This course is available on the BSc in Government, BSc in Government and Economics, BSc in Government and History, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students. This course is capped at two groups.?
This course is available on the BSc in Government, BSc in Government and Economics, BSc in Government and History, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students. This course is capped at two groups.
This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures totalling a minimum of 51 and a half hours across Michaelmas Term, Lent Term and Summer Term. Some or all of this teaching may be delivered through a combination of online and on-campus lectures and classes. There will be a reading week in Week 6 of both the MT and LT terms.
Students will be required to submit 2 unassessed essays in both the Michaelmas and Lent Terms.
R. Heffernan, P Cowley and C Hay Developments in British Politics 9, Palgrave Macmillan P. Norton, The British Polity, 5th Edition, London, Pearson Longman, 2010 M. Garnett and P. Lynch, Exploring British Politics, 2nd edition, London, Pearson Longman, 2009 R. A. W. Rhodes, Everyday Life in British Government, Oxford University Press, 2011 C. Hood, The blame game: spin, bureaucracy, and self-preservation in government, Princeton University Press, 2011
Exam (100%, duration: 3 hours) in the summer exam period.