<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"><channel><atom:link href="http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/rss.ashx" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Nottingham U-Now</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk</link><description>U-Now is the University of Nottingham's formal open courseware initiative.</description><dc:date>2013-05-24</dc:date><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><copyright><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></copyright><item><category>UNow</category><title>Approaches to political studies</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=1ba279ee-699a-4bb0-f728-9ff80d4094f3</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:43:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=1ba279ee-699a-4bb0-f728-9ff80d4094f3</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010. 

This module introduces students to alternative theoretical approaches to the study of political phenomena. We consider the different forms of analysing, explaining, and understanding politics associated with approaches such as behaviouralism, rational choice theory, institutionalism, Marxism, feminism, interpretive theory and post-modernism. 

This module shows that the different approaches are based upon contrasting ‘ontological’ suppositions about the nature of politics, and they invoke alternative ‘epistemological’ assumptions about how we acquire valid knowledge of politics and international relations. We examine questions such as: what constitutes valid knowledge in political science and international relations? Should political science methodology be the same as the methods employed in the natural sciences? Can we give causal explanations of social and political phenomena? Can we ever be objective in our analysis? What is the relationship between knowledge and power? 

An understanding of the different approaches will be invaluable to students as they pursue their studies at levels 2 and 3, and will provide the opportunity for students to adopt an approach that corresponds to their own questions, research topics, interests, and their own ontological and epistemological assumptions. 

Module Code: M12037 
  
This module is suitable for study at: undergraduate level 2 
  
Credits: 20 

Dr Mark Wenman

Dr. Mark Wenman is a Lecturer in political theory in the School of Politics and International Relations and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Social Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ), and a member of The Analysis of Democratic Cultures Research Group.He completed his Ph.D. in the Ideology and Discourse Analysis Programme at the University of Essex in 2005, and before that he was educated at Birkbeck College (London), the University of Westminster, and Christ's Hospital. His area of expertise is contemporary democratic theory, with a particular focus on the influence of post-structuralism on Anglo-American political thought. He is primarily interested in theories of agonistic democracy, in the impact of multiculturalism on democratic institutions and practices, and in the need to rethink democratic agency - or the constituent power of the people - in the context of globalisation and the digital revolution. 

He has published scholarly articles on these topics in journals such as Contemporary Political Theory, Philosophy and Social Criticism and Political Studies, and is currently completing a monograph entitled Agonistic Democracy: constituent power in the era of globalisation to be published with Cambridge University Press in 2012.





]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010. 

This module introduces students to alternative theoretical approaches to the study of political phenomena. We consider the different forms of analysing, explaining, and understanding politics associated with approaches such as behaviouralism, rational choice theory, institutionalism, Marxism, feminism, interpretive theory and post-modernism. 

This module shows that the different approaches are based upon contrasting ‘ontological’ suppositions about the nature of politics, and they invoke alternative ‘epistemological’ assumptions about how we acquire valid knowledge of politics and international relations. We examine questions such as: what constitutes valid knowledge in political science and international relations? Should political science methodology be the same as the methods employed in the natural sciences? Can we give causal explanations of social and political phenomena? Can we ever be objective in our analysis? What is the relationship between knowledge and power? 

An understanding of the different approaches will be invaluable to students as they pursue their studies at levels 2 and 3, and will provide the opportunity for students to adopt an approach that corresponds to their own questions, research topics, interests, and their own ontological and epistemological assumptions. 

Module Code: M12037 
  
This module is suitable for study at: undergraduate level 2 
  
Credits: 20 

Dr Mark Wenman

Dr. Mark Wenman is a Lecturer in political theory in the School of Politics and International Relations and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Social Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ), and a member of The Analysis of Democratic Cultures Research Group.He completed his Ph.D. in the Ideology and Discourse Analysis Programme at the University of Essex in 2005, and before that he was educated at Birkbeck College (London), the University of Westminster, and Christ's Hospital. His area of expertise is contemporary democratic theory, with a particular focus on the influence of post-structuralism on Anglo-American political thought. He is primarily interested in theories of agonistic democracy, in the impact of multiculturalism on democratic institutions and practices, and in the need to rethink democratic agency - or the constituent power of the people - in the context of globalisation and the digital revolution. 

He has published scholarly articles on these topics in journals such as Contemporary Political Theory, Philosophy and Social Criticism and Political Studies, and is currently completing a monograph entitled Agonistic Democracy: constituent power in the era of globalisation to be published with Cambridge University Press in 2012.





]]></description><dc:date>2010-11-17</dc:date><dc:title>Approaches to political studies</dc:title><dc:creator>Wenman Mark Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>M12037 </dc:subject><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>political phenomena</dc:subject><dc:subject>behaviouralism</dc:subject><dc:subject>rational choice theory</dc:subject><dc:subject>institutionalism</dc:subject><dc:subject>Marxism</dc:subject><dc:subject>Approaches to political studies</dc:subject><dc:subject>interpretive theory </dc:subject><dc:subject>post-modernism</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>British public policy</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=52e3b370-19cf-1872-4dd8-706ad45fb8e0</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:04:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=52e3b370-19cf-1872-4dd8-706ad45fb8e0</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010/2011. 

The aim of this module is to analyse and explain the changing nature of policy-making in contemporary Britain, with particular emphasis on the period since 1979. Specifically, the module examines the impact of new forms of 'governance' on the policy-making process and the changing roles and responsibilities of the British state. 

Taking the alleged shift from an era of 'government' to one of 'governance', and thence to an era of 'joined up government' as its central theme, the module interrogates key controversies in contemporary British political science. Examples here include the impact of 'governance', of New Right ideology, of Europeanization and of globalization on British public policy in recent years. 

The module also assesses the role(s) of pressure groups and 'new social movements' in the policy process and changing relations within the 'core executive' (notably, between ministers and civil servants) in recent years. Finally, the module seeks to explain and assess 'New' Labour's attempts to 'reform' and 'modernise' the British state (notably via devolved governance) and the policy process in Westminster and Whitehall (via parliamentary 'reform' and 'joined up government') since 1997. 

Module Code: M13045 
  
This module is suitable for study at: undergraduate level 3 
  
Credits: 20  

Dr Andrew Denham

Dr Denham holds a 1st Class degree in Applied Social Sciences, an MA in Political Thought and a PhD in Politics from the University of Southampton, where he was supervised by Professor Raymond (now Lord) Plant. His PhD on New Right think tanks in British politics, won the UK Political Studies Association's Walter Bagehot Prize for Best Thesis in Government and Administration. 

In 2007, he received the PSA's Richard Rose Prize for his distinctive contribution to research in British Politics. His research and teaching interests encompass British political ideas, British public policy, Conservative Party politics and political biography

Dr Denham's principal research interest is in the relationships between (contemporary) political ideas and public policy, particularly - but not exclusively - within the context of the British political tradition. His other main interest is in the nature of contemporary conservatism and the British Conservative Party.



]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010/2011. 

The aim of this module is to analyse and explain the changing nature of policy-making in contemporary Britain, with particular emphasis on the period since 1979. Specifically, the module examines the impact of new forms of 'governance' on the policy-making process and the changing roles and responsibilities of the British state. 

Taking the alleged shift from an era of 'government' to one of 'governance', and thence to an era of 'joined up government' as its central theme, the module interrogates key controversies in contemporary British political science. Examples here include the impact of 'governance', of New Right ideology, of Europeanization and of globalization on British public policy in recent years. 

The module also assesses the role(s) of pressure groups and 'new social movements' in the policy process and changing relations within the 'core executive' (notably, between ministers and civil servants) in recent years. Finally, the module seeks to explain and assess 'New' Labour's attempts to 'reform' and 'modernise' the British state (notably via devolved governance) and the policy process in Westminster and Whitehall (via parliamentary 'reform' and 'joined up government') since 1997. 

Module Code: M13045 
  
This module is suitable for study at: undergraduate level 3 
  
Credits: 20  

Dr Andrew Denham

Dr Denham holds a 1st Class degree in Applied Social Sciences, an MA in Political Thought and a PhD in Politics from the University of Southampton, where he was supervised by Professor Raymond (now Lord) Plant. His PhD on New Right think tanks in British politics, won the UK Political Studies Association's Walter Bagehot Prize for Best Thesis in Government and Administration. 

In 2007, he received the PSA's Richard Rose Prize for his distinctive contribution to research in British Politics. His research and teaching interests encompass British political ideas, British public policy, Conservative Party politics and political biography

Dr Denham's principal research interest is in the relationships between (contemporary) political ideas and public policy, particularly - but not exclusively - within the context of the British political tradition. His other main interest is in the nature of contemporary conservatism and the British Conservative Party.



]]></description><dc:date>2010-11-17</dc:date><dc:title>British public policy</dc:title><dc:creator>Denham Andrew Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>M13045 </dc:subject><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>policy-making in contemporary Britain</dc:subject><dc:subject>new forms of governance</dc:subject><dc:subject>policy-making process </dc:subject><dc:subject>the British state</dc:subject><dc:subject>government</dc:subject><dc:subject>joined up government</dc:subject><dc:subject>contemporary British political science</dc:subject><dc:subject>New Right ideology</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Contemporary French culture in a global context</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=a06b5db3-37ad-7880-770b-72f97580ecb4</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:47:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=a06b5db3-37ad-7880-770b-72f97580ecb4</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught in Semester two 2009.

This module looks at aspects of contemporary French culture in the context of an increasingly globalised culture and economy. In part, the module explores recent attempts to defend, redefine and interpret key aspects of French identity and culture as a means of negotiating ways of living in an era of globalisation and changing social structures.

The module focuses on aspects of everyday life in France that are charged with political and economic significance, namely food/wine production and consumption and sport. These areas all raise questions about a range of issues: the national and the ‘local’ versus the global; constructions of Frenchness in opposition to America; the decline of rural France; the contemporary redefinition of mythical national figures in the shape of le paysan; the continuity and significance of established French values and cultural practices; and the maintenance of a distinctively French social model in the face of globalisation.

A key component of the module delivery will be an in-depth analysis of the much discussed recent documentary film Mondovino, which examines the cultural and economic significance of global wine production. We will also look at the cultural significance of contemporary French football, with particular reference to the successful French national team of 1998 and 2000.

This module is suitable for study at undergraduate level 1.

Dr John Marks, School of Modern Languages and Culture.

Dr Marks is interested in the ethical, philosophical and cultural implications of molecular biology, biotechnology and genetics. He is also a member of the Science Technology Culture Research Group. His past research has focused primarily on the significance of contemporary French thought, particularly the work of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze. 
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught in Semester two 2009.

This module looks at aspects of contemporary French culture in the context of an increasingly globalised culture and economy. In part, the module explores recent attempts to defend, redefine and interpret key aspects of French identity and culture as a means of negotiating ways of living in an era of globalisation and changing social structures.

