GV362 Half Unit
Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Prof Martin Lodge
Availability
This course is available on the BA in Social Anthropology, BSc in History and Politics, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (with a Year Abroad), BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and International Relations, BSc in Politics and Philosophy and BSc in Social Anthropology. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes. This course is not available to General Course students.
This course is capped at one group.
Requisites
Pre-requisites:
Students must have completed GV100 or GV101 before taking this course.
Course content
This course offers an advanced consideration of select key themes in the study of executive politics. It focuses on the changing conditions in which politics takes place (demographic change, sovereign debt crisis, environmental change and societal values) and considers how these changes impact on national executives.
Teaching
20 hours of seminars in the Winter Term.
This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Winter Term.
Formative assessment
Essay (1250 words)
Proposal
One formative essay (1,250 words) and project proposal for assessed essay component.
Indicative reading
Hood, C, The Blame Game, 2011; Carpenter, D, Reputation and Power, 2010; Honig, D, Mission Driven Bureaucrats, 2024; Lodge, M and Wegrich, K (eds) Executive Politics in Times of Crisis, 2012; Omand, D, How to survive a crisis, 2023.
Assessment
Exam (50%), duration: 120 Minutes in the Spring exam period
Essay (50%, 1500 words) in Spring Term Week 1
Key facts
Department: Government
Course Study Period: Winter Term
Unit value: Half unit
FHEQ Level: Level 6
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: 16
Average class size 2024/25: 16
Capped 2024/25: Yes(10)Course selection videos
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Personal development skills
- Leadership
- Self-management
- Team working
- Problem solving