2017/8 - PPLI5046B EU'S FUTURE AS AN INTERNATIONAL ACTOR

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1 2017/8 - PPLI4055B GLOBAL POLITICS 2 Spring Semester, Level 4 module Organiser: Dr Adriana Sinclair Timetable Slot:C4, A1/A5/A8/B3/D3/B1 This module focuses on particular issues and debates in contemporary global politics. It can be taken as a stand-alone module, but it also builds on the ideas and concepts introduced in PPLI4056A: Global Politics I. It takes in debates related to power in the international system, such as US hegemony, the rise of China and the future of the EU. It engages with security issues, such as nuclear proliferation and global terrorism. It considers ethical issues such as human rights and humanitarian intervention, as well as considering transnational problems such as global finance, the global environment and global governance. 2017/8 - PPLI5046B EU'S FUTURE AS AN INTERNATIONAL ACTOR Organiser: Dr Vassiliki Koutrakou Timetable Slot:A4,A5 The module focuses on European political and economic co-operation and projections for the future. Issues include: the EU s attempts at foreign policy in international conflicts such as Iraq, former Yugoslavia, Georgia, co-operation with other International organisations, as an economic superpower vis-a-vis the United States, China and Japan, as aid-donor to the Developing World and a pioneering force behind environmental policy and energy policy - as a hesitant superpower in security and defence (Islamic State, Africa, Asia, etc.). It is advisable - but not compulsory - to know a few basics as to the make-up and workings of the EU before embarking on this module. 2017/8 - PPLI5056B INTERNATIONAL SECURITY Organiser: Dr Lee Jarvis Timetable Slot:D1*D5, A5/A6/A7/A8

2 This module explores issues within, and perspectives on, international security. In the first part of the module, we explore the continuing salience of violent conflict and the use of force in world politics. While some have theorised that the advent of globalisation and spread of liberal democracy would make the use of force and violent conflict less relevant to the world, war and conflict have remained an integral part of the international system. The module examines the ways in which violent conflict and the use of force are managed in world politics. It surveys a variety of perspectives on the causes of war and peace in order to examine the roots of violent conflicts and security problems in the present day. Additionally, the responses of the international community to violent conflict including terrorism will be explored, looking broadly at the contested notion of the Just War. Drawing upon historical and contemporary examples of war and violent conflict, it assesses the contributions of different actors and processes to the achievement of regional and world peace and security. The module s second part turns to contemporary critical debates around international security. These will include constructivist, feminist, and sociological perspectives on what security is, how it is achieved, and whether it is desirable. We will also investigate the host of seemingly new security challenges that have increasingly captured the attention of policymakers and academics. How useful is it to think of issues such as pandemics, environmental degradation, poverty, and undocumented migration as security issues? What is gained and what is lost by so doing? 2017/8 - PPLI5058B BRITAIN AND EUROPE Organiser: Dr Giulio Pagani Timetable Slot:D4,D5*D6/A3*B4 Brexit means Brexit. But what does Brexit mean and what are the public policy choices at stake? The UK s relationship with its continental European neighbours has historically been fraught with tension and difficulty. This module investigates and attempts to explain Britain s longstanding ambivalent attitude towards European integration and considers competing visions of Britain s post-war destiny. It tracks through an examination of internal debates in the political parties the UK s changing European policy from aloofness in the 1950s through the two half-hearted applications for membership in the 1960s to accession in 1973 and the development of its reputation as an awkward partner. It also examines the impact of EU membership on British politics and the British political system, and what may or may not happen over the next few years as a result of the 2016 referendum. This module is recommended for students who wish to apply in due course to take part in PPLI6087B: European Studies with Brussels Internship in Year /8 - PPLI5060B IN AND OUT: THE POLITICS OF MIGRATION