The module focuses on aspects of everyday life in France that are charged with political and economic significance, namely food/wine production and consumption and sport. These areas all raise questions about a range of issues: the national and the ‘local’ versus the global; constructions of Frenchness in opposition to America; the decline of rural France; the contemporary redefinition of mythical national figures in the shape of le paysan; the continuity and significance of established French values and cultural practices; and the maintenance of a distinctively French social model in the face of globalisation.

A key component of the module delivery will be an in-depth analysis of the much discussed recent documentary film Mondovino, which examines the cultural and economic significance of global wine production. We will also look at the cultural significance of contemporary French football, with particular reference to the successful French national team of 1998 and 2000.

This module is suitable for study at undergraduate level 1.

Dr John Marks, School of Modern Languages and Culture.

Dr Marks is interested in the ethical, philosophical and cultural implications of molecular biology, biotechnology and genetics. He is also a member of the Science Technology Culture Research Group. His past research has focused primarily on the significance of contemporary French thought, particularly the work of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze. 
]]></description><dc:date>2010-10-01</dc:date><dc:title>Contemporary French culture in a global context</dc:title><dc:creator>Marks John Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>contemporary French culture</dc:subject><dc:subject>French identity</dc:subject><dc:subject>French culture</dc:subject><dc:subject>globalisation </dc:subject><dc:subject>changing social structures</dc:subject><dc:subject>food production</dc:subject><dc:subject>wine production</dc:subject><dc:subject>constructions of Frenchness </dc:subject><dc:subject>Mondovino</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Designing political enquiry</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=43bd99e5-30f3-af59-2b54-65b0eea66c08</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:28:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=43bd99e5-30f3-af59-2b54-65b0eea66c08</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type>text/html<dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[As taught Spring Semester 2011.

The module is designed to allow students to develop a critical understanding of the methodological issues involved in designing and undertaking research in the discipline of politics and international relations and to strengthen their ability to read and evaluate political science literature more generally. The first part of the module focuses on issues of research design. It exposes students to a broad range of methodological issues involved in designing, conducting and writing up research based on a relative small number of cases in areas of comparative politics, international relations, political theory and public policy. Topics that are addressed in the module include issues involved in developing a research question, problems of conceptualisation, measurement, and strategies and approaches to causal theorising in small N research. The second part of the module addresses various methods of generating and processing data for research in politics. Methods that are covered include the use of documentary sources, textual analysis observation and ethnographic research, and various forms of interviewing. Throughout the module you will be developing a feasible research proposal. This requires reading and summarising a minimum of two articles/book chapters per week on a topic of your choice. This will be used to inform your dissertation proposal. 

Module Codes: M14320 (20 credits),  M14321 (15 credits)

Suitable for study at: Postgraduate Level 

Dr Gulshan Khan, School of Politics and International Relations 

Gulshan Ara Khan teaches political theory at the School of Politics and International Relations. She is also a fellow of the Centre for the Study for Social and Global Justice. She completed her PhD. entitled 'Habermas and Post-structuralism: the Subject and Politics' in 2005. Her areas of expertise include the work of Habermas, Post-structuralist political theory, the work of Michael Oakeshott and the philosophy of the social sciences. She is also interested in the idea of 'non-domination' (political, structural and economic) associated with the republican notion of liberty, both in terms of the principles it specifies and the institutions required to realise it.
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[As taught Spring Semester 2011.

The module is designed to allow students to develop a critical understanding of the methodological issues involved in designing and undertaking research in the discipline of politics and international relations and to strengthen their ability to read and evaluate political science literature more generally. The first part of the module focuses on issues of research design. It exposes students to a broad range of methodological issues involved in designing, conducting and writing up research based on a relative small number of cases in areas of comparative politics, international relations, political theory and public policy. Topics that are addressed in the module include issues involved in developing a research question, problems of conceptualisation, measurement, and strategies and approaches to causal theorising in small N research. The second part of the module addresses various methods of generating and processing data for research in politics. Methods that are covered include the use of documentary sources, textual analysis observation and ethnographic research, and various forms of interviewing. Throughout the module you will be developing a feasible research proposal. This requires reading and summarising a minimum of two articles/book chapters per week on a topic of your choice. This will be used to inform your dissertation proposal. 

Module Codes: M14320 (20 credits),  M14321 (15 credits)

Suitable for study at: Postgraduate Level 

Dr Gulshan Khan, School of Politics and International Relations 

Gulshan Ara Khan teaches political theory at the School of Politics and International Relations. She is also a fellow of the Centre for the Study for Social and Global Justice. She completed her PhD. entitled 'Habermas and Post-structuralism: the Subject and Politics' in 2005. Her areas of expertise include the work of Habermas, Post-structuralist political theory, the work of Michael Oakeshott and the philosophy of the social sciences. She is also interested in the idea of 'non-domination' (political, structural and economic) associated with the republican notion of liberty, both in terms of the principles it specifies and the institutions required to realise it.
]]></description><dc:date>2012-02-02</dc:date><dc:title>Designing political enquiry</dc:title><dc:creator>Khan Gulshan Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>M14320</dc:subject><dc:subject>M14321</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Doing the right thing : corporate social responsibility in a global marketplace</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=fa98ccf7-826f-815d-cf28-d468cd7e10fc</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:15:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=fa98ccf7-826f-815d-cf28-d468cd7e10fc</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>audio/mpeg</dc:format><dc:format>audio/x-mp3</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Globalisation, mass consumer awareness and public accountability are all factors in persuading companies to adopt ethical policies.  As companies become more accountable not only for their own actions but for those within their supply chain, they have to adapt to ensure success within the context of the global society they operate in.

Professor Jeremy Moon (Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of Nottingham Business School and Director of the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility) discusses some of the challenges faced by modern companies in responding to the various pressures driving them to focus on contributing to society as well as on business performance.

He also talks about the big challenges ahead for international business and what role The University of Nottingham Business School can provide in further developing its teaching and research to best prepare graduates for success in the current climate.]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Globalisation, mass consumer awareness and public accountability are all factors in persuading companies to adopt ethical policies.  As companies become more accountable not only for their own actions but for those within their supply chain, they have to adapt to ensure success within the context of the global society they operate in.

Professor Jeremy Moon (Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of Nottingham Business School and Director of the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility) discusses some of the challenges faced by modern companies in responding to the various pressures driving them to focus on contributing to society as well as on business performance.

He also talks about the big challenges ahead for international business and what role The University of Nottingham Business School can provide in further developing its teaching and research to best prepare graduates for success in the current climate.]]></description><dc:date>2007-07-25</dc:date><dc:title>Doing the right thing : corporate social responsibility in a global marketplace</dc:title><dc:creator>Moon Jeremy W. Professor</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Podcast</dc:subject><dc:subject>Audio</dc:subject><dc:subject>mp3</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Film in history/history in film</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=41219512-47e8-2165-f894-377d9e097e54</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:45:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=41219512-47e8-2165-f894-377d9e097e54</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught in Autumn Semester 2009

This module explores the inter-relations and interactions of film and history in 20th century Europe and the United States (with a few classic films from elsewhere). It considers how films have appropriated past events as their core subject matter or setting, for purposes of nostalgic entertainment or didactic drama, for social commentary, philosophical enquiry or political protest and examines how historical films have shaped popular knowledge and popular cultures of history, how they have contributed to forming or reforming collective memories and how, at times, they have catalysed social or political change.

This module raises challenging questions about the constitution and role of public and private memories, about the social meaning and significance of history, about the nature of historical evidence and historical representation and, ultimately, about the construction and possibility of historical ‘truth’. 

Suitable for: undergraduate level three students

Dr Nick Baron, School of History.

Dr Nick Baron is an Associate Professor in History at the University of Nottingham. After taking a BA in modern history and modern languages at Oxford, he turned his attention eastwards, receiving an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies, also from Oxford, and then a PhD in Soviet history from Birmingham. He then held a four-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Manchester before taking up a position at Nottingham in 2004. His research area is twentieth century Russian and East European history and historical geography, and he has special interests in the history of population displacement and in spatial experience, representation and practice. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society–Institute of British Geographers. 
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As taught in Autumn Semester 2009

This module explores the inter-relations and interactions of film and history in 20th century Europe and the United States (with a few classic films from elsewhere). It considers how films have appropriated past events as their core subject matter or setting, for purposes of nostalgic entertainment or didactic drama, for social commentary, philosophical enquiry or political protest and examines how historical films have shaped popular knowledge and popular cultures of history, how they have contributed to forming or reforming collective memories and how, at times, they have catalysed social or political change.

This module raises challenging questions about the constitution and role of public and private memories, about the social meaning and significance of history, about the nature of historical evidence and historical representation and, ultimately, about the construction and possibility of historical ‘truth’. 

Suitable for: undergraduate level three students

Dr Nick Baron, School of History.

Dr Nick Baron is an Associate Professor in History at the University of Nottingham. After taking a BA in modern history and modern languages at Oxford, he turned his attention eastwards, receiving an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies, also from Oxford, and then a PhD in Soviet history from Birmingham. He then held a four-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Manchester before taking up a position at Nottingham in 2004. His research area is twentieth century Russian and East European history and historical geography, and he has special interests in the history of population displacement and in spatial experience, representation and practice. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society–Institute of British Geographers. 
]]></description><dc:date>2010-02-09</dc:date><dc:title>Film in history/history in film</dc:title><dc:creator>Baron Nick Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>Film</dc:subject><dc:subject>History</dc:subject><dc:subject>Cinema</dc:subject><dc:subject>Culture</dc:subject><dc:subject>Social Memory</dc:subject><dc:subject>Collective Memory</dc:subject><dc:subject>Social History</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Flu pandemic : how prepared are we?</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=461c42a4-05b2-4ea6-d570-64e18edc5994</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:23:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=461c42a4-05b2-4ea6-d570-64e18edc5994</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:format>audio/mpeg</dc:format><dc:format>audio/x-mp3</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[In this podcast Professor Robert Dingwall, Director of the 'Institute of Science and Society' at the University of Nottingham, and a member of the UK   government&rsquo;s Department of Heath committee on the ethical aspects of pandemic   influenza, discusses the causes and potential impact of a flu pandemic on the   UK. In particular, examining how prepared the UK government is to cope with the   medical and social impacts of a flu pandemic, and what steps we can take as   individuals to protect ourselves.

In the last century, there were three separate flu pandemics, the most serious of which occurred in 1918, which is estimated to have resulted in the deaths of 50 million people worldwide. Professor Dingwall discusses the likelihood of another flu pandemic happening in the future and the differing methods available for protecting the population. He also discusses how a flu pandemic could be defeated, emphasising the importance of the role of the wider community and personal responsibility. Professor Dingwall also discusses the potential impact of a flu pandemic on the workplace, in particular health care professionals and the conflicting responsibilities to themselves, their families and their jobs.

