXISM.............................................................93
SEMINAR 2: PLURALISM AND ELITISM......................................................................................96
LECTURE 5: AUTHORITY AND BUREAUCRATIC POWER ........................................................ 100
LECTURE 6: PREPARATION FOR PRESENTATION................................................................... 105
SEMINAR 3: MARXISM ........................................................................................................... 110
LECTURE 7: THE NEW RIGHT AND THE CHALLENGES TO BURAUCRACY .............................. 112
LECTURE 8: FORMS OF STATE POWER – REGULATION......................................................... 113
SEMINAR 4: REGULATION ...................................................................................................... 114
LECTURE 9: FORMS OF STATE POWER – SURVEILLANCE ...................................................... 118
LECTURE 10: FORMS OF STATE POWER – NUDGE ................................................................ 119
SEMINAR 5: SURVEILLANCE AND NUDGE ............................................................................. 120
LECTURE 11: CHALLENGES TO STATE POWER – GLOBALIZATION ......................................... 123
LECTURE 12: CHALLENGES TO STATE POWER – ANTI-POLITICS ............................................ 128
SEMINAR 6: PRE-PRESENTATIONS ......................................................................................... 129
LECTURE 13: CHALLENGES TO STATE POWER – INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ................. 137
LECTURE 14: CHALLENGES TO STATE POWER – POST-MODERNISM .................................... 138
SEMINAR 7: GLOBALISATION ................................................................................................. 139
SEMINAR 8: ............................................................................................................................ 141
SEMINAR 1: ............................................................................................................................ 145
SEMINAR 2: ............................................................................................................................ 146
SEMINAR 3: ............................................................................................................................ 147
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Year 1
2017 – 2018
,WHAT IS POLITICS?
2
, WHAT IS POLITICS?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LECTURE 1: WHAT IS POLITICS? ..................................................................................................7
LECTURE 2: POLITICS DEGREE .....................................................................................................9
SEMINAR 1: THINKING ‘POLITICALLY’ .......................................................................................10
LECTURE 3: POPULISM ..............................................................................................................12
LECTURE 4: IRON LAW OF OLIGARCHY .....................................................................................15
SEMINAR 2: THE RISE OF THE TEA PARTY .................................................................................18
LECTURE 5: WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT AUSTERITY CUTS? (FOUNDATIONALIST
PERSPECTIVES) ..........................................................................................................................22
LECTURE 6: WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT AUSTERITY CUTS? (ANTI-
FOUNDATIONALIST PERSPECTIVES) ..........................................................................................24
SEMINAR 3: CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF AUSTERITY ..................................................................25
LECTURE 7: POLTICAL SCANDALS..............................................................................................28
LECTURE 8: POLITICS AND MEDIA.............................................................................................31
SEMINAR 4: EXPENSES SCANDALS ............................................................................................34
LECTURE 9: STUDY OF POLITICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE .........................................................35
LECTURE 10: CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL ...................................................................................39
SEMINAR 5: CLIMATE CHANGE .................................................................................................41
LECTURE 11: CAUSES OF TERRORISM .......................................................................................43
LECTURE 12: REPRESENTING TERRORISM ................................................................................46
SEMINAR 6: TERRORISM ...........................................................................................................49
LECTURE 13: CAUSES OF WARS ................................................................................................53
LECTURE 14: THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN WAR...............................................................................57
SEMINAR 7: WAR AND INTERVENTION ....................................................................................59
LECTURE 15: ESSAY WRITING....................................................................................................61
LECTURE 16: ESSAY APPROACHES AND REVISION ....................................................................65
SEMINAR 8: ESSAY ....................................................................................................................67
FORMATIVE ESSAY ....................................................................................................................70
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LECTURE 1: POLITICS AS POWER...............................................................................................79
LECTURE 2: THEORIES OF STATE POWER – PLURALISM ...........................................................83
SEMINAR 1: FACES OF POWER IN POLITICS ..............................................................................87
LECTURE 3: THEORIES OF STATE POWER – ELITISM ................................................................91
LECTURE 4: THEORIES OF STATE POWER – MARXISM.............................................................93
SEMINAR 2: PLURALISM AND ELITISM......................................................................................96
LECTURE 5: AUTHORITY AND BUREAUCRATIC POWER ........................................................ 100
LECTURE 6: PREPARATION FOR PRESENTATION................................................................... 105
SEMINAR 3: MARXISM ........................................................................................................... 110
LECTURE 7: THE NEW RIGHT AND THE CHALLENGES TO BURAUCRACY .............................. 112
LECTURE 8: FORMS OF STATE POWER – REGULATION......................................................... 113
SEMINAR 4: REGULATION ...................................................................................................... 114
LECTURE 9: FORMS OF STATE POWER – SURVEILLANCE ...................................................... 118
LECTURE 10: FORMS OF STATE POWER – NUDGE ................................................................ 119
SEMINAR 5: SURVEILLANCE AND NUDGE ............................................................................. 120
LECTURE 11: CHALLENGES TO STATE POWER – GLOBALIZATION ......................................... 123
LECTURE 12: CHALLENGES TO STATE POWER – ANTI-POLITICS ............................................ 128
SEMINAR 6: PRE-PRESENTATIONS ......................................................................................... 129
LECTURE 13: CHALLENGES TO STATE POWER – INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ................. 137
LECTURE 14: CHALLENGES TO STATE POWER – POST-MODERNISM .................................... 138
SEMINAR 7: GLOBALISATION ................................................................................................. 139
SEMINAR 8: ............................................................................................................................ 141
SEMINAR 1: ............................................................................................................................ 145
SEMINAR 2: ............................................................................................................................ 146
SEMINAR 3: ............................................................................................................................ 147
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