Module Identifier IP32220  
Module Title MODERN POLITICAL THEORY  
Academic Year 2000/2001  
Co-ordinator Professor Howard Williams  
Semester Semester 1  
Course delivery Lecture   22 Hours 11 x 2 hour  
  Seminars / Tutorials   11 Hours 11 x 1 hour  
Assessment Exam   2 Hours   70%  
  Essay   1 x 2,000 word essay   30%  

Brief description
A discussion of the concept of ideology and a detailed analysis of specified ideologies, such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and anarchism.

Aims
The aims of this course are to introduce the student to the use and critical appraisal of some of the principal texts in political thought in the late modern era. This will be done through the study of the problem of ideology and the investigation of a distinct number of ideologies such as liberalism, nationalism, conservatism, fascism, socialism, and anarchism.

Objectives
To ensure that the student:

10 ECTS Credits

Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
A Vincent. Modern Political Ideologies.
G Goodwin. Using Political Ideas.