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British Politics

Class at Faculty of Social Sciences |
JTM284

Syllabus

Syllabus – Summer Term 2020    

February 18

Introduction, specifics of political culture in Great Britain  

February 25

Is there a British Constitution?, Returning the Constitution back?

Monarchy and its role in contemporary Britain  

March 3

Devolution. The (dis) United Kingdom? Is unity of the United Kingdom at stake?  

March 10

Political Parties, Conservatives and Labour  

March 17

Political Parties, continuation  

March 24

Pressure Groups, Lobbying, The nature and impact of the mass media

Preparation of legislature  

March 31

Elections and voting, Last Elections  

April 7 – no classes, preparation of an essay  

April 14

The Legislature, The House of Lords, The House of Commons  

April 21

The Executive power, Prime Minister, Cabinet  

April 28

Britain without Europe, Policy: Foreign and Defense Policy  

May 5

Oxford Debate Club: BREXIT and after…..

Annotation

The course is devoted to the specifics and post WWII development of individual parts of the British Political system from comparative perspective. The course covers the topics such as British Constitution, Monarchy, Devolution and the threat for unity of the United Kingdom, political parties, pressure groups, election, executive and legislative power as well as judicial power.

Special attention will be paid to several aspects of BREXIT.