European Politics and Governance - MA Programme content

Core modules

• Graduate Seminar in Institutions and Policies of the European Union (PO5017) develops an understanding of how the European Union is organised and formulates policies.
• Graduate Research Methods (PO5005) explores alternative approaches to research in social sciences and provides a comprehensive understanding of key issues surrounding the logic of explanation and research design. 

Electives – Choose 1

• Public Administration Theory and Practice (PA6011) will explores key ideas and theoretical perspectives in Public Administration and relates them to debates and issues in the daily work of public administrators, often working within complex networks with other public, non-profit and private sector organisations.
• Graduate Seminar in International Relations (PO5016) will examine some of the more significant theories, issues, and debates in the study of International Relations, such as those pertaining to the schools of thought known as realism, liberalism, feminism, and constructivism.
• Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Political Theory (PO5015) will introduce students to the work of leading contemporary political theorists and to some prominent debates within recent political theory.
• Graduate Seminar in Comparative Politics (PO5009) will introduce students to research themes and methods in the field of comparative politics.
• Graduate Seminar in Development (PO5004) will introduce students to the concept of development and ideas about how it should be pursued. 

Relevant course materials - such as books and journal articles - will be available digitally via the UL Glucksman Library’s online resources. 

For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules 

Core Modules

• Graduate Seminar in European Governance (PO5010) develops an understanding of the role of public administration in the multi-level system of European governance.
• Research Methods (progressing dissertation) (MP6062) will introduce students to the principles of good research practice, including the primary theoretical perspectives involved, the range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies available, research design, information resources, completion of fieldwork, data analysis and the ethical considerations in conducting research.

Electives – choose 2*

• Representative Democracy in Europe (PO5232) will examine the democratic process in European countries and the EU, focusing in particular on the linkages between the policy preferences of citizens and the public policies enacted by their representatives.
• Collaborative Governance and Leadership (PA6032) this module is being developed as part of the revised MPA to ensure a core focus on themes of collaborative governance and leadership.
• Comparative Climate Policy and Politics (PO5252) will engage with climate policy and politics, with a rapid expansion in the study of climate policies and politics in a comparative and cross-national perspective. 
• Graduate Seminar in International Co-operation and Conflict (PO5007) will develop students' understanding of the theories and methods used in the empirical study of International Relations.
• Global Justice (PO5222) will examine contemporary and classic problems in global politics, from the perspective of political theory, focusing in particular on theories of global justice.
• Graduate Seminar in Peacebuilding (PO5006) will explore the different conceptions of peace involved in international peacebuilding.
• Graduate Seminar in Comparative Politics (PO5009) will introduce students to research themes and methods in the field of comparative politics.
• Gender and Politics (PO6032) will introduce students to a variety of Feminist debates in the context of Global Politics.
• International Political Economy (PO5008) will provide students with a critical overview of the study of International Political Economy (IPE).
• Russian and Post-Soviet Politics (PO5112) discover why the Soviet Union collapsed and to look at the key dilemmas confronting its successor states.

* Not all electives are offered every year. 

Relevant course materials - such as books and journal articles - will be available digitally via the UL Glucksman Library’s online resources. 

For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules

Core module

• Dissertation (PO5042) an independently conceived and executed piece of original research on a topic chosen by the student. 

Relevant course materials - such as books and journal articles - will be available digitally via the UL Glucksman Library’s online resources. 

For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules