Political Science - Governance and Public Policy Pathway (Standard Route) MA

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University of Manchester

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• Objectives
  This programme offers an opportunity to explore some of the key political science and public policy issues of the 21st century. These include examination of the nature and problems of policy making in the contemporary world; how in a globalised world public decision making can be constructed in a way that delivers legitimacy and effective capacity to act; and the impact of governance arrangements on policy outcomes and the relationship between the state and citizens. It also involves in the modules on offer an opportunity to apply insights gleaned in a variety of contemporary settings.
• Entry requirements
  The programme will appeal to those interested in governance and policy making at any level: neighbourhood, local, national, European and global. It will provide a base for employment in a range of sectors from public service employment at the cutting edge, through corporate responsibility units in the private sector to a variety of non-profit organisations. Students will also benefit from a close connection to the Institute of Political and Economic governance (IPEG). The University established the Institute in Autumn 2002 and its aim is to provide a major focus for research as well as practitioner and academic exchange over governance issues.
• Academic title
  Political Science - Governance and Public Policy Pathway (Standard Route) MA
• Course description
  You take 2 core courses in Understanding Governance and Governance and the Welfare State and two compulsory courses 1. Advanced Research in Politics and 2. Dissertation Research Design
  
  You then choose a minimum of two courses from the Pathway Specific Module Choices and a maximum of two modules from the Politics Wide Optional Modules.
  
  Module details
  
  2 Compulsory Core Modules:
  
  Understanding Governance: Policy Making in the 21 st Century.
  
  Governance and the Welfare State
  
  And two compulsory courses
  
  Advanced Research in Politics
  
  Dissertation Research Design
  
  Governance and Public Policy Pathway Specific Modules:
  
  Business and Politics in New Europe
  
  Political Parties in Contemporary Britain
  
  Democracy: Theory and Practice
  
  Analysis of European Politics and Policy
  
  The European Union: Politics and Policy-Making
  
  Post Modern Thinkers: Politics and Policy
  
  Rhetoric in Public Policy
  
  You then choose a maximum of two modules from the Politics Wide Optional Modules
  
  Theories of Rights
  
  Feminism and Political Theory
  
  Justice and Pluralism
  
  Global Justice
  
  Rational Politics
  
  Gender, International Relations and International Political Economy
  
  Post-Communist Transitions
  
  Global Governance
  
  Africa and Global Politics
  
  The Political Economy of Globalisation
  
  Media and International Crises
  
  The EU as an International Actor
  
  Perspectives on Contemporary China
  
  Human Rights in World Politics
  
  Ethics in World Politics
  
  Global Justice
  

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