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Introduction to Politics
Beginner
Online
8 Weeks
900 INR Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | Futurelearn |
The Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Political Science
- Political Philosophy
- Critical Theory
- Weekly Wrap Up
Key Ideas and Their Foundations
- Welcome to Week 2
- Understanding through theories/models
- Politics as where?
- Politics as how?
- Power
- Assessment
- Weekly wrap up
Governments, Regimes and the State
- Welcome to Week 3
- Classification and Comparison
- Aristotle's 'Classical' Typology
- Contemporary Typologies
- The State
- Weekly Wrap Up
Political Ideologies
- Introduction to Week 4
- Liberalism
- Conservatism
- Socialism
- Four Waves of Feminism
- Assessment
- End of Course 1
Democracy
- Welcome to Week 1
- Conceptualising Democracy
- Classical and Protective Democracy
- Developmental Democracy
- People's Democracy
- Weekly Wrap Up
Machinery of Government
- Week 2 Introduction
- Constitutions
- The Legislature
- The Executive
- The Judiciary
- Assessment
- Weekly Wrap Up
Political Economy and Globalisation
- Political Economy and Globalisation
- What is political about the economy?
- Enterprise and Social Capitalism
- Statist Responses
- Globalisation
- Weekly Wrap Up
Identity Politics
- Identity Politics
- Class analysis
- Economic Individualism
- Typologies of Individuals
- The Critique of Identity Politics
- Assessment
- Weekly Wrap Up