3 Organiser: Dr Alexandria Innes Timetable Slot:A1, D3/C4 This module will address the politics of migration and citizenship. It will provide students with a background to political thought on citizenship, membership and belonging. It will then examine migration at the international, state and individual levels. The international level will focus on historical movements of people (such as from Europe and Asia towards the Americas) and contemporary flows of refugees and guest workers. The state level will look comparatively at immigration and emigration policies and critically assess the logic behind them. Attention will be given to different countries in various regions for comprehensive comparative evaluation. Different types of migration will be considered, including economic (such as non-immigrant and immigrant work visas), family (such as spousal and family reunification visas) and humanitarian (refugees, asylum seekers, and special humanitarian protections). The politics of these migration categories will be foregrounded, including governmental tactics of management, how they comply or fail to comply with international human rights norms, and the foreign policy implications of humanitarian visas. Finally the individual level will consider narrative accounts of migration in order to understand policy and practice from a bottom-up and experiential perspective. Students will be encouraged to critically evaluate and analyse the politics of migration as manifest in the various policies and practices. 2017/8 - PPLI5161B POWER, WEALTH AND NATIONS: GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Organiser: Dr Elizabeth Cobbett Timetable Slot:C2, C3*D4/B9*B10/A8*D9 This module offers an introduction to Global Political Economy (GPE), understood to be both a field of study and an approach to understanding the world of International Relations. As a field of study, GPE encompasses the processes of trade, production, finance, the division of labour, development, the environment, gender, and ideas as they operate at and across all levels, from global to local. As an approach, GPE is rooted in classical political economy, in that it recognizes the mutually constitutive nature of politics and economics. This is seen not only in the ways that the political and economic influence each other, but also in accepting that the full reality of political processes, possibilities, and outcomes cannot be adequately comprehended without reflection on associated economic dynamics, and vice versa. The course provides an overview of various classical and modern theoretical perspectives within GPE. Weekly discussion groups facilitate discussion on the lecture themes, offer a space to ask questions, and allow students to engage with some important arguments in the field. 2017/8 - PPLI6040B TERRORISM AND COUNTER-TERRORISM

4 Organiser: Dr Lee Jarvis Timetable Slot:E2*E1,D4/B9/D7 Although the term terrorism goes back to the French revolution, it was rarely employed until the 1970 s. Contrast this with today when terrorism, it seems, is everywhere we look: in foreign policy decisions, military interventions, homeland security measures, legal frameworks, newspaper headlines, speeches and sermons, films and video games, and, of course, university modules such as this. In this module, we engage in a critical exploration of terrorism, counter-terrorism, and the academic field of terrorism research. We will begin by exploring the history of terrorism, and engage in debates around the definition and character of terrorist violence. Is it possible, necessary, or even desirable to separate terrorism from other forms of violence, for instance? The module will then introduce different perspectives on the causes, types and threat of non-state terrorism. This leads into an examination of a range of strategies for countering terrorism, and their political and normative implications. The module finishes by exploring the emergence and contribution of critical terrorism studies, examining issues including state terrorism, gender and terrorism, cultural representations of terrorism, and the production and influence of terrorism experts. 2017/8 - PPLM4001B INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL COMMUNICATION Spring Semester, Level 4 module Organiser: Dr Sally Broughton Micova and Project Timetable Slot:C7*C8,C1/C2/C3/D4/D5/D1/D2 This module fundamentally deals with ideas about the power of the media and the ways that various political actors use that power. It will examine this in terms of how political actors use the media in political communications. Students will cover ideas about media effects, branding in politics, and soft power in international relations, as well as the tools used by various political actors, such as political parties and resistance or civic movements. These will be discussed in relation to the roles of journalists and public opinion, communications in elections, as well national building and branding and the communication of transnational actors. Students will get practical experience analysing and producing communication strategies. 2017/8 - PPLM5001B POLITICS AND MEDIA

5 Organiser: Professor John Street Timetable Slot:C4B5,E4/B9/C5 Media is an inescapable part of contemporary political life. This module examines the many dimensions of media s political involvement. We start with arguments about media power, and then go on to look at questions of media bias, before turning to the ways in which political communication has changed (and is changing). We look at the role of the state in using and controlling media and the new techniques of media management - and at how digital media are changing the relationship between politics and media. This leads to a discussion about media effects. We end by asking what is meant by a democratic media and what the future might bring for the relationship of media and politics. This module links closely to Level 6 modules such as Issues in International Communication and Politics, and Politics and Popular Culture. 2017/8 - PPLM5002B POLITICAL VIOLENCE & CONFLICT: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Organiser: Dr Marina Prentoulis Timetable Slot:A6, A7*A8 Political violence, individual or collective is easily contemned as an irrational and barbaric phenomenon, with little relevance for understanding political developments and social change. A lot is down to LeBon s famous nineteenth century accounts of the crowd as a primitive being so destructive that the interests of the individual, even the interest of self preservation, will not dominate them (LeBon, 1995). The taboo of violence persists despite attempts of social and political theorists to engage with the issue and understand different forms and contexts, from riots, to religious violence and terrorism. The aim of the module is to break this generalized taboo by tracing the role (explicit or implicit) of political violence in political theory and its function in processes of socio-political transformations and change. Critical engagement with contemporary theoretical and empirical debates around the issue and the examination of mass and new media representations of political violence will enable students to develop a sophisticated understanding of the origins, logics, perceptions and outcomes of political violence and conflict. 2017/8 - PPLM5003B MEDIA, GLOBALISATION AND CULTURE Organiser: Dr Maria Kyriakidou

