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The Encyclopaedia of Democratic Thought (Clarke and Foweraker), was edited by members of the Department and all staff regularly contribute to major journals covering politics in Britain, Europe, the EU, the United States, Russia, Eastern Europe, the developing areas and political theory. Most of our staff act as expert referees to major journals. Additionally, we host the British Journal of Political Science (edited by David Sanders, Sarah Birch, Kristan Skrede Gleditsch and Hugh Ward).


The fact that we are an unusually large, varied, highly productive and cosmopolitan department has a direct bearing on our undergraduates. Our staff are working at the frontiers of knowledge in normative and empirical political science, and are part of the discipline’s latest developments. You can leave Essex knowing that you have been taught by teachers and researchers at the forefront of their field.


How are the courses


structured? All our courses offer the opportunity to learn about political systems, political behaviour, and political ideas, as well as to provide specialised training in the development of key skills in problem-solving, analytical thinking, exposition and argumentation, data analysis and clear writing.


BA Politics provides a thorough training in all major areas of political science. It endeavours to train you in the use of modern techniques of research, to familiarise you with the most important concepts of political theory and to introduce you to comparative study. You can develop your interests in a wide variety of specialist areas and regions of the subject through a range of optional modules. The course thus offers flexible pathways through which you can best meet your academic needs.


BA International Relations provides you with the knowledge and skills to analyse key aspects of the increasingly interdependent and global world, including political and economic integration, the role of international governmental organisations and the strategic interaction between nation states. The course combines the latest


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developments in political analysis with theories of international relations, while providing ample space for you to develop specialised knowledge of regions such as the ‘wider’ Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia.


BA International Development focuses on the interconnected processes of social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental change taking place in developing countries. The course is designed to provide a comparative perspective on the long-term social, political and economic changes that have accompanied industrialisation and the growth of the modern state in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and in the former Soviet Union. The course also emphasises a global perspective on the process of change and development, the theoretical issues related to growth and development, critical analysis of the role of internal and external influences on the development process, and current applications.


The core module for this course is Politics of Development: Sustainable Development and Africa, which provides an overview of contemporary development theories and the key issues that developing countries face. It will critically examine the different ways of thinking about the Third World and explore the various perspectives on human development and human security.


These courses are attractive to anyone seeking the highest possible training, knowledge and understanding in politics, combined with the learning skills that extend beyond the confines of the undergraduate experience.


Joint courses You may like to combine the study of politics with another subject, including economics, history, human rights, law, modern languages, philosophy and sociology. Along with the partner departments and centres for these joint courses, we make a special effort to


ensure that there is linkage between the various parts of the course. Many of these courses have modules tailored to the needs of joint course students, so that specialisms developed in the subjects can be brought to bear on topics of common interest.


Can I study abroad? We offer international exchange variants for the following courses: BA Politics; BA International Relations; BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics; and BA Economics and Politics. These courses will enable you to broaden your understanding of the subject by studying at a partner institution in the EU or in the rest of the world, as the third year of a four-year course. For further information, please visit: www.essex.ac.uk/government.


What core modules


will I take? Introduction to Politics will seek to introduce you to the real world of politics and to the academic study of politics, through a detailed exploration of the theory and practice of democracy. The module deals with the arguments for and against democracy, different forms or ‘styles’ of democracy, contemporary processes of democratisation, and how different democratic countries work in practice.


Introduction to International Relations examines international politics since the early twentieth century. It deals with the major conflicts (the World Wars and the Cold War), the creation of a multipolar world (the phenomena of regionalism and the collapse of the Soviet Union), and the changing nature of international politics (including the spread of global democracy).


Politics of Development: Sustainable Development and Africa examines all of the issues that plague countries in the Third World, with a special attention to the politics of Sub-Saharan Africa. In


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