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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Political Science

166-232/332 Political Psychology

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Graham Little

Prerequisite/s:

Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Three hours a week of lectures, seminars and tutorials

Content:

A study of the passions (emotions) that drive politics and public affairs. And of how private and individual worlds intersect with public, collective worlds. Also, there will be opportunity to reflect on how the self, begun in childhood, finds expression in adult concerns and how it shapes and is shaped by social institutions and history. There will be some consideration of the role of the emotions in the working of groups and in leader-follower relations.

Assessment:

Essay work or equivalent totalling 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

  • A.F. Davies, Skills, Outlook and Passion
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