This course is available on the BSc in Government, BSc in Government and Economics, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations, BSc in Politics and Philosophy, BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science and BSc in Social Policy with Government. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in Government, BSc in Government and Economics, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations, BSc in Politics and Philosophy, BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science and BSc in Social Policy with Government. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course provides a combination of classes and lectures totalling 24 hours in the Michaelmas Term, 25 hours in the Lent Term and 2.5 hours in the Summer Term. This year, some or all of this teaching may be delivered through a combination of online and on-campus lectures and classes. There will be reading week in Week 6 of both the MT and the LT.
Students will complete at least one formative essay and at least one timed essay in each term to allow practise on problem sets and essay writing under exam conditions.
P Dunleavy, Democracy, Bureaucracy and Public Choice; D Mueller, Public Choice III; K A Shepsle & M S Bonchek, Analyzing Politics; George Tsebelis, Veto Players. Major Works; A Downs, An Economic Theory of Democracy; M Olson, The Logic of Collective Action; W Niskanen, Bureaucracy and Representative Government.
Exam (100%, duration: 3 hours) in the summer exam period. ? GENERAL COURSE STUDENTS ONLY: The Class Summary Grade for General Course students will be calculates as follows: 25% formative essay (best mark), 25% timed essay (best mark), 50% class participation (including presentations and attendance).