Module Descriptors
MODERN POLITICAL IDEAS
HIPO40304
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 4
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 50%
- ASSIGNMENT - SECOND ASSIGNMENT weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Texts
Heywood, A. Political Ideologies: An Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan, 4th Edn., 2007.
Lynch, Jack Simon Bolivar: A Life Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, 2007.
Sperber, Jonathan Revolutionary Europe 1750-1850, Longman, Harlow, 2000.
Vincent, Andrew Modern Political Ideologies, Wiley Blackwell, Chichester, 3rd edn. 2010.
Lynch, Jack Simon Bolivar: A Life Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, 2007.
Sperber, Jonathan Revolutionary Europe 1750-1850, Longman, Harlow, 2000.
Vincent, Andrew Modern Political Ideologies, Wiley Blackwell, Chichester, 3rd edn. 2010.
Module Learning Strategies
The lectures introduce the main themes and arguments of the module content developing definitions, comparisons and contrasts of modern political ideas. The seminars provide for follow-up discussion of the themes from the lectures and some analysis of primary source extracts and video extracts and guidance on research. The independent study element should be used for background reading, reading for the seminars, and preparation of the written assignments.
Module Resources
Recommended Library books and journals and dvd's in the University library, and use of online resources.
Internet access and data projection in lectures if available.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Internet access and data projection in lectures if available.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Module Indicative Content
The module focuses on political ideas as normative ideologies and in historical formation, c.1770-1870. It focuses on key thinkers and movements in the context of aspects of American, Latin American, British and European history. Political ideas that may be covered include liberalism, conservatism, republicanism, nationalism, socialism and feminism. The module draws on the historical context that may include the American and French revolutions, the Napoleonic period, early C19 liberalism and nationalism in Latin America and Europe, the European revolutions of 1848, and the American Civil War. The aim is to provide a clear delineation of political ideologies that are influential in modern history through an examination of the internal organisation of the ideologies and their historical origins and development.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Assignment - First Assignment [Learning outcomes 1-4] (Normative assignment)
Assignment - Second Assignment [Learning outcomes 1-4] (Historical assignment)
Assignment - Second Assignment [Learning outcomes 1-4] (Historical assignment)