Populism and Politics (M1535)

30 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll explore populism and its relationship with politics.

You’ll systematically and comparatively examine its meaning, causes and effects. You’ll analyse populism broadly, looking at examples from the right and the left across various regions worldwide.

You’ll examine two key elements:

  • populist movements, moments, personalities and parties from Russia, North America, Latin America and Europe
  • populism as a concept, and debates about whether and how populism should be defined.

The module allows you to analyse real-world cases and understand your own position in populism debates.

Teaching

100%: Seminar

Assessment

100%: Written assessment (Dissertation)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 267 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We鈥檒l make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses: