Teaching
Programme
List
of Seminar
Topics
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Week beginning |
Section 1 |
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Part 1 |
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1 |
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2 |
18 |
Participation Normative Issues: Lecture |
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3 |
25 |
Social Theories and Participation |
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4 |
November 1 |
Rational Choice Theories and Participation |
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5 |
8 |
Social Capital and Civic Engagement |
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Part 2 |
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6 |
15 |
Voting Turnout |
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7 |
22 |
Parties: Organizational Control, Policy-Shaping |
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8 |
29 |
Parties: Elite Recruitment |
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9 |
December 6 |
Young People and Participation |
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Essay One |
Due 4pm January 13 |
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Part 3 |
Section 2 |
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10 |
January 17 |
Protest, Revolutions and Revolts |
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11 |
24 |
The Internet |
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12 |
31 |
Civic Literacy |
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13 |
February 7 |
Referendums |
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14 |
14 |
Deliberative Democracy |
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15 |
21 |
Civic Education |
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16 |
28 |
Gender and Participation |
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17 |
March 7 |
Culture, Ethnicity, and Participation |
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18 |
14 |
How Does Participation Matter? Lecture |
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19 |
21 |
Review and Conclusions |
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Essay Two |
Due 4 pm March 31 |
Please
note that this schedule may be subject
to change but such changes are unlikely and will be notified as far in
advance
as possible.