How prepared are we in the UK for the potential impact of a flu pandemic?
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[In this podcast Professor Robert Dingwall, Director of the 'Institute of Science and Society' at the University of Nottingham, and a member of the UK   government&rsquo;s Department of Heath committee on the ethical aspects of pandemic   influenza, discusses the causes and potential impact of a flu pandemic on the   UK. In particular, examining how prepared the UK government is to cope with the   medical and social impacts of a flu pandemic, and what steps we can take as   individuals to protect ourselves.

In the last century, there were three separate flu pandemics, the most serious of which occurred in 1918, which is estimated to have resulted in the deaths of 50 million people worldwide. Professor Dingwall discusses the likelihood of another flu pandemic happening in the future and the differing methods available for protecting the population. He also discusses how a flu pandemic could be defeated, emphasising the importance of the role of the wider community and personal responsibility. Professor Dingwall also discusses the potential impact of a flu pandemic on the workplace, in particular health care professionals and the conflicting responsibilities to themselves, their families and their jobs.

How prepared are we in the UK for the potential impact of a flu pandemic?
]]></description><dc:date>2007-07-09</dc:date><dc:title>Flu pandemic : how prepared are we?</dc:title><dc:creator>Dingwall Robert W.J. Professor</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>U-now, u now</dc:subject><dc:subject>open courseware</dc:subject><dc:subject>University of Nottingham</dc:subject><dc:subject>Learning Team</dc:subject><dc:subject>e-Learning</dc:subject><dc:subject>educational</dc:subject><dc:subject>Creative Commons</dc:subject><dc:subject>resources</dc:subject><dc:subject>eLeK committee</dc:subject><dc:subject>information Services</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Foundations in evidence based practice</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=ff0e2e0c-e0a0-f94e-0269-f4473d52e0d1</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:14:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=ff0e2e0c-e0a0-f94e-0269-f4473d52e0d1</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>application/vnd.ms-powerpoint</dc:format><dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format><dc:format>text/richtext</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:format>application/x-shockwave-flash</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online for downloaded as a zip file.

As taught in Spring Semester 2010.

This module is  taught on the Diploma/BSc in Nursing and covers an introduction to evidence-based practice; the nature of evidence; an introduction to the research process; reflective thinking and writing; portfolio development skills; searching/accessing information/literature; summarising literature; referencing literature sources; reviewing literature; an introduction to law and ethics and their links with evidence-based practice; an introduction to accountability and evidence-based practice 

Suitable for: Undergraduate year one students


School of Nursing, Midwifery & Physiotherapy

The School operates from education centres across Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire providing pre-registration, post-registration, degree and higher degree courses. Learning in practice occurs in acute and community settings within local NHS Health Care Trusts and across the voluntary and social service sectors.

Research within the school focuses on supportive and palliative care; education and health informatics; mental health; and child and maternal health. The University received the best possible outcome in all categories within the Major Review of healthcare programmes which took place in 2006

]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online for downloaded as a zip file.

As taught in Spring Semester 2010.

This module is  taught on the Diploma/BSc in Nursing and covers an introduction to evidence-based practice; the nature of evidence; an introduction to the research process; reflective thinking and writing; portfolio development skills; searching/accessing information/literature; summarising literature; referencing literature sources; reviewing literature; an introduction to law and ethics and their links with evidence-based practice; an introduction to accountability and evidence-based practice 

Suitable for: Undergraduate year one students


School of Nursing, Midwifery & Physiotherapy

The School operates from education centres across Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire providing pre-registration, post-registration, degree and higher degree courses. Learning in practice occurs in acute and community settings within local NHS Health Care Trusts and across the voluntary and social service sectors.

Research within the school focuses on supportive and palliative care; education and health informatics; mental health; and child and maternal health. The University received the best possible outcome in all categories within the Major Review of healthcare programmes which took place in 2006

]]></description><dc:date>2010-02-26</dc:date><dc:title>Foundations in evidence based practice</dc:title><dc:creator> University of Nottingham. School of Nursing Midwifery and Physiotherapy</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>Evidence-based practice</dc:subject><dc:subject>Writing</dc:subject><dc:subject>Portfolio </dc:subject><dc:subject>Literature</dc:subject><dc:subject>Discovery</dc:subject><dc:subject>Citing </dc:subject><dc:subject>Referencing</dc:subject><dc:subject>Ethics</dc:subject><dc:subject>Law </dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>From Reformation to revolution: an introduction to early modern history c.1500-1789</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=f7c22703-a680-8245-76d9-f045947b28e1</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:27:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=f7c22703-a680-8245-76d9-f045947b28e1</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010.

Module Code: V11213 

Suitable for study at: Undergraduate level 1 
  
Credits:20 

This module introduces students to major issues in the social, political and cultural history of Europe in the Early Modern period by analysing demographic, religious, social and cultural changes that took place between c.1500 and 1789. Students will examine the tensions produced by warfare, religious conflict, the changing relationships between rulers, subjects and political elites, trends in socio-economic development and the discovery of the ‘New World’. 

This crucially important period witnessed Europe split by the religious differences of the Reformation, shaken by local rebellions and uprisings, transformed by the discovery of the ‘New World’, and affected by destructive and costly wars that spread across the continent. How did these forces of change interact in the period and what did this mean for the nascent European nation-states and the people of Europe? These issues will be addressed thematically, through comparing the experience of different countries. Topics for more detailed study include urbanisation, monarchies and princely courts, social issues such as poverty, household and family, as well as consumerism, literacy and print culture, the development of trade, protest, toleration and persecution, and the ‘military revolution’. Throughout, students will be encouraged to deal critically with broader historiographical debates on these issues.

School of History:

Our teaching and learning methods, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, are strongly focused on 'active learning'. We emphasise that effective learning in History comes especially from one's own enquiries, critical thinking, and reflection.

You will therefore be encouraged to become independent learners and thinkers, whilst being guided by expert tutors. Active participation and involvement in class discussion and group activities are therefore given priority as a means of developing skills required for learning, researching and employment.

Our academic staff are central to our success and create our lively and inclusive research culture. All of them are nationally or internationally recognized scholars in their fields.



]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010.

Module Code: V11213 

Suitable for study at: Undergraduate level 1 
  
Credits:20 

This module introduces students to major issues in the social, political and cultural history of Europe in the Early Modern period by analysing demographic, religious, social and cultural changes that took place between c.1500 and 1789. Students will examine the tensions produced by warfare, religious conflict, the changing relationships between rulers, subjects and political elites, trends in socio-economic development and the discovery of the ‘New World’. 

This crucially important period witnessed Europe split by the religious differences of the Reformation, shaken by local rebellions and uprisings, transformed by the discovery of the ‘New World’, and affected by destructive and costly wars that spread across the continent. How did these forces of change interact in the period and what did this mean for the nascent European nation-states and the people of Europe? These issues will be addressed thematically, through comparing the experience of different countries. Topics for more detailed study include urbanisation, monarchies and princely courts, social issues such as poverty, household and family, as well as consumerism, literacy and print culture, the development of trade, protest, toleration and persecution, and the ‘military revolution’. Throughout, students will be encouraged to deal critically with broader historiographical debates on these issues.

School of History:

Our teaching and learning methods, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, are strongly focused on 'active learning'. We emphasise that effective learning in History comes especially from one's own enquiries, critical thinking, and reflection.

You will therefore be encouraged to become independent learners and thinkers, whilst being guided by expert tutors. Active participation and involvement in class discussion and group activities are therefore given priority as a means of developing skills required for learning, researching and employment.

Our academic staff are central to our success and create our lively and inclusive research culture. All of them are nationally or internationally recognized scholars in their fields.



]]></description><dc:date>2011-01-28</dc:date><dc:title>From Reformation to revolution: an introduction to early modern history c.1500-1789</dc:title><dc:creator> University of Nottingham. School of History</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>Module Code: V11213 </dc:subject><dc:subject>social, political and cultural history of Europe in the early modern period</dc:subject><dc:subject>rulers, subjects and political elites</dc:subject><dc:subject>trends in socio-economic development </dc:subject><dc:subject>discovery of the ‘New World’</dc:subject><dc:subject>Reformation</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Ideas and politics in contemporary Britain</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=dd71e9f5-ac32-a792-c448-d17727e0368c</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:27:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=dd71e9f5-ac32-a792-c448-d17727e0368c</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type>text/html<dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[As taught Spring Semester 2011.

The aim of this module is to explain and assess the nature and role of ideas and ideologies in British politics. Specifically, it examines how and why the policies of the 'mainstream' parties (Conservative, Labour and the Liberal Democrats) have been affected by ideas and ideologies, on the one hand, and political pragmatism, on the other. It also explores the ideas and ideologies of minor parties and ‘new social movements’ and their role and significance for the study and practice of politics in Britain today.

Module Codes: M13115 (20 credits) 

Suitable for study at: undergraduate Level 

Dr Andrew Denham, School of Politics and International Relations 

Dr Denham holds a 1st Class degree in Applied Social Sciences, an MA in Political Thought and a PhD in Politics from the University of Southampton, where he was supervised by Professor Raymond (now Lord) Plant. His PhD on New Right think tanks in British politics, won the UK Political Studies Association's Walter Bagehot Prize for Best Thesis in Government and Administration. In 2007, he received the PSA's Richard Rose Prize for his distinctive contribution to research in British Politics. His research and teaching interests encompass British political ideas, British public policy, Conservative Party politics and political biography.
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[As taught Spring Semester 2011.

The aim of this module is to explain and assess the nature and role of ideas and ideologies in British politics. Specifically, it examines how and why the policies of the 'mainstream' parties (Conservative, Labour and the Liberal Democrats) have been affected by ideas and ideologies, on the one hand, and political pragmatism, on the other. It also explores the ideas and ideologies of minor parties and ‘new social movements’ and their role and significance for the study and practice of politics in Britain today.

Module Codes: M13115 (20 credits) 

Suitable for study at: undergraduate Level 

Dr Andrew Denham, School of Politics and International Relations 

Dr Denham holds a 1st Class degree in Applied Social Sciences, an MA in Political Thought and a PhD in Politics from the University of Southampton, where he was supervised by Professor Raymond (now Lord) Plant. His PhD on New Right think tanks in British politics, won the UK Political Studies Association's Walter Bagehot Prize for Best Thesis in Government and Administration. In 2007, he received the PSA's Richard Rose Prize for his distinctive contribution to research in British Politics. His research and teaching interests encompass British political ideas, British public policy, Conservative Party politics and political biography.
]]></description><dc:date>2012-02-01</dc:date><dc:title>Ideas and politics in contemporary Britain</dc:title><dc:creator>Denham Andrew Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>M13115</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>International political economy and global development</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=b7205a06-3ea5-656b-9f7c-a6f4419d4d8c</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:16:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=b7205a06-3ea5-656b-9f7c-a6f4419d4d8c</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010/2011. 

This module introduces students to the study of international political economy (IPE) and global development. It examines the reciprocal, interactive relationship between politics and economics or between states and markets in the contemporary international system by exploring how political factors influence international economic relations and how the international economy in turn shapes domestic and international politics. 

The module introduces the main theoretical approaches in international political economy and global development and illustrates the contributions of these approaches to our understanding of the global political economy. 

The module surveys the interactions between state and societal actors at the interface between the domestic and international domains in a variety of issue areas. These include international trade and monetary relations, transnational production, economic development, and global governance. In studying these issues, the module examines the causes and effects of policy choices that states and societal groups make to regulate international economic relations, of international and regional co-operation and conflicts over trade, monetary, development and other policies, and of global market integration. 

This module is designed in such a manner that it will provide second-year politics students with an accessible introduction to the basic concepts of political economy and global development and sensitise them to interdisciplinary methods and models in the study of international relations. The module not only provides a comprehensive introduction to international political economy and global development but also serves a foundation course that qualifies students to take further options in the political economy of international trade, monetary relations, financial markets, development, and globalisation. 

Module Code: M12089 
  
Suitable for study at: Undergraduate level 2 
  
Credits:20

Dr Xiaoke Zhang, School of Politics and International Relations 

Dr Xiaoke Zhang is an Associate Professor in political economy and Asian studies in the School of Politics and International Relations, the University of Nottingham. Before joining the School of Politics and International Relations in September 2003, Dr Zhang was a lecturer in the International School of Humanities and Social Sciences and a research fellow in the Amsterdam School of Social Science Research, both at the University of Amsterdam.

Dr Xiaoke Zhang's major research interests are in comparative and international political economy, with a regional focus on Asia-Pacific.



]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010/2011. 

This module introduces students to the study of international political economy (IPE) and global development. It examines the reciprocal, interactive relationship between politics and economics or between states and markets in the contemporary international system by exploring how political factors influence international economic relations and how the international economy in turn shapes domestic and international politics. 

The module introduces the main theoretical approaches in international political economy and global development and illustrates the contributions of these approaches to our understanding of the global political economy. 

The module surveys the interactions between state and societal actors at the interface between the domestic and international domains in a variety of issue areas. These include international trade and monetary relations, transnational production, economic development, and global governance. In studying these issues, the module examines the causes and effects of policy choices that states and societal groups make to regulate international economic relations, of international and regional co-operation and conflicts over trade, monetary, development and other policies, and of global market integration. 

This module is designed in such a manner that it will provide second-year politics students with an accessible introduction to the basic concepts of political economy and global development and sensitise them to interdisciplinary methods and models in the study of international relations. The module not only provides a comprehensive introduction to international political economy and global development but also serves a foundation course that qualifies students to take further options in the political economy of international trade, monetary relations, financial markets, development, and globalisation. 

Module Code: M12089 
  
Suitable for study at: Undergraduate level 2 
  
Credits:20

Dr Xiaoke Zhang, School of Politics and International Relations 

Dr Xiaoke Zhang is an Associate Professor in political economy and Asian studies in the School of Politics and International Relations, the University of Nottingham. Before joining the School of Politics and International Relations in September 2003, Dr Zhang was a lecturer in the International School of Humanities and Social Sciences and a research fellow in the Amsterdam School of Social Science Research, both at the University of Amsterdam.

Dr Xiaoke Zhang's major research interests are in comparative and international political economy, with a regional focus on Asia-Pacific.



]]></description><dc:date>2010-11-24</dc:date><dc:title>International political economy and global development</dc:title><dc:creator>Zhang Xiaoke Dr </dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>module code M12089 </dc:subject><dc:subject>international political economy </dc:subject><dc:subject>IPE</dc:subject><dc:subject>global development</dc:subject><dc:subject>politics and economics</dc:subject><dc:subject>states and markets </dc:subject><dc:subject>international economy </dc:subject><dc:subject>international politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>state and societal actors </dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Introduction to drama</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=9b742c01-b8c0-06da-c535-407963585374</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:13:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=9b742c01-b8c0-06da-c535-407963585374</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught in Autumn Semester 2010.

This module is designed to provide an introduction to the analysis and performance of drama. It has three main aims:

1) To provide an introduction to the analysis of drama;
2) To give a taste of the wide range of performance convention in history, from Ancient Greek tragedy to nineteenth-century naturalism;
3) To foreground drama as a performance medium rather than a form of literature.

At Nottingham, we approach drama as a performance medium: an event within a specific time, space and locale, in which real people and objects are presented to other people in real, shared space. It is always a social event, so we learn to think about the people who do the performing, the place they perform in, and the people they perform to. Written texts may be looked at as much for information about the modes and places of performance as for what they represent or ‘say’. It is to be understood that the space itself and the mode of performing in it create meaning as much as do pre-scripted words.

We emphasise the fact that performance analysis is not literary criticism, and that play scripts should not be read simply as texts. The interpretation and analysis of drama requires different skills. The seminars on the module will provide opportunities for you to develop these skills yourself, while the lectures are designed to provide you with the kind of information necessary for an analysis of performance as an event in real historical time and space.

The module also aims to introduce a range of historical examples of theatre practice, drawn from several different moments in theatre history. The lectures will explore what we know about the performance conventions of Greek tragedy, medieval religious plays, Shakespeare's plays and Restoration/Augustan comedy, turning lastly to the arrival of naturalism as an approach to performance in the late nineteenth century.

Finally, we believe that a seminal way of learning to understand how theatre works is getting involved in performance itself. The workshops held in the Autumn semester provide structured opportunities to discuss the kind of decisions that are taken when a script is realised on stage and to experience the practical consequences of a theatre director’s decision making. More information on the format of workshops is provided below.

Suitable for study at undergraduate level 1. 

Dr James Moran, School of English Studies.

Dr Moran's research is primarily concerned with modern drama. His monograph Staging the Easter Rising (2005) explores the connections between literature and politics, and was reviewed as 'a brave, confident book' in the Times Literary Supplement and as a 'terrific read' in the Irish Times. He also edited Four Irish Rebel Plays (2007), a volume described as 'fascinating' by Books Ireland and by Studies in Theatre and Performance. His latest monograph, Irish Birmingham: A History (2010), has been published by Liverpool University Press and reviewed as follows in the Irish Times: 'Even if you have no ties with Birmingham, if you are interested in culture or history, you'll enjoy Irish Birmingham: A History...Moran is a splendid writer, and a very engaging one'.

Dr Moran is currently Head of Drama at the University of Nottingham.
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As taught in Autumn Semester 2010.

This module is designed to provide an introduction to the analysis and performance of drama. It has three main aims:

1) To provide an introduction to the analysis of drama;
2) To give a taste of the wide range of performance convention in history, from Ancient Greek tragedy to nineteenth-century naturalism;
3) To foreground drama as a performance medium rather than a form of literature.

At Nottingham, we approach drama as a performance medium: an event within a specific time, space and locale, in which real people and objects are presented to other people in real, shared space. It is always a social event, so we learn to think about the people who do the performing, the place they perform in, and the people they perform to. Written texts may be looked at as much for information about the modes and places of performance as for what they represent or ‘say’. It is to be understood that the space itself and the mode of performing in it create meaning as much as do pre-scripted words.

We emphasise the fact that performance analysis is not literary criticism, and that play scripts should not be read simply as texts. The interpretation and analysis of drama requires different skills. The seminars on the module will provide opportunities for you to develop these skills yourself, while the lectures are designed to provide you with the kind of information necessary for an analysis of performance as an event in real historical time and space.

The module also aims to introduce a range of historical examples of theatre practice, drawn from several different moments in theatre history. The lectures will explore what we know about the performance conventions of Greek tragedy, medieval religious plays, Shakespeare's plays and Restoration/Augustan comedy, turning lastly to the arrival of naturalism as an approach to performance in the late nineteenth century.

Finally, we believe that a seminal way of learning to understand how theatre works is getting involved in performance itself. The workshops held in the Autumn semester provide structured opportunities to discuss the kind of decisions that are taken when a script is realised on stage and to experience the practical consequences of a theatre director’s decision making. More information on the format of workshops is provided below.

Suitable for study at undergraduate level 1. 

Dr James Moran, School of English Studies.

Dr Moran's research is primarily concerned with modern drama. His monograph Staging the Easter Rising (2005) explores the connections between literature and politics, and was reviewed as 'a brave, confident book' in the Times Literary Supplement and as a 'terrific read' in the Irish Times. He also edited Four Irish Rebel Plays (2007), a volume described as 'fascinating' by Books Ireland and by Studies in Theatre and Performance. His latest monograph, Irish Birmingham: A History (2010), has been published by Liverpool University Press and reviewed as follows in the Irish Times: 'Even if you have no ties with Birmingham, if you are interested in culture or history, you'll enjoy Irish Birmingham: A History...Moran is a splendid writer, and a very engaging one'.

Dr Moran is currently Head of Drama at the University of Nottingham.
]]></description><dc:date>2010-10-07</dc:date><dc:title>Introduction to drama</dc:title><dc:creator>Moran James Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>drama</dc:subject><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>second life</dc:subject><dc:subject>performing arts</dc:subject><dc:subject>virtual performing arts studio</dc:subject><dc:subject>analysis and performance of drama</dc:subject><dc:subject>performance convention in history</dc:subject><dc:subject>ancient Greek tragedy</dc:subject><dc:subject>nineteenth-century naturalism</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Introduction to European politics</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=9fc00076-48df-8b41-f384-f8f1e49a5a27</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:37:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=9fc00076-48df-8b41-f384-f8f1e49a5a27</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>application/vnd.ms-powerpoint</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught in Spring Semester 2009

This module seeks to provide students with an understanding of the rationale and key stages of European integration, as well as of the institutions of the European Union and its functioning. Topics covered will include an overview of the History of European integration, key approaches to integration, the main institutions (Council, Commission, Court of Justice, European Parliament) as well as several policy areas (foreign policy, monetary policy, enlargement). Recent developments including the 2008 Treaty of Lisbon will be covered as will be the debates about the alleged democratic deficit of the EU.

Suitable for: Undergraduate Level Year One students


Professor Andreas Bieler and Dr Simona Guerra, School of Politics.

Andreas Bieler is Professor of Political Economy and Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham/UK. His main research interest is the current struggle over the future economic-political model of the European Union. He is author of Globalisation and Enlargement of the European Union (Routledge, 2000) as well as The Struggle for a Social Europe: Trade unions and EMU in times of global restructuring (Manchester University Press, 2006). During the academic year 2009/2010, Andreas Bieler is a research fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (http://www.helsinki.fi/collegium/english/).

Simona Guerra is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Nottingham since September 2008. Previously she was a researcher at Cardiff University for the EU-funded project 'Eurosphere', undertaking research on political parties and think tanks. Simona gained her MA in European Studies at the University of Siena, Italy - attending modules at the Instytut Spraw Publicznych, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski in Krakow, Poland, and at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Europeénnes, Université Robert Schuman in Strasbourg, France. She gained her MSc in Social Research Methods at the University of Sussex, where she successfully defended her DPhil research in Contemporary European Studies in September 2008. Her main research interests are on public opinion on European integration and disengagement with politics in Central and Eastern Europe. Among her publications, ‘Not Just Europeanization, Not Necessarily Populism: Potential factors underlying the mobilization of populism in Ireland and Poland’, forthcoming on Perspectives on European Politics and Society (with John FitzGibbon) and ‘The League of Polish Families betwen East and West, past and present’ , The Journal of Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 42, 527-549 (with Sarah de Lange).

In 2009-10, Simona is also a guest lecturer for the MA in European Studies at the Centre of Research in European Integration (CRIE), Facolta' di Scienze Politiche, University of Siena, where she teaches a module on the fifth EU enlargement ('When East Meets West: l'Unione europea e l'allargamento a Est').
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught in Spring Semester 2009

This module seeks to provide students with an understanding of the rationale and key stages of European integration, as well as of the institutions of the European Union and its functioning. Topics covered will include an overview of the History of European integration, key approaches to integration, the main institutions (Council, Commission, Court of Justice, European Parliament) as well as several policy areas (foreign policy, monetary policy, enlargement). Recent developments including the 2008 Treaty of Lisbon will be covered as will be the debates about the alleged democratic deficit of the EU.

Suitable for: Undergraduate Level Year One students


Professor Andreas Bieler and Dr Simona Guerra, School of Politics.

Andreas Bieler is Professor of Political Economy and Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham/UK. His main research interest is the current struggle over the future economic-political model of the European Union. He is author of Globalisation and Enlargement of the European Union (Routledge, 2000) as well as The Struggle for a Social Europe: Trade unions and EMU in times of global restructuring (Manchester University Press, 2006). During the academic year 2009/2010, Andreas Bieler is a research fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (http://www.helsinki.fi/collegium/english/).

Simona Guerra is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Nottingham since September 2008. Previously she was a researcher at Cardiff University for the EU-funded project 'Eurosphere', undertaking research on political parties and think tanks. Simona gained her MA in European Studies at the University of Siena, Italy - attending modules at the Instytut Spraw Publicznych, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski in Krakow, Poland, and at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Europeénnes, Université Robert Schuman in Strasbourg, France. She gained her MSc in Social Research Methods at the University of Sussex, where she successfully defended her DPhil research in Contemporary European Studies in September 2008. Her main research interests are on public opinion on European integration and disengagement with politics in Central and Eastern Europe. Among her publications, ‘Not Just Europeanization, Not Necessarily Populism: Potential factors underlying the mobilization of populism in Ireland and Poland’, forthcoming on Perspectives on European Politics and Society (with John FitzGibbon) and ‘The League of Polish Families betwen East and West, past and present’ , The Journal of Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 42, 527-549 (with Sarah de Lange).

In 2009-10, Simona is also a guest lecturer for the MA in European Studies at the Centre of Research in European Integration (CRIE), Facolta' di Scienze Politiche, University of Siena, where she teaches a module on the fifth EU enlargement ('When East Meets West: l'Unione europea e l'allargamento a Est').
]]></description><dc:date>2010-01-25</dc:date><dc:title>Introduction to European politics</dc:title><dc:creator>Guerra Simona Dr;Bieler Andreas Prof</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>European Union </dc:subject><dc:subject>EU History</dc:subject><dc:subject>EU Institutions</dc:subject><dc:subject>Common Foreign and Security Policy</dc:subject><dc:subject>Monetary Union</dc:subject><dc:subject>Internal and External Policies</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Physics in architecture</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=4c69e5f6-3606-7e64-c3d2-09f048295be9</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:04:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=4c69e5f6-3606-7e64-c3d2-09f048295be9</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>undefined</dc:format><dc:format>application/octet-stream</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Developed in 1998 by Dr John Whittle (Department of the Built Environment) using Authorware, this package contains brief interactive notes on eight areas of physics in which architects need a working knowledge. However, it is also useful to others in science, engineering and social sciences looking for an introduction to the topics concerned. These topics are: Units of measurement; Scalar and vector quantities; Newton’s laws; Mass and weight; Action and reaction; Waves; Heat, work and energy; and Light.

Suitable For: Undergraduate Year One Students and Vocational Training

To view and download this resource, right click view resource and choose ‘Save Target As’ if using Internet Explorer browser and ‘Save Link As’ if using Firefox.

Dr John Whiittle, School of Built Environment

Dr John Whittle is the Quality Assurance Officer for Medicine and Administrator of the Medical Education Unit at The University of Nottingham.  After reading Physics at The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, he remained in the University to carry out research for his PhD in computer simulation of the performance of houses.  He then undertook post-doctoral research in Newcastle at The Building Science Section of the School of Architecture before taking up a lectureship at the University of Nottingham. After many years teaching and researching he migrated into full time administration and is now a senior member of staff in the Nottingham Medical School]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Developed in 1998 by Dr John Whittle (Department of the Built Environment) using Authorware, this package contains brief interactive notes on eight areas of physics in which architects need a working knowledge. However, it is also useful to others in science, engineering and social sciences looking for an introduction to the topics concerned. These topics are: Units of measurement; Scalar and vector quantities; Newton’s laws; Mass and weight; Action and reaction; Waves; Heat, work and energy; and Light.

Suitable For: Undergraduate Year One Students and Vocational Training

To view and download this resource, right click view resource and choose ‘Save Target As’ if using Internet Explorer browser and ‘Save Link As’ if using Firefox.

Dr John Whiittle, School of Built Environment

Dr John Whittle is the Quality Assurance Officer for Medicine and Administrator of the Medical Education Unit at The University of Nottingham.  After reading Physics at The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, he remained in the University to carry out research for his PhD in computer simulation of the performance of houses.  He then undertook post-doctoral research in Newcastle at The Building Science Section of the School of Architecture before taking up a lectureship at the University of Nottingham. After many years teaching and researching he migrated into full time administration and is now a senior member of staff in the Nottingham Medical School]]></description><dc:date>2009-08-25</dc:date><dc:title>Physics in architecture</dc:title><dc:creator>Whittle John Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>physics</dc:subject><dc:subject>architecture</dc:subject><dc:subject>mass</dc:subject><dc:subject>weight</dc:subject><dc:subject>waves</dc:subject><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>light</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Political ideas in revolution</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=0edfffff-8d95-20f4-3b18-2840eddb6225</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:48:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=0edfffff-8d95-20f4-3b18-2840eddb6225</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010/2011.

This module introduces students to the ideas of key thinkers in the history of western political thought. We look carefully at the canonical works of five thinkers in the history of political thought: Plato, Aristotle, Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. The module considers the impact of these thinkers on ancient and modern political thought and practices, with reference to the different contexts in which they wrote. We consider the way in which these thinkers have approached the ‘big’ questions and ideas that lie behind everyday political life.  

The module examines questions such as: What is justice?  What is the purpose of government?  What is the best form of government? Is the state ever entitled to restrict our freedom to do what we want? Why should we obey the state? When is it right to have a revolution? 

Module Code and Credits: M11001 (10 credits) M11151 (15 credits) 

Suitable for study at: Undergraduate level 1

Dr David Stevens, School of Politics and International Relations 

Dr Stevens' research is focussed primarily within the area of contemporary normative political philosophy. Specifically, he is concerned with issues of socio-economic justice within liberal democratic societies. 

Modules taught: Social Justice (level 3); War and Massacre (level 2); Justice Beyond Borders: Theories of International and Intergenerational Justice (level D). 

Areas of Research Supervision: Social justice; educational; justice; Rawlsian political philosophy. In particular, David Stevens encourages applications for PhD topics in the following areas: Social justice and schooling; State education and the rights of minority cultures. Political liberalism and the creation of civic virtue; Reflective equilibrium/moral constructivism. 

]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010/2011.

This module introduces students to the ideas of key thinkers in the history of western political thought. We look carefully at the canonical works of five thinkers in the history of political thought: Plato, Aristotle, Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. The module considers the impact of these thinkers on ancient and modern political thought and practices, with reference to the different contexts in which they wrote. We consider the way in which these thinkers have approached the ‘big’ questions and ideas that lie behind everyday political life.  

The module examines questions such as: What is justice?  What is the purpose of government?  What is the best form of government? Is the state ever entitled to restrict our freedom to do what we want? Why should we obey the state? When is it right to have a revolution? 

Module Code and Credits: M11001 (10 credits) M11151 (15 credits) 

Suitable for study at: Undergraduate level 1

Dr David Stevens, School of Politics and International Relations 

Dr Stevens' research is focussed primarily within the area of contemporary normative political philosophy. Specifically, he is concerned with issues of socio-economic justice within liberal democratic societies. 

Modules taught: Social Justice (level 3); War and Massacre (level 2); Justice Beyond Borders: Theories of International and Intergenerational Justice (level D). 

Areas of Research Supervision: Social justice; educational; justice; Rawlsian political philosophy. In particular, David Stevens encourages applications for PhD topics in the following areas: Social justice and schooling; State education and the rights of minority cultures. Political liberalism and the creation of civic virtue; Reflective equilibrium/moral constructivism. 

]]></description><dc:date>2010-11-25</dc:date><dc:title>Political ideas in revolution</dc:title><dc:creator>Stevens David Dr  </dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>module code M11001</dc:subject><dc:subject>history of western political thought</dc:subject><dc:subject>module code M11151</dc:subject><dc:subject>Plato</dc:subject><dc:subject>Aristotle</dc:subject><dc:subject>Niccolo Machiavelli</dc:subject><dc:subject>Thomas Hobbes </dc:subject><dc:subject>John Locke</dc:subject><dc:subject>ancient and modern political thought and practices</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Politics in 60 seconds. China's responsibility</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=1e717a73-9cae-8920-ff52-ac57a21eb18e</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:31:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=1e717a73-9cae-8920-ff52-ac57a21eb18e</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>video/mpeg</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Dr Miwa Hirono defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast considers China's responsibility.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education

Dr Miwa Hirono, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Miwa Hirono is an RCUK Fellow at the Centre for International Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution at The University of Nottingham’s School of Politics and International Relations. She is also a Research Fellow at Nottingham’s China Policy Institute and has recently published Civilising Missions, a book on religious international NGOs in China. 

