This course is available on the 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. Students from BSc in Economics may also take the course with permission.
This course is available on the 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. Students from BSc in Economics may also take the course with permission.
This course is delivered through a combination of seminars and lectures totalling a minimum of 36 hours across the Lent and Summer Terms. This year, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of online and on-campus lectures and seminars. This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of LT.
Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the LT. 1500 word essay to be completed by end of reading week
Cox, G. (1987) The Efficient Secret, Cambridge University Press Berlinski, S., Dewan, T, and Dowding K. (2012) Accounting for Ministers: Scandal and Survival in British Government 1945-2007, Cambridge University Press Mclean, I (2002) Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric from and Manipulation from Peel to Blair, Oxford University Press Schonhardt-Bailey, C (2006)? From the Corn Laws to Free Trade: Interests, Ideas and Institutions in Historical Perspective, MIT Press
Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer exam period.