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.