She taught at the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University, where she was awarded a Ph.D. in International Relations. Dr Hirono was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing (2003-2004), and conducted extensive fieldwork throughout many provinces and autonomous regions in China. 

Dr Hirono is interested in the role of NGOs from a Chinese and Japanese perspective.  Particularly the role of transnational and local NGOs in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations in Southeast Asia and Africa. 

]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Dr Miwa Hirono defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast considers China's responsibility.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education

Dr Miwa Hirono, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Miwa Hirono is an RCUK Fellow at the Centre for International Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution at The University of Nottingham’s School of Politics and International Relations. She is also a Research Fellow at Nottingham’s China Policy Institute and has recently published Civilising Missions, a book on religious international NGOs in China. 

She taught at the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University, where she was awarded a Ph.D. in International Relations. Dr Hirono was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing (2003-2004), and conducted extensive fieldwork throughout many provinces and autonomous regions in China. 

Dr Hirono is interested in the role of NGOs from a Chinese and Japanese perspective.  Particularly the role of transnational and local NGOs in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations in Southeast Asia and Africa. 

]]></description><dc:date>2010-06-21</dc:date><dc:title>Politics in 60 seconds. China's responsibility</dc:title><dc:creator>Hirono M. Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>Political Concepts</dc:subject><dc:subject>China</dc:subject><dc:subject>Definition of Responsibility</dc:subject><dc:subject>Responsibility</dc:subject><dc:subject>International Definitions</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Politics in 60 seconds. Disaster politics</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=192a219d-0593-e7a0-9b7e-8e85b44e582e</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:44:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=192a219d-0593-e7a0-9b7e-8e85b44e582e</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>video/mpeg</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Dr Vanessa Pupavac defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focusses on disaster politics as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education

Dr Vanessa Pupavac, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Vanessa Pupavac is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Nottingham. She has previously worked for the UN Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia and other international organisations. Dr Vanessa Pupavac's research encompasses international human rights, children's rights, linguistic rights, humanitarian and development politics. In recent years she has been examining the international politics of trauma, that is, the influence of Western therapy culture on international aid policy and the rise of international psychosocial programmes. She is also currently examining international language rights and language politics. Her research is underpinned by an interest in contemporary subjectivity and the crisis of meaning in international politics.
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Dr Vanessa Pupavac defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focusses on disaster politics as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education

Dr Vanessa Pupavac, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Vanessa Pupavac is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Nottingham. She has previously worked for the UN Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia and other international organisations. Dr Vanessa Pupavac's research encompasses international human rights, children's rights, linguistic rights, humanitarian and development politics. In recent years she has been examining the international politics of trauma, that is, the influence of Western therapy culture on international aid policy and the rise of international psychosocial programmes. She is also currently examining international language rights and language politics. Her research is underpinned by an interest in contemporary subjectivity and the crisis of meaning in international politics.
]]></description><dc:date>2010-06-21</dc:date><dc:title>Politics in 60 seconds. Disaster politics</dc:title><dc:creator>Pupavac C. V. Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>Political Concepts</dc:subject><dc:subject>Disaster Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Politics in 60 seconds. Passive revolution</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=ca1d1723-cd1b-47a5-8f40-7e0ee0f0ac50</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:43:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=ca1d1723-cd1b-47a5-8f40-7e0ee0f0ac50</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>video/mpeg</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Dr Adam Morton defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on passive revolution as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

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Dr Adam Morton, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Adam Morton is a Senior Lecturer and Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) in the School of Politics and International Relations at The University of Nottingham. Before joining the University of Nottingham, he was a Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University (2002-5) and an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (2001-2). He specialises in the themes of political economy, state theory, historical sociology, globalisation and development.

Dr Adam Morton was awarded the inaugural 'Latin American Perspectives Visiting Fellowship'  in 2008 which involved a period of affiliation at the University of California, Riverside linked to the journal Latin American Perspectives. His monographs have been published in prominent book series and his journal publications include articles inter alia in International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peasant Studies, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, New Political Economy, Review of International Political Economy, Review of International Studies, and Third World Quarterly. Dr Morton's published work has also been translated into Spanish, Italian, Portuguese-Brazilian, German and Japanese.



]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Dr Adam Morton defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on passive revolution as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

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Dr Adam Morton, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Adam Morton is a Senior Lecturer and Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) in the School of Politics and International Relations at The University of Nottingham. Before joining the University of Nottingham, he was a Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University (2002-5) and an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (2001-2). He specialises in the themes of political economy, state theory, historical sociology, globalisation and development.

Dr Adam Morton was awarded the inaugural 'Latin American Perspectives Visiting Fellowship'  in 2008 which involved a period of affiliation at the University of California, Riverside linked to the journal Latin American Perspectives. His monographs have been published in prominent book series and his journal publications include articles inter alia in International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peasant Studies, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, New Political Economy, Review of International Political Economy, Review of International Studies, and Third World Quarterly. Dr Morton's published work has also been translated into Spanish, Italian, Portuguese-Brazilian, German and Japanese.



]]></description><dc:date>2010-06-21</dc:date><dc:title>Politics in 60 seconds. Passive revolution</dc:title><dc:creator>Morton A. D. Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>Political Concepts</dc:subject><dc:subject>Passive Revolution</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Politics in 60 seconds. Property</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=b776c060-569d-5132-00cc-de64bf78904b</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:21:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=b776c060-569d-5132-00cc-de64bf78904b</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>video/mpeg</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Professor Christopher Pierson defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on property as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

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Professor Christopher Pierson, School of Politics and International Relations

Professor Christopher Pierson is Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham, director of teaching and lead editor of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations. He has held visiting posts at the Australian National University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. His expertise lies in democracy, property and the welfare state.

Professor Christopher Pierson has a long-standing interest in the problems of the modern state in general and of social democracy in particular. His earliest work was on Marxist accounts of the state and democracy and in more recent years, his attention has focused upon issues surrounding the contemporary welfare state and alternatives to classical social democracy (especially the advocacy of market socialism), the relationship between labour politics in the UK and Australia and normative justifications for existing property regimes. He is also an editor of the Oxford University Press Handbook of the Advanced Welfare States, a large international project which brings together expert opinion about comparative welfare state development from around the globe.






]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Professor Christopher Pierson defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on property as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

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Professor Christopher Pierson, School of Politics and International Relations

Professor Christopher Pierson is Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham, director of teaching and lead editor of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations. He has held visiting posts at the Australian National University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. His expertise lies in democracy, property and the welfare state.

Professor Christopher Pierson has a long-standing interest in the problems of the modern state in general and of social democracy in particular. His earliest work was on Marxist accounts of the state and democracy and in more recent years, his attention has focused upon issues surrounding the contemporary welfare state and alternatives to classical social democracy (especially the advocacy of market socialism), the relationship between labour politics in the UK and Australia and normative justifications for existing property regimes. He is also an editor of the Oxford University Press Handbook of the Advanced Welfare States, a large international project which brings together expert opinion about comparative welfare state development from around the globe.






]]></description><dc:date>2010-06-15</dc:date><dc:title>Politics in 60 seconds. Property</dc:title><dc:creator>University of Nottingham</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>Political Concepts</dc:subject><dc:subject>Property</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Politics in 60 seconds. Social democracy</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=47ac19ad-ce5c-18f7-073b-c08abae86df1</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:00:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=47ac19ad-ce5c-18f7-073b-c08abae86df1</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>video/mpeg</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Professor Steven Fielding defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on social democracy as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

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Professor Steven Fielding, School of Politics and International Relations

Professor Steven Fielding is Professor of Political History and Director of the Centre for British Politics: CBP at The University of Nottingham and is an expert on The Labour Party. He is currently working on a commissioned documentary for BBC Radio 4 on the media portrayal of the Labour Party under Tony Blair. 

Professor Fielding is particularly focused on the fraught relationship between politicians and the society they represent in Parliament. He is also researching the fictional representation of politics in Britain and the US, focusing in part on novels, film and television from Anthony Trollope to ’The West Wing’ and ’The Thick Of It’. 

]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Professor Steven Fielding defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on social democracy as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

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Professor Steven Fielding, School of Politics and International Relations

Professor Steven Fielding is Professor of Political History and Director of the Centre for British Politics: CBP at The University of Nottingham and is an expert on The Labour Party. He is currently working on a commissioned documentary for BBC Radio 4 on the media portrayal of the Labour Party under Tony Blair. 

Professor Fielding is particularly focused on the fraught relationship between politicians and the society they represent in Parliament. He is also researching the fictional representation of politics in Britain and the US, focusing in part on novels, film and television from Anthony Trollope to ’The West Wing’ and ’The Thick Of It’. 

]]></description><dc:date>2010-06-21</dc:date><dc:title>Politics in 60 seconds. Social democracy</dc:title><dc:creator>Fielding S. J. Professor</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>Political Concepts</dc:subject><dc:subject>Social Democracy</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Politics in 60 seconds. Utopia</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=1040389f-0680-63e9-bd64-d3bf9a52a7cc</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:56:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=1040389f-0680-63e9-bd64-d3bf9a52a7cc</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>video/mpeg</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Dr Lucy Sargisson defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on Utopia as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

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Dr Lucy Sargisson, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Lucy Sargisson is an Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. She is an active member of the profession, serving on the Steering Group of the Utopian Studies Society, and the Steering Group of the Political Studies Association's 'Politics of Property' Specialist Group. She is a member of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice at Nottingham, and of CONCEPT, Nottingham's new Political Theory Centre.

Dr Lucy Sargisson is involved in two long-term projects, all of which involve the study of utopias and utopianism. The first is a book project 'Fools' Gold? Utopia in the Twenty-First Century' (for Palgrave Macmillan), where she considers a number of different aspects of utopian thought and activity in our time, as manifested in architecture, theory, fiction and social experimentation. The book addresses such themes as religious fundamentalism, the environment, poverty and politics. The second is a long-term research project on property and utopian alternatives to private property.
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Dr Lucy Sargisson defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on Utopia as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

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Dr Lucy Sargisson, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Lucy Sargisson is an Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. She is an active member of the profession, serving on the Steering Group of the Utopian Studies Society, and the Steering Group of the Political Studies Association's 'Politics of Property' Specialist Group. She is a member of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice at Nottingham, and of CONCEPT, Nottingham's new Political Theory Centre.

