Index of courses in the Department of Government

Please note: some of the courses listed below are not available each year. Availability will be indicated after the course title as information becomes available. Further changes may occur before the start of your course.

This page was last updated on: 15 February 2011

Undergraduate courses

• GV100 Introduction to Political Theory
• GV101 Introduction to Political Science
• GV225 Public Choice and Politics
• GV227 The Politics of Economic Policy
• GV262 Contemporary Political Theory
• GV263 Public Policy Analysis
• GV264 Politics and Institutions in Europe
• GV265 States, Nations and Empires
• GV302 Key Themes in the History of Political Thought
• GV310 Democracy and Democratisation
• GV314 Empirical Research in Government
• GV350 Theories and Problems of Nationalism
• GV351 Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union

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Graduate courses

• GV403 Network Regulation
• GV405 Methods in Political Theory - Seminar
• GV408 Contemporary Disputes about Justice
• GV427 Democracy in East and South Asia
• GV432 Government and Politics in China
• GV436 National and Ethnic Conflict Regulation
• GV439 Government and Politics in Eastern Europe
• GV441 States and Markets
• GV442 Globalization and Democracy
• GV443 The State and Political Institutions in Latin America
• GV444 Democracy and Development in Latin America
• GV450 European Politics: Comparative Analysis
• GV454 Parties, Elections and Governments
• GV460 Politics and Policy in Britain (Not running 2010/11)
• GV465 War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination
• GV467 Introduction to Comparative Politics
• GV476 Twentieth-Century European Liberal Thought (Not running 2010/11)
• GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change
• GV478 Political Science and Public Policy
• GV479 Nationalism
• GV481 Political Science and Political Economy
• GV482 Political Science and Political Economy: Advanced Topics
• GV483 Public Management Theory and Doctrine
• GV488 Law and Politics of Regulation
• GV494 Public Management: A Strategic Approach (Not running 2010/11)
• GV498 Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Citizenship
• GV499 Dissertation
• GV4A2 Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities
• GV4A3 Social Choice Theory and Democracy (Not running 2010/11)
• GV4A4 From Empire to Globalization
• GV4A5 Public Policy Responses to International Migration
• GV4A8 Nationalist Conflict, Political Violence and Terrorism
• GV4B3 MPA Capstone Project (1.5 units)
• GV4B4 MPA Dissertation
• GV4B6 Kant's Political Philosophy
• GV4B7 The Liberal Idea of Freedom (Not running 2010/11)
• GV4B8 The Politics of Civil Wars (Taught in LT for 2010/11)
• GV4B9 The Second Europe
• GV4C2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Totalitarianism
• GV4C4 Legislative Politics: US (Not running 2010/11)
• GV4C5 Politics of Economic Policy (Not running 2010/11)
• GV4C6 Legislative Politics: European Parliament
• GV4C7 Warfare and National Identity (Not running 2010/11)
• GV4C8 Game Theory for Political Science
• GV4C9 Democratization and its Discontents in Southeast Asia
• GV4D2 Social Theory and Political Commitment: the case of Max Weber and Nationalism (Not running 2010/11)
• GV4D3 Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization and Decentralization
• GV4D4 Comparative Politics of Redistribution in Advanced Democracies
• GV4D5 Group Working and Leadership
• GV4D7 Dilemmas of Equality
• GV4E1 Comparative Democratization
• GV4E2 Capitalism and Democracy
• GV4E3 Conflict and State-Building (Taught in MT 2010-11)
• GV4E4 Public Budgeting and Financial Management
• GV4E6 Human Security (Not running 2010/11)
• GV4E7 Islamic Republic of Iran: Society, Politics, the Greater Middle East (Not running 2010/11)
• GV4E8 Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies
• GV4E9 Approaches and Issues in Public Policy and Administration
• GV4F1 The Political Philosophy of John Locke
• GV4F2 Popular Politics in the Middle East (Not running 2010/11)
• GV4F3 Russia's Transformation. From Post-Communist Change to Authoritarian Rule (Named changed to Russian Federation: Politics, Transformation and Governance) (Not running 2010/11)
• GV4F5 Advanced Study of Key Political Thinkers
• GV4F7 The Political Theory of Jurgen Habermas
• GV4F8 Institutions in the Global Economy
• GV4F9 The Politics of sub-Saharan Africa
• GV4G1 Applied Quantitative Methods for Political Science

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PhD courses

• GV500 Doctoral Programme Seminar
• GV501 Doctoral Workshop: Political Theory
• GV503 Political Philosophy Research Seminar
• GV505 Research Design in Political Science
• GV510 Ethnicity and Nationalism Research Workshop
• GV511 Scope and Theory in the Study of Politics
• GV512 Research Design: Comparative, Case Study and Historical Approaches
• GV513 Qualitative Methods in the Study of Politics
• GV514 Political Science and Political Economy Doctoral Workshop
• GV515 Researching People, Politics and Organisations
• GV516 Global Politics, Human Security and Governance Doctoral Workshop
• GV555 Political Economy and Public Policy Workshop

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