6 Timetable Slot:A6, C8*C9/D7*D8/A8*D9 The module introduces students to the role of media and communications in processes of globalisation with a particular focus on questions of cultural change. It discusses the cultural implications of global media images and cultural products by exploring audience practices and media representations in different contexts. The first weeks of the module introduce the main theoretical approaches to mediated globalisation. The rest of the module discusses and assesses these approaches by critically exploring the connections between global media products and cultural transformation; changes and continuities in audience practices around the world; and the potential of media representations to transform social interaction across geographical borders. 2017/8 - PPLM5042B THE MEDIA AND IDENTITY Organiser: Dr Ben Little and Project Timetable Slot:C3, D5*D6/D7*D8/E1*E2 Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches in the field of media and cultural studies, this module explores the relationship between media culture and social identities. Discussing the representation of identity in media content, as well as issues of media production, regulation and consumption, it critically reflects upon the relationship between media culture and social power and considers how social and technological changes impact on the ways in which identity is experienced in everyday life. On successful completion of this module, students should be able, at threshold level, to critically reflect upon the ways in which media texts construct social identity and should be able to discuss the relationship between media and identity with awareness for social, institutional and technological factors that shape both media production and consumption. 2017/8 - PPLM6042B SOUND AND SOCIETY Organiser: Professor John Street Timetable Slot:C5*C6*C7 This module explores the relationship between sound and society. While the focus is upon music (as soundtrack, as protest, as torture, as social management), the module also looks at

7 other forms of sound and their place in organising our sense of ourselves and our world. We consider ideas of noise pollution, the treatment of deafness, and recent debates about the value of silence. We draw on those writers who connect sound to their social and political theory (eg Plato, Rousseau, Adorno and Attali). 2017/8 - PPLM6061B CONSUMER CULTURE AND SOCIETY Organiser: Dr Helen Warner Timetable Slot:B2,B3*E4 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLM6062B This module seeks to critically examine consumer cultures within Euro-American societies. It understands consumer culture as a specific form of material culture that is not restricted to commerce, but is both an economic and cultural phenomenon. The themes explored as a part of the module will intersect with larger questions of identity, modernity and globalisation. The main aims of the module are to challenge previous claims that production determines consumption and engage with broader ideas about the negotiation of power, and how individuals use goods to construct their own cultural identities. 2017/8 - PPLM6062B CONSUMER CULTURE AND SOCIETY Organiser: Dr Helen Warner Timetable Slot:B2,B3*E4 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLM6061B This module seeks to critically examine consumer cultures within Euro-American societies. It understands consumer culture as a specific form of material culture that is not restricted to commerce, but is both an economic and cultural phenomenon. The themes explored as a part of the module will intersect with larger questions of identity, modernity and globalisation. The main aims of the module are to challenge previous claims that production determines consumption and engage with broader ideas about the negotiation of power, and how individuals use goods to construct their own cultural identities. This is the 20 credit variant of PPLM6061B. This module is ONLY available to Visiting students and students studying on the U1Q9N Intercultural Communication with Business Management. 2017/8 - PPLM6074B ANALYSING MEDIA DISCOURSES

8 Organiser: Professor Andreas Musolff Timetable Slot:E1*E2 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLM6075B The module focuses on the qualitative analysis of political discourse in the press, TV and computer-mediated communication. Specifically we investigate how topics such as International Relations, EU politics, immigration and climate change are construed and interpreted by the media, and how this "social construction of reality" impacts on agendaformation in public opinion and political decision taking. The methods we adopt include Systemic-Functional Linguistics, Cognitive Semantics and Multimodal Analysis. The aim of the module is to bring together theory and hands-on analysis and research in media products. 2017/8 - PPLM6075B ANALYSING MEDIA DISCOURSES Organiser: Professor Andreas Musolff Timetable Slot:E1*E2 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLM6074B The module focuses on the qualitative analysis of political discourse in the press, TV and computer-mediated communication. Specifically we investigate how topics such as International Relations, EU politics, immigration and climate change are construed and interpreted by the media, and how this "social construction of reality" impacts on agendaformation in public opinion and political decision taking. The methods we adopt include Systemic-Functional Linguistics, Cognitive Semantics and Multimodal Analysis. The aim of the module is to bring together theory and hands-on analysis and research in media products. This module is a 20 credit version of PPLM6074B Analysing Media Discourses. THIS 20 CREDIT VERSION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO VISITING, EXCHANGE NON-HUM STUDENTS AND PPL STUDENTS TAKING LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION COURSES. 2017/8 - PPLM6076B ACTIVIST CAMPAIGNING Organiser: Dr Ben Little Timetable Slot:U