Dr Lucy Sargisson is involved in two long-term projects, all of which involve the study of utopias and utopianism. The first is a book project 'Fools' Gold? Utopia in the Twenty-First Century' (for Palgrave Macmillan), where she considers a number of different aspects of utopian thought and activity in our time, as manifested in architecture, theory, fiction and social experimentation. The book addresses such themes as religious fundamentalism, the environment, poverty and politics. The second is a long-term research project on property and utopian alternatives to private property.
]]></description><dc:date>2010-06-21</dc:date><dc:title>Politics in 60 seconds. Utopia</dc:title><dc:creator>Sargisson L. M. Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Political Concepts</dc:subject><dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>Utopia</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Politics in 60 seconds. Voting</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=ddb6785f-0a66-d157-5576-347602df08b8</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:52:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=ddb6785f-0a66-d157-5576-347602df08b8</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>video/mpeg</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Professor Cees van der Eijk defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on voting as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

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Professor Cees van der Eijk, School of Politics and International Relations

Professor Cees van der Eijk is Professor of Social Science Research Methods, and Director of Social Sciences Methods and Data Institute at the University of Nottingham. 

Before joining Nottingham he was Professor of Political Science the University of Amsterdam, following two Lectureships and Readership in Methodology. He has been a Research Fellow at NIAS (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences and Humanities), a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is member-correspondent of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. 

At Amsterdam Professor van der Eijk was Dean of Education, and remains on the Directors Boards of the Amsterdam School of Communication Research and the Dutch Foundation for Electoral Research (SKON). He also serves on the Executive Board for the Social and Behavioral Sciences of NWO (the Dutch National Science Foundation), and was between 1991 and 1996 the President of the Dutch Political Science Association. 

He has taught guest lectures or short courses at other universities in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Ireland, Britain, Germany and the USA, and to government and commercial audiences. 

]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Professor Cees van der Eijk defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on voting as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

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Professor Cees van der Eijk, School of Politics and International Relations

Professor Cees van der Eijk is Professor of Social Science Research Methods, and Director of Social Sciences Methods and Data Institute at the University of Nottingham. 

Before joining Nottingham he was Professor of Political Science the University of Amsterdam, following two Lectureships and Readership in Methodology. He has been a Research Fellow at NIAS (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences and Humanities), a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is member-correspondent of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. 

At Amsterdam Professor van der Eijk was Dean of Education, and remains on the Directors Boards of the Amsterdam School of Communication Research and the Dutch Foundation for Electoral Research (SKON). He also serves on the Executive Board for the Social and Behavioral Sciences of NWO (the Dutch National Science Foundation), and was between 1991 and 1996 the President of the Dutch Political Science Association. 

He has taught guest lectures or short courses at other universities in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Ireland, Britain, Germany and the USA, and to government and commercial audiences. 

]]></description><dc:date>2010-06-21</dc:date><dc:title>Politics in 60 seconds. Voting</dc:title><dc:creator>Van der Eijk C. Professor</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>Political Concepts</dc:subject><dc:subject>Voting</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Politics in 60 seconds. War</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=ffdb3e96-578d-09c7-f35b-958901fbc4ae</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:36:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=ffdb3e96-578d-09c7-f35b-958901fbc4ae</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>video/mpeg</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Dr Lucy Sargisson defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on War as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

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Dr Lucy Sargisson, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Lucy Sargisson is an Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. She is an active member of the profession, serving on the Steering Group of the Utopian Studies Society, and the Steering Group of the Political Studies Association's 'Politics of Property' Specialist Group. She is a member of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice at Nottingham, and of CONCEPT, Nottingham's new Political Theory Centre.

Dr Lucy Sargisson is involved in two long-term projects, all of which involve the study of utopias and utopianism. The first is a book project 'Fools' Gold? Utopia in the Twenty-First Century' (for Palgrave Macmillan), where she considers a number of different aspects of utopian thought and activity in our time, as manifested in architecture, theory, fiction and social experimentation. The book addresses such themes as religious fundamentalism, the environment, poverty and politics. The second is a long-term research project on property and utopian alternatives to private property.



 
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Dr Lucy Sargisson defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on War as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education

Dr Lucy Sargisson, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Lucy Sargisson is an Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. She is an active member of the profession, serving on the Steering Group of the Utopian Studies Society, and the Steering Group of the Political Studies Association's 'Politics of Property' Specialist Group. She is a member of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice at Nottingham, and of CONCEPT, Nottingham's new Political Theory Centre.

Dr Lucy Sargisson is involved in two long-term projects, all of which involve the study of utopias and utopianism. The first is a book project 'Fools' Gold? Utopia in the Twenty-First Century' (for Palgrave Macmillan), where she considers a number of different aspects of utopian thought and activity in our time, as manifested in architecture, theory, fiction and social experimentation. The book addresses such themes as religious fundamentalism, the environment, poverty and politics. The second is a long-term research project on property and utopian alternatives to private property.



 
]]></description><dc:date>2010-06-22</dc:date><dc:title>Politics in 60 seconds. War</dc:title><dc:creator>Sargisson L. M. Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>Political Concepts</dc:subject><dc:subject>War</dc:subject><dc:subject>International Conflicts</dc:subject><dc:subject>State Conflict</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Politics, power and political economy in Latin America</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=64df00d4-ce05-eb0e-83bb-066e2910e5c8</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:28:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=64df00d4-ce05-eb0e-83bb-066e2910e5c8</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010/2011. 

This module explores and analyses democratic politics in Latin America since the third wave of democratization in the 1980s. It is divided into three parts: 

1. Conceptualising democracy in the region with a focus on the debate between those who argue that liberal democracy and liberal markets are necessary and desirable and those who argue that only experiments that go beyond both will truly democratise the region. 

2. Explaining problems in democratic development such as lack of participation, representation and citizenship with reference to the political economy of neoliberalism, dependent development and political culture, amongst other theories. 

3. Asking the question: who are the actors who will democratise democracy in Latin America, with a focus on political parties, social movements, elites/technocrats and NGOs. All discussions will be contextualised with reference to particular case studies 

Module Code: M13098 

Credits: 20 
  
Suitable for study at: Undergraduate level 3

Dr Sara Motta, School of Politics and International Relations 

Dr Sara Motta obtained her BA in Philosophy and MSc in The Politics of Development (Latin America) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She completed her PhD at the Department of Government, LSE under the supervision of Dr Francisco Panizza and Professor Rodney Barker in 2005. She was appointed as a three year Tutorial Fellow in Comparative and Latin American Politics in the Government Department, LSE before being appointed to lectureship in Politics at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham in 2007.

Dr Motta's teaching interests are in the broad themes of comparative political economy of the Global South, popular politics and social movements in Latin America, comparative political analysis of democracy and development in Latin America and the politics of knowledge.

Dr Motta's research focus is the politics of subaltern resistance, with particular reference to Latin America.]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010/2011. 

This module explores and analyses democratic politics in Latin America since the third wave of democratization in the 1980s. It is divided into three parts: 

1. Conceptualising democracy in the region with a focus on the debate between those who argue that liberal democracy and liberal markets are necessary and desirable and those who argue that only experiments that go beyond both will truly democratise the region. 

2. Explaining problems in democratic development such as lack of participation, representation and citizenship with reference to the political economy of neoliberalism, dependent development and political culture, amongst other theories. 

3. Asking the question: who are the actors who will democratise democracy in Latin America, with a focus on political parties, social movements, elites/technocrats and NGOs. All discussions will be contextualised with reference to particular case studies 

Module Code: M13098 

Credits: 20 
  
Suitable for study at: Undergraduate level 3

Dr Sara Motta, School of Politics and International Relations 

Dr Sara Motta obtained her BA in Philosophy and MSc in The Politics of Development (Latin America) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She completed her PhD at the Department of Government, LSE under the supervision of Dr Francisco Panizza and Professor Rodney Barker in 2005. She was appointed as a three year Tutorial Fellow in Comparative and Latin American Politics in the Government Department, LSE before being appointed to lectureship in Politics at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham in 2007.

Dr Motta's teaching interests are in the broad themes of comparative political economy of the Global South, popular politics and social movements in Latin America, comparative political analysis of democracy and development in Latin America and the politics of knowledge.

Dr Motta's research focus is the politics of subaltern resistance, with particular reference to Latin America.]]></description><dc:date>2010-11-25</dc:date><dc:title>Politics, power and political economy in Latin America</dc:title><dc:creator>Motta Sara Dr </dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>Module Code: M13098 </dc:subject><dc:subject>politics and international relations</dc:subject><dc:subject>conceptualising democracy</dc:subject><dc:subject>liberal democracy </dc:subject><dc:subject>liberal markets </dc:subject><dc:subject>democratic development </dc:subject><dc:subject>citizenship</dc:subject><dc:subject>political economy </dc:subject><dc:subject>neoliberalism</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Pre-sessional mathematics</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=1f227ca2-7260-f3a6-984f-20e89e49f3dd</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=1f227ca2-7260-f3a6-984f-20e89e49f3dd</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type>text/html<dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[As taught Autumn 2011

‘Pre-Sessional Mathematics' Module Guide

Module Code: L14201

Total Credits: 0

Offering School: Economics

Suitable for study at: postgraduate Level 

The content presented here provides information for prospective students on module L14201 – ‘Pre-Sessional Mathematics’, offered by the School of Economics, University of Nottingham. The module is conveyed by Dr M Montero. 

Dr Maria Montero, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.

Maria joined the School of Economics in September 2002. Her research interests lie in the field of Game Theory (cooperative, non-cooperative and behavioural). Recent research has focused on weighted majority voting and on theoretical models of bargaining with social preferences.]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[As taught Autumn 2011

‘Pre-Sessional Mathematics' Module Guide

Module Code: L14201

Total Credits: 0

Offering School: Economics

Suitable for study at: postgraduate Level 

The content presented here provides information for prospective students on module L14201 – ‘Pre-Sessional Mathematics’, offered by the School of Economics, University of Nottingham. The module is conveyed by Dr M Montero. 

Dr Maria Montero, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.

Maria joined the School of Economics in September 2002. Her research interests lie in the field of Game Theory (cooperative, non-cooperative and behavioural). Recent research has focused on weighted majority voting and on theoretical models of bargaining with social preferences.]]></description><dc:date>2012-02-22</dc:date><dc:title>Pre-sessional mathematics</dc:title><dc:creator>Montero Maria Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>L14201</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Quantitative political analysis</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=9eb293c5-616d-bcc5-8971-54d2b53eb1fd</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:51:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=9eb293c5-616d-bcc5-8971-54d2b53eb1fd</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type>text/html<dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[As taught Spring Semester 2011.

The objective of this module is to introduce students to the practice of quantitative data analysis in the social sciences. The lecture component of the module will explore a variety of the most commonly used statistical methods; in the laboratory component, students will learn to apply these techniques to the analysis of social science data. Through assignments, students will have the opportunity to develop and test their own hypotheses and explanations on major research data sets. The module should provide a sound grasp of the possibilities, methods, and dangers inherent in quantitative social and political research.

Module Codes: M14121 (20 credits) 

Suitable for study at: Postgraduate Level 

Dr Mark Pickup, School of Politics and International Relations 

Dr Mark Pickup is a specialist in Comparative politics, with a particular interest in public opinion and democratic representation within North American and European countries. His research focuses on political information, public opinion, the media, election campaigns and electoral institutions.

