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Introduction to State, Economy & Society - POL00018I

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  • Department: Politics
  • Module co-ordinator: Information currently unavailable
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: I
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
    • See module specification for other years: 2021-22

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2022-23

Module aims

This text-based module examines the subject of the study of Politics - the state - and investigates its relationship to law, society, economy, class,and revolution in theoretical and analytical terms.

Module learning outcomes

The module has five main objectives:

  • To develop an appreciation of the key issues of modern state theory;
  • To introduce competing theories of the state;
  • To analyse the trajectory of the political in the context of globalisation;
  • To investigate the emergence of new spaces of political power;
  • To develop skills of pulling together insights from different disciplines - politics, economics, sociology, and law.

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Essay 2000 words		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Essay 2000 words		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Students will receive written timely feedback on their formative assessment. They will also have the opportunity to discuss their feedback during the module tutor?s feedback and guidance hours.

Students will receive written feedback on their summative assessment no later than 20 working days after submission; and the module tutor will hold a specific session to discuss feedback, which students can also opt to attend. They will also have the opportunity to discuss their feedback during the module tutor?s regular feedback and guidance hours.

Indicative reading

Brenner, N. (2004), New State Spaces, OUP, Oxford.

Clarke, S. (1991) The State Debate, Palgrave, London.

Cox, K. R. (1997), Spaces of Neoliberalism, Blackwell, Oxford.

Cristi, R. (1998), Carl Schmitt and Authoritarian Liberalism, Wales University Press, Cardiff.

Harvey, D. (2006). Spaces of global capitalism. London, Verso.

Hayek, F. (1944), The Road to Serfdom, Routledge, London.

Marx, K. and Engels F. (1848) The Communist Manifesto, various editions.

Weber, M (1994) Political Writings, ed. by Lassman, P., and R. Speirs, CUP, Cambridge.


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