9 This module is about practical engagement in non-party campaigning. It partners students with an external organisation to plan and conduct a real world campaign on a specific social, political or environmental issue. 2017/8 - PPLX5043B RUSSIA AND THE WORLD Organiser: Mr Andrew Patmore Timetable Slot:D1*A2,D2/A3 The aim of this module is to consider the relationship between domestic and foreign policy in post-soviet Russia. The module will start by studying Russian domestic politics and assess the extent to which President Putin has taken Russia back to Soviet-style dictatorship. We will then look at foreign policy, and concentrate on a number of case studies, including the wars in Georgia, Ukraine and Syria, and discuss whether Russia has become an expansionist and militaristic power which is a threat to stability in the world. 2017/8 - PPLX5051B DEMOCRACY Organiser: Dr Peter Handley Timetable Slot:B4*B6,B1*B2 This module considers how the concept of democracy has changed since it originated in ancient Greece and looks at the critiques of democracy advanced by its opponents. The ideas and values underpinning democracy will be examined. The first part of the module focuses on texts by the major democratic thinkers including Locke, Rousseau and Mill. The second part concentrates on contemporary theories of democracy and examines the problems which democracy currently faces and evaluates the solutions proposed, including "electronic democracy" and "cosmopolitan democracy". 2017/8 - PPLX5159B POWER AND SOCIETY Organiser: Mr Bob Stillwell

10 Timetable Slot:C5, C7/C8 This module introduces students to key perspectives in 19th & 20th century social and political theory. Central to this module is an interest in the relationship between economic, social and cultural structures and individual agency and identity. Areas explored include the following: social conflict and consensus; conceptions of power and domination; Marxism and neo-marxism; critical theory; structuralism; poststructuralism; ideology and discourse; postmodernity; the self and consumer society. 2017/8 - PPLX5162B COMPARATIVE POLITICS Organiser: Dr Chris Hanretty Timetable Slot:B7*B8, U The aim of this module is to enable students to develop understanding of political systems in advanced Western states. Students graduating from the module will be able to demonstrate: - critical understanding of the main theories, models and concepts applied in the analysis of political systems and their comparison - knowledge of national political systems and their institutional dynamics, political processes and debates concerning the emergence of new political regimes, the politics of territory, parties and party systems, political leadership, legislatures, interest groups, the state and public policy, and identity and citizenship; - critical awareness of current debates in comparative politics - key skills, including critical evaluation, analytical investigation, written presentation, and oral communication. 2017/8 - PPLX6025B THE CLASH OF FUNDAMENTALISMS Organiser: Professor Lee Marsden Timetable Slot:B6, B7*B8 The twenty first century has been marked by terrorism and religious tensions. Underlying these tensions are competing ideologies, different world views and widespread misunderstanding. In Europe we live in an increasingly secular society where religious literacy is at an all-time low. In this module we seek to address these issues of our time. This module examines the theo-political background of Islamism, Christian and Jewish

11 fundamentalism and its impact on global politics, religious and secular societies. The module will appeal to those seeking to understand more about religion, terrorism, security, gender, Israel-Palestine, media, Islamist thought, and the Christian right. 2017/8 - PPLX6064B AUSTRALIA THE LUCKY COUNTRY?: POLITICS, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY Organiser: Dr Peter Handley Timetable Slot:D6*D7*D8 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLX6068B This module examines the history, structures and key institutions of Australian government and their broader relationships with Australian society and culture. It has been argued Australia was manacled to its colonial past, and lacked innovation and proactivity. At the same time, the phrase, 'lucky country', has been used to project Australia as uniquely stable, politically, socially, and economically. Is this accurate? Some think so, attributing it to Australia's system of government: are they right? This module addresses such questions and, in its later stages, considers some of the challenges Australia faces, both internal such as multiculturalism and Aboriginality, and external, for example, regionalisation and globalisation. 2017/8 - PPLX6068B AUSTRALIA THE LUCKY COUNTRY?: POLITICS, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY Organiser: Dr Peter Handley Timetable Slot:D6*D7*D8 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLX6064B This module examines the history, structures and key institutions of Australian government and their broader relationships with Australian society and culture. It has been argued Australia was manacled to its colonial past, and lacked innovation and proactivity. At the same time, the phrase, 'lucky country', has been used to project Australia as uniquely stable, politically, socially, and economically. Is this accurate? Some think so, attributing it to Australia's system of government: are they right? This module addresses such questions and, in its later stages, considers some of the challenges Australia faces, both internal such as multiculturalism and Aboriginality, and external, for example, regionalisation and globalisation. This module is a 20-credit version of PPLX6064B Australia: Politics, Culture,

