Week 01 The World of Politics
Week 02 Why Are Some Countries Democratic?
Week 03 Varieties of Dictatorship
Week 04 Political Science Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative
Week 05 Political Preferences, Ideologies, and Dimensions
Week 07 Voting Behaviour: Expressive or Strategic?
Week 08 Political Parties: Convergence or Polarisation?
Week 09 How Electoral Systems Shape Political Behaviour
Week 10 Holding Politicians Accountable: Problems of Information and Manipulation
Week 11 Interest Groups and Social Movements: Why Mobilise?
Class Slides | Class Handout | Task Materials
Week 12 How Government Works: Majorities, Consensus, Agendas and Vetoes
Week 13 Regimes: Presidents, Ministers, and Parliaments
Class Slides | Class Handout | Essay Workshop Slides
Week 14 Cabinets, Coalitions, and Single-Party Governments
Class Slides | Class Handout | Task Materials | Task Results
Week 15 Levels of Government: Federalism and Decentralisation
Week 16 Independent Institutions: Courts and Central Banks
Week 18 Economic Performance
Class Slides | Class Handout | Task Materials
Week 19 Public Spending and Economic Inequality
Week 20 Women’s Political Representation
Week 21 Politics in Ethnically Divided Societies
Week 22 Revision and Exam Preparation
Joe Greenwood-Hau 