GV120-4-AU-CO:
Politics and Economic Policies
2015/16
Government
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
15
05 April 2013
Requisites for this module
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This module provides an introduction to political economics. It concentrates on the link between economic policy and political processes. The module approaches these topics from a scientific perspective and uses a rational choice framework to model the beliefs, understand the incentives, and explain the actions of economic and political actors. Substantively, the module explores how voters, in theory, should shape the implementation of economic policy and why this does not necessarily happen in practice. In other words, we will explore why economic policy is not always determined by voters but rather by the preferences of politicians and private market forces, both legal and illegal.
The module is made of a two-hour long interactive lecture. It is crucial that you do the readings assigned for each lecture as it is expected that students will participate in discussions.
This module is a key module for the BA in Political Economics. It is open to all undergraduate students in the Department of Government and serves as a good complement to our module Institutions of Democracy (GV121). It is also provides and excellent foundation to the more advanced, third year module in Political Economy (GV307).
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1 x 2 hour seminar per week
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Assignment 1 |
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25% |
| Coursework |
Assignment 2 |
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25% |
| Coursework |
Assignment 3 |
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25% |
| Coursework |
Assignment 4 |
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25% |
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GV120: REASSESSMENT ONLY |
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Gina Reinhardt plus Teaching Assistants
Dr Gina Reindhard, gmyrei@essex.ac.uk
Becky Fray, email rfray@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Kaat Smets
Royal Holloway, University of London
Lecturer in Politics
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
Government
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