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| PIR-30039 |
Political Parties I : Origins and Organisation |
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This module will cover the origin of political parties, their function in the process of government, their organisational development and modern analyses of party organisational change. It comprises the first semester of the Special Subject linked modules PIR 30035/30036 and is designed as a self-contained module for those who do not wish to proceed to the second semester of the Special Subject.
Political parties are central to the functioning of modern democracies. Since the beginning of democratic politics they have controlled government formation and policy-making. Over the course of their history, they have shown remarkable adaptive capacity, in that they have been able to adjust their organizational structure, their ideology, and their strategy to rapidly changing environments.
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These modules offer a concurrent, comparative analysis of political parties, party systems and elections in a number of West European states other than Britain. Their aims are primarily twofold: 1) to familiarise you with both classic and contemporary political science literature on the analysis of European parties, party systems and elections; 2) to ensure that you have a detailed empirical knowledge of these phenomena in a selection of western European states.
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Teaching format will be 10 weekly 2-hour seminars
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For PIR-30039 Political Parties I: Origins and Organization, your module mark will comprise the aggregate of the grades you obtain for two anonymous essays of 2,500 (min) to 3,000 (max.) words submitted during the autumn semester.
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| 1: Essay weighted 50% |
ESSAY - 2500 WORDS
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| 2: Essay weighted 50% |
ESSAY - 2500 WORDS
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Version: (1.04S) Created: 04/Jun/2010
This document is the definitive current source of information about this module and supersedes any other information. |