12 Society. THIS 20 CREDIT VERSION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO VISITING, EXCHANGE AND NON-HUM STUDENTS. 2017/8 - PPLX6072B MULTICULTURALISM Organiser: Mr Bob Stillwell Timetable Slot:A6,A7*A8 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLX6073B This module looks at the political implications of the rise of multicultural societies in Europe and North America since the end of World War II. (Canada is given consideration because of its importance to these debates both as a practical model as well as a source of influential theorists.) The aim is to introduce students to a range of contemporary theoretical perspectives on multiculturalism and facilitate critical assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of such approaches in the face of competing political discourses such as nationalism and alternative forms of liberalism. Theorists under examination will include; Parekh, Kymlicka, Levy, Taylor and Modood as well as major liberal alternative views; Barry, Rawls and Raz. Among the module themes the following will be addressed; group differentiated rights; institutional racism, Islamophobia, recognition vs toleration and cultural offence. The module will also look at divergent policies adopted within European states (eg: France and Germany) and give attention to the attempts to operationalize multiculturalism in the UK in particular via the Parekh Report. 2017/8 - PPLX6073B MULTICULTURALISM Organiser: Mr Bob Stillwell Timetable Slot:A6,A7*A8 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLX6072B This module looks at the political implications of the rise of multicultural societies in Europe and North America since the end of World War II. (Canada is given consideration because of its importance to these debates both as a practical model as well as a source of influential theorists.) The aim is to introduce students to a range of contemporary theoretical perspectives on multiculturalism and facilitate critical assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of such approaches in the face of competing political discourses such as nationalism and alternative forms of liberalism. Theorists under examination will include; Parekh, Kymlicka, Levy, Taylor and Modood as well as major liberal alternative views; Barry, Rawls and Raz. Among the module themes the following will be addressed; group differentiated rights; institutional racism, Islamophobia, recognition vs toleration and cultural

13 offence. The module will also look at divergent policies adopted within European states (eg: France and Germany) and give attention to the attempts to operationalize multiculturalism in the UK in particular via the Parekh Report. This module is a 20-credit version of PPLX6072B Multiculturalism. THIS 20 CREDIT VERSION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO VISITING, EXCHANGE AND NON-HUM STUDENTS. 2017/8 - PPLX6081B CAPITALISM AND ITS CRITICS Organiser: Dr Simon Curtis Timetable Slot:D9,E3*A4 Exam Paper(hrs):3 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLX6083B The aim of this module is to enable students to develop an understanding of capitalism and its political and social impact. Students graduating from the module will be able to demonstrate: - critical understanding of the main theories, models and concepts applied in the analysis of capitalism - critical understanding of normative debates about capitalism - knowledge of the arguments made by advocates and critics of capitalism, with an awareness of their strengths and weaknesses. 2017/8 - PPLX6083B CAPITALISM AND ITS CRITICS Organiser: Dr Simon Curtis Timetable Slot:D9,E3*A4 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLX6081B The aim of this module is to enable students to develop an understanding of capitalism and its political and social impact. Students graduating from the module will be able to demonstrate: - critical understanding of the main theories, models and concepts applied in the analysis of capitalism - critical understanding of normative debates about capitalism - knowledge of the arguments made by advocates and critics of capitalism, with an awareness of their strengths and weaknesses. This module is a 20 credit version of PPLX6081B Capitalism and its Critics. THIS 20 CREDIT VERSION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO VISITING, EXCHANGE AND NON-HUM STUDENTS. 2017/8 - PPLX6090B ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE

