| Module Identifier |
GGM1130 |
| Module Title |
POLITICS, PEOPLE AND PLACE |
| Academic Year |
2002/2003 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr Michael J Woods |
| Semester |
Semester 1 |
| Other staff |
Dr Luke C Desforges, Professor Mark A Goodwin, Dr Martin R Jones, Dr Rhys A Jones |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 11 x 1.5 hrs (as part of 3 hour sessions) |
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Seminars / Tutorials | 11 x 1.5 hrs (as part of 3 hour sessions) |
| Assessment |
Semester Assessment | Course Work: 1 long essay (max 4,000 words) | 50% |
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Semester Assessment | Course Work: 2 essays (max 2,000 words each - 20% each) | 40% |
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Semester Assessment | Presentation: | 10% |
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Supplementary Assessment | Students will have to resubmit any component of the above which they fail to complete to a satisfactory standard. | |
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to
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demonstrate a critical appreciation of the spatial aspects of political processes
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critically discuss and evaluate theories of power, politics, identity and place
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relate contemporary political events to wider spatial and political processes
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draw on a wide range of geographical, political and sociological literature to develop academic arguments
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demonstrate competence in individual study, oral discussion, team-working and written presentations.
Brief description
This core module will introduce students to the relations between politics, people and place. It will explore how politics are constructed and practiced through places; how place-specific identitities inform political movements; how place shapes political processes, voting patterns and power structures; and how the definition, development and regulation of places are contested through political action.
Content
Introduction
Course philosophy and approach
Section 1 : The Politics of Place
1. Place, locality and region
2. Landscapes of power
3. Community power and local politics
Section 2 : Place and Indentity
4. Regional Movements
5. Nationalism
6. Place, social movements and resistance
Section 3 : Contesting Place
7. Contesting the city
8. Contesting the country
9. The politics of place consumption
Section 4 : The Geography of Politics
10. Electoral geography
11. Place, culture and separatism
Reading Lists
Books
Radcliffe S. (1993)
Viva: Womena dn Popular Protest in Latin America.
Zukin S. (1991)
Landscapes of Power.
Cooke P. (1989)
Localities.
Judge D, Stoker G and Wolman H. (1995)
Theories of urban politics.
McCrone D. (1998)
The Sociology od Nationalism.
Articles
Paasi A. (1991)
Deconstructing regions: notes on the scales of spatial life. Environment and Planning 23
Mormont M. (1987)
The emergence of rural struggles and their ideological effects. International Journal of Urban & Regional Research 7
Woods M. (1998)
Researching rural conflicts: hunting, local politics and actor-networks. Journal of Rural Studies 14