GV150-4-SP-CO:
Politics and Power
2015/16
Government
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
15
05 April 2013
Requisites for this module
(none)
(none)
GV151
(none)
(none)
BA L200 Politics,
BA L201 Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA L202 Politics (Including Foundation Year),
BA L203 Politics (Including Placement Year)
Modern governments possess an enormous amount of power over their citizens. How should that power be used? Should citizens be free to use drugs? Should the rich be protected in passing their wealth to their children? Should private property be abolished? Ought the state to permit same-sex marriages? Should the police have greater surveillance powers? Should educated citizens' votes count for more? Should the government draft its citizens to its military and send them to stop genocide abroad? This module will enable students to develop their own positions on these complex policy debates by investigating the deeper questions of political philosophy that underlie them. Readings by contemporary normative political theorists will be integrated with canonical work by Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill, and Marx.
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No additional information available.
1 x 1 hour lecture per week, 1 x 1 hour class per week
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
First Weekly Reading Response |
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| Coursework |
Second Weekly Reading Response |
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| Coursework |
Third Weekly Reading Response |
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| Coursework |
Essay 1 |
|
35% |
| Coursework |
Fourth Reading Response |
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| Coursework |
Fifth Weekly Reading Response |
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| Coursework |
Sixth Weekly Reading Response |
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| Coursework |
Seventh Weekly Reading Response |
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| Coursework |
Eighth Weekly Reading Response |
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| Coursework |
Essay 2 |
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40% |
| Coursework |
GV150: REASSESSMENT ONLY |
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| Practical |
Participation |
|
5% |
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
Laura Montanaro plus Teaching Assistants
Laura Montanaro, email lmonta@essex.ac.uk
Becky Fray, email rfray@essex.ac.uk
Yes
Yes
No
No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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