14 Organiser: Dr Toby James Timetable Slot:B3, D3*C4 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLX6091B In advance of the 2016 US Presidential election, Donald Trump claimed that the election would be 'rigged' against him. Following his surprise victory, the legitimacy of Trump's win was questioned because Hilary Clinton received over two million more votes. Trump responded by claiming that 3 million votes had been 'illegally cast'. How can we make sense of this? Was there really fraud? If so, how would we know? How could a system, in which the person who gets the most votes doesn't win, be democratic? Elections are the primary way in which citizens hold governments to account, obtain representation and allow direct decision making in referendums. They have been promoted worldwide by foreign powers and international organisations under the banner of 'democracy promotion'. However, problems such as those described above in the US, the millions of young people missing from the UK electoral registers, electoral violence in Zimbabwe, or vote-buying in India, undermine the democratic process. This module will provide students with a comprehensive account of how, when and why elections go wrong and what can be done to improve them based on the very latest, cutting edge research. They will be graduate equipped with key skills such as making evidence-based policy proposals. 2017/8 - PPLX6091B ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE Organiser: Dr Toby James Timetable Slot:B3, D3*C4 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLX6090B In advance of the 2016 US Presidential election, Donald Trump claimed that the election would be 'rigged' against him. Following his surprise victory, the legitimacy of Trump's win was questioned because Hilary Clinton received over two million more votes. Trump responded by claiming that 3 million votes had been 'illegally cast'. How can we make sense of this? Was there really fraud? If so, how would we know? How could a system, in which the person who gets the most votes doesn't win, be democratic? Elections are the primary way in which citizens hold governments to account, obtain representation and allow direct decision making in referendums. They have been promoted worldwide by foreign powers and international organisations under the banner of 'democracy promotion'. However, problems such as those described above in the US, the millions of young people missing from the UK electoral registers, electoral violence in Zimbabwe, or vote-buying in India, undermine the democratic process. This module will provide students with a comprehensive account of how, when and why elections go wrong and what can be done to improve them based on the very

15 latest, cutting edge research. They will be graduate equipped with key skills such as making evidence-based policy proposals. This is a 20 credit version of PPLX6090B 2017/8 - PPLX6097B DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE Organiser: Dr Alexander Brown Timetable Slot:B7*B8,E1*E2 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLX6098B The module examines one of the fundamental and enduring questions of normative political theory and applied ethics: who should get what and why? The module focuses on some of the leading contemporary theorists of distributive justice, including Rawls, Nozick, Dworkin, Elster, and Sen. As well as exploring macro questions of justice (e.g. What principles of justice for the basic institutions of society? Equality or sufficiency? Need or desert?) the module also spends time on a range of micro questions about just allocation (e.g. How should household chores be divided between men and women? On the basis of what criteria should scarce donor organs be distributed in hospitals?) In addition to this, the module also addresses, through the work of Beitz, Pogge, and Miller, questions of global distributive justice (Is global economic inequality unjust? If so, why? Do people have a right to an equal share in the value of the Earth s natural resources?). The format of the module will be a twohour workshop each week, comprising research-led teaching, seminar discussions, practical exercises, textual reading, balloon debate, and essay writing and research-skills minisessions. The assessment will be comprised exclusively of a series of short workshop briefing papers, with a heavy emphasis on formative feedback on drafts to be discussed during optional weekly one-to-one tutorials. 2017/8 - PPLX6098B DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE Organiser: Dr Alexander Brown Timetable Slot:B7*B8,E1*E2 IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLX6097B The module examines one of the fundamental and enduring questions of normative political theory and applied ethics: who should get what and why? The module focuses on some of the leading contemporary theorists of distributive justice, including Rawls, Nozick, Dworkin, Elster, and Sen. As well as exploring macro questions of justice (e.g. What principles of justice for the basic institutions of society? Equality or sufficiency? Need or desert?) the module also spends time on a range of micro questions about just allocation (e.g. How should household chores be divided between men and women? On the basis of what criteria should

16 scarce donor organs be distributed in hospitals?) In addition to this, the module also addresses, through the work of Beitz, Pogge, and Miller, questions of global distributive justice (Is global economic inequality unjust? If so, why? Do people have a right to an equal share in the value of the Earth s natural resources?). The format of the module will be a twohour workshop each week, comprising research-led teaching, seminar discussions, practical exercises, textual reading, balloon debate, and essay writing and research-skills minisessions. The assessment will be comprised exclusively of a series of short workshop briefing papers, with a heavy emphasis on formative feedback on drafts to be discussed during optional weekly one-to-one tutorials. This module is a 20 credit version of PPLX6097B: Distributive Justice. THIS 20 CREDIT VERSION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO VISITING, EXCHANGE AND NON-HUM STUDENTS.