Course: How Politics Works: From the Individual to an International Scale

Black, Linda L.; Stone, David (2005). “Expanding the Definition of Privilege: The Concept of Social Privilege”. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. 33 (4): 243–255. Breen, R. (2005) Foundations of …

In the previous video I outlined three theoretical criticisms of identity politics in order to suggest that a political analysis of class remains an important element of political study. In …

As we have learned, identity politics has contributed in important ways to improving the lives of a large number of people, and particularly those of women and minority groups. However, …

The concept of privilege was not common to political discourse more than two decades ago, and has its roots in political discourse grounded in McIntosh’s essay White Privilege: Unpacking the …

Neoliberalism is likely a word that you will have come across a number of times either on the news or in political discussion television programmes and podcasts. Its use has …

In this video you will learn how countries moved away from political analysis based upon class towards that based upon economic individualism. What were the factors that lead to a …

Recognising that societies have been divided into classes might be all very well and good, but what might be the point? The German sociologist, jurist, and political economist Max Weber …

Bakunin, M. (1950) Marxism, Freedom and the State. Freedom Press, London. Bergson, A. (1972) The Comparative National Income of the USSR and the United States. In International Comparisons of Prices …

The positive effects of globalisation are regularly touted by the popular Western media. Whether this be faster and more reliable access to goods, food and medicines, more fluid and often …

Globalisation is a very difficult term to grasp, and Heywood refers to globalisation, not as an ‘it’ but as a ‘them’. According to him, there are a number of complex …

Academic essay writing is more of an art than a science, and there are a number of different essay structures which will appeal to different readers. As such, it would …

Having had a look at social welfare in a system that resembles a contemporary People’s Democracy, in this step we will look at its systems of government. You may recall …

For this step we will explore the week’s topic on democracy through a debate around the benefits of an unelected second chamber. Using the Kialo platform, and having researched for …