UKC - How Politics Works: From the Individual to an International Scale
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How Politics Works: From the Individual to an International Scale
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Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹900 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
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- Duration 4 weeks
- Weekly study 6 hours
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- This introductory course is designed to help you prepare for a degree in politics at degree level, or to introduce you to the basics of politics.
- You'll learn the basics of democracy, the machinery of government, and the political economy and globalization. Then we'll move on to identity politics, looking at class and economic individualism. You'll be introduced to some key texts, and given further reading to boost your learning.
- In the first week of this course, you'll explore the meaning and function of democracy, and learn how to identify and assess different models of democracy. You'll then apply your new knowledge in a debate on which model of democracy is the best, drawing on key texts and examples.
- In the second week, you'll learn about key parts of government, including constitutions, the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. You'll be recommended further reading, to bolster your learning and to prepare you for future study.
- In the latter stages of the course, you'll zoom out to look at how politics affects the economy, enterprise, social capitalism, and globalization. Debates here include whether students should pay for their own tuition.
- The last week of the course focuses on the individual role in politics. You'll look at class analysis, economic individualism and neoliberalism, and the impacts of economic individualism. The course will be rounded off with some more recommended further reading.
How Politics Works: From the Individual to an International Scale at FutureLearn Curriculum
How Politics Works: From the Individual to an International Scale
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Democracy
Welcome to Week 1
Conceptualising Democracy
Classical and Protective Democracy
Developmental Democracy
People's Democracy
Weekly Wrap Up
Machinery of Government
Week 2 Introduction
Constitutions
The Legislature
The Executive
The Judiciary
Assessment
Weekly Wrap Up
Political Economy and Globalisation
Political Economy and Globalisation
What is political about the economy?
Enterprise and Social Capitalism
Statist Responses
Globalisation
Weekly Wrap Up
Identity Politics
Identity Politics
Class analysis
Economic Individualism
Typologies of Individuals
The Critique of Identity Politics
Assessment
Weekly Wrap Up
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