Political Science - Governance and Public Policy Pathway (Standard Route) MA
ObjectivesThis programme offers an opportunity to explore some of the key political science and public policy issues of the 21st century. These include examination of the nature and problems of policy making in the contemporary world; how in a globalised world public decision making can be constructed in a way that delivers legitimacy and effective capacity to act; and the impact of governance arrangements on policy outcomes and the relationship between the state and citizens. It also involves in the modules on offer an opportunity to apply insights gleaned in a variety of contemporary settings.
Entry requirementsThe programme will appeal to those interested in governance and policy making at any level: neighbourhood, local, national, European and global. It will provide a base for employment in a range of sectors from public service employment at the cutting edge, through corporate responsibility units in the private sector to a variety of non-profit organisations. Students will also benefit from a close connection to the Institute of Political and Economic governance (IPEG). The University established the Institute in Autumn 2002 and its aim is to provide a major focus for research as well as practitioner and academic exchange over governance issues.
Academic titlePolitical Science - Governance and Public Policy Pathway (Standard Route) MA
Course descriptionYou take 2 core courses in Understanding Governance and Governance and the Welfare State and two compulsory courses 1. Advanced Research in Politics and 2. Dissertation Research Design
You then choose a minimum of two courses from the Pathway Specific Module Choices and a maximum of two modules from the Politics Wide Optional Modules.
Module details
2 Compulsory Core Modules:
Understanding Governance: Policy Making in the 21 st Century.
Governance and the Welfare State
And two compulsory courses
Advanced Research in Politics
Dissertation Research Design
Governance and Public Policy Pathway Specific Modules:
Business and Politics in New Europe
Political Parties in Contemporary Britain
Democracy: Theory and Practice
Analysis of European Politics and Policy
The European Union: Politics and Policy-Making
Post Modern Thinkers: Politics and Policy
Rhetoric in Public Policy
You then choose a maximum of two modules from the Politics Wide Optional Modules
Theories of Rights
Feminism and Political Theory
Justice and Pluralism
Global Justice
Rational Politics
Gender, International Relations and International Political Economy