Dr Pickup is also a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Oxford, where he runs the Oxford Polling Observatory website]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[As taught Spring Semester 2011.

The objective of this module is to introduce students to the practice of quantitative data analysis in the social sciences. The lecture component of the module will explore a variety of the most commonly used statistical methods; in the laboratory component, students will learn to apply these techniques to the analysis of social science data. Through assignments, students will have the opportunity to develop and test their own hypotheses and explanations on major research data sets. The module should provide a sound grasp of the possibilities, methods, and dangers inherent in quantitative social and political research.

Module Codes: M14121 (20 credits) 

Suitable for study at: Postgraduate Level 

Dr Mark Pickup, School of Politics and International Relations 

Dr Mark Pickup is a specialist in Comparative politics, with a particular interest in public opinion and democratic representation within North American and European countries. His research focuses on political information, public opinion, the media, election campaigns and electoral institutions.

Dr Pickup is also a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Oxford, where he runs the Oxford Polling Observatory website]]></description><dc:date>2012-02-02</dc:date><dc:title>Quantitative political analysis</dc:title><dc:creator>Pickup mark Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>M14121</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Service encounters : booking a holiday </title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=0abf92ff-54cf-1cc2-aaff-cebf2fa073c0</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:20:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=0abf92ff-54cf-1cc2-aaff-cebf2fa073c0</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/x-shockwave-flash</dc:format><dc:format>application/octet-stream</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[In this on-line lesson provided by 'CELE' international   students can improve their social listening skills. This lesson is part of a   module developing students' listening skills in academic, social and everyday situations.

This lesson helps students understand how humour is used in conversation and how speakers cooperate and share knowledge in conversation. Students can improve their listening skills through tasks focusing on understanding the main points, listening for detail, and practising predicting strategies. Students can work on tasks to improve their listening skills to identify weak sounds in English (difficult to hear) such as prepositions, contractions and articles. In addition, students can look up definitions of words, explore how words are used in context (including what words frequently go before or after a word), and obtain information about whether a word is commonly used in an academic context.

The listening module provides rich opportunities for students to improve their listening skills at their own pace, when they want to work, at their own level, and in any order they would like.]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[In this on-line lesson provided by 'CELE' international   students can improve their social listening skills. This lesson is part of a   module developing students' listening skills in academic, social and everyday situations.

This lesson helps students understand how humour is used in conversation and how speakers cooperate and share knowledge in conversation. Students can improve their listening skills through tasks focusing on understanding the main points, listening for detail, and practising predicting strategies. Students can work on tasks to improve their listening skills to identify weak sounds in English (difficult to hear) such as prepositions, contractions and articles. In addition, students can look up definitions of words, explore how words are used in context (including what words frequently go before or after a word), and obtain information about whether a word is commonly used in an academic context.

The listening module provides rich opportunities for students to improve their listening skills at their own pace, when they want to work, at their own level, and in any order they would like.]]></description><dc:date>2007-06-12</dc:date><dc:title>Service encounters : booking a holiday </dc:title><dc:creator>Ding Alex; University of Nottingham. Centre for English Language Education</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Spoken English</dc:subject><dc:subject>Listening skills</dc:subject><dc:subject>Self-paced learnign</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Sustainability and engineering</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=1c4d7433-74db-9779-b605-7681374bc79a</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:20:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=1c4d7433-74db-9779-b605-7681374bc79a</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type>text/html<dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This module is intended to give you a broad understanding of issues related to environmental sustainability in the context of engineering. The environmental problems facing our world are becoming more apparent day by day, and the term “sustainability” is used more frequently in the media. This module will explore the concept of sustainability and discuss some of the issues surrounding the subject. 

Each chapter will begin with an overview of the the content, and will then introduce key factors and the current world systems in place for the subject matter such as energy, materials, food, water and shelter. The social and economic factors of sustainability in an engineering context will also be covered. The problems associated with these systems will then be highlighted, specifically their environmental or social impacts and what part of the systems that could be considered unsustainable. Alternatives will then be introduced and outlined including what options there are and what are the challenges involved in implementing them. 

School of Engineering, University of Nottingham

]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This module is intended to give you a broad understanding of issues related to environmental sustainability in the context of engineering. The environmental problems facing our world are becoming more apparent day by day, and the term “sustainability” is used more frequently in the media. This module will explore the concept of sustainability and discuss some of the issues surrounding the subject. 

Each chapter will begin with an overview of the the content, and will then introduce key factors and the current world systems in place for the subject matter such as energy, materials, food, water and shelter. The social and economic factors of sustainability in an engineering context will also be covered. The problems associated with these systems will then be highlighted, specifically their environmental or social impacts and what part of the systems that could be considered unsustainable. Alternatives will then be introduced and outlined including what options there are and what are the challenges involved in implementing them. 

School of Engineering, University of Nottingham

]]></description><dc:date>2012-08-09</dc:date><dc:title>Sustainability and engineering</dc:title><dc:creator>Eales Aran</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>Engineering</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sustainability</dc:subject><dc:subject>Nottingham</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Sustainability in the arts and humanities</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=dcc40763-7e16-1d60-6492-5682fabf5d77</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:08:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=dcc40763-7e16-1d60-6492-5682fabf5d77</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type>text/html<dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[The aim of this module is to introduce students to the concept of ‘sustainability’ as perceived from within the Arts and Humanities, in particular within the disciplines of archaeology, classics, history (including art history and landscape history), music, philosophy and theology. The module will review a number of topical issues – such as climate change, food security, water and waste management, landscape, environment and biodiversity – through the lens of the Arts and Humanities to consider how our disciplines can contribute to current debates and offer new routes to sustainable futures. 

It is expected that the module will foster and develop students’ knowledge of issues in sustainability and, by placing evidence in its wider context, encourage students to think critically about possible solutions. Importantly, this module will render students ‘educated consumers’, aware that their daily decisions have an impact and that their choices can be equally influential. Above all it is about giving students the confidence, as individuals, to bring about social change for the future

Dr Naomi Sykes, University of Nottingham

My research focuses on human-animal-landscape relationships and how they inform on the structure, ideology and practice of past societies. My approach is to integrate animal bone data with other categories of material culture, and with wider archaeological, historical, scientific and anthropological discussions. As such, my research has wide geographical and temporal applicability.
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[The aim of this module is to introduce students to the concept of ‘sustainability’ as perceived from within the Arts and Humanities, in particular within the disciplines of archaeology, classics, history (including art history and landscape history), music, philosophy and theology. The module will review a number of topical issues – such as climate change, food security, water and waste management, landscape, environment and biodiversity – through the lens of the Arts and Humanities to consider how our disciplines can contribute to current debates and offer new routes to sustainable futures. 

It is expected that the module will foster and develop students’ knowledge of issues in sustainability and, by placing evidence in its wider context, encourage students to think critically about possible solutions. Importantly, this module will render students ‘educated consumers’, aware that their daily decisions have an impact and that their choices can be equally influential. Above all it is about giving students the confidence, as individuals, to bring about social change for the future

Dr Naomi Sykes, University of Nottingham

My research focuses on human-animal-landscape relationships and how they inform on the structure, ideology and practice of past societies. My approach is to integrate animal bone data with other categories of material culture, and with wider archaeological, historical, scientific and anthropological discussions. As such, my research has wide geographical and temporal applicability.
]]></description><dc:date>2012-08-09</dc:date><dc:title>Sustainability in the arts and humanities</dc:title><dc:creator>Sykes Naomi Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>Archaeology</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sustainability</dc:subject><dc:subject>Nottingham</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Sustainability: the business perspective</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=09c8fc5c-4e06-e1a5-8677-9a4828cddc1b</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:26:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=09c8fc5c-4e06-e1a5-8677-9a4828cddc1b</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type>text/html<dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[There is growing recognition across business that the reductionist ‘mind set’ founded on unlimited economic growth impervious to the social and environmental impacts of commercial activities will not resolve the converging environmental, social and economic crises now faced by the global community. Ever greater numbers of Boards and CEOs are grappling with a notion of sustainability and attempting to define precisely what it means for their business.

The primary aim of this unit is to capture this transition and define what businesses are doing to adopt a more sustainable approach. Looking at a number of case studies, the unit will attempt to demonstrate how individual businesses are attempting to align their activities to address global sustainability challenges such as climate change and carbon reduction, energy and water scarcity and poverty reduction.]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[There is growing recognition across business that the reductionist ‘mind set’ founded on unlimited economic growth impervious to the social and environmental impacts of commercial activities will not resolve the converging environmental, social and economic crises now faced by the global community. Ever greater numbers of Boards and CEOs are grappling with a notion of sustainability and attempting to define precisely what it means for their business.

The primary aim of this unit is to capture this transition and define what businesses are doing to adopt a more sustainable approach. Looking at a number of case studies, the unit will attempt to demonstrate how individual businesses are attempting to align their activities to address global sustainability challenges such as climate change and carbon reduction, energy and water scarcity and poverty reduction.]]></description><dc:date>2012-10-08</dc:date><dc:title>Sustainability: the business perspective</dc:title><dc:creator>Wright Simon</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>Nottingham</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sustainability</dc:subject><dc:subject>Business</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>The impact of globalisation</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=d62852a9-782f-fa5a-117f-e0ffdc5b61e4</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:55:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=d62852a9-782f-fa5a-117f-e0ffdc5b61e4</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010.

Globalisation has been widely debated in International Political Economy. This module has the task to assess its impact on European politics and integration. First, various definitions of globalisation will be introduced, before its impact on individual European countries and the European Union as a whole is analysed. Is there a general institutional and policy convergence of states due to globalisation, or do states respond in different ways? Does globalisation leave room for alternative economic-political models? Is European integration a defensive response to globalisation or simply part and parcel of the processes of global structural change? What are the likely characteristics of the future economic-political model of the EU? These are some of the questions, which will be addressed in the module. 

Module Code:M13025 
  
Suitable for study at: Undergraduate level 3

Prof. Andreas Bieler 

Andreas Bieler is Professor of Political Economy and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice. His general expertise is in the area of International Relations/International Political Economy theories and the analysis of European integration as well as resistance to neo-liberal globalisation with a particular emphasis on the possible role of trade unions.

The general aim of his research is to understand the current struggles over the future European Union (EU) economic-political model with a particular focus on the possibilities for resistance against the emerging neo-liberal, Anglo-American model of capitalism.

]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught Autumn Semester 2010.

Globalisation has been widely debated in International Political Economy. This module has the task to assess its impact on European politics and integration. First, various definitions of globalisation will be introduced, before its impact on individual European countries and the European Union as a whole is analysed. Is there a general institutional and policy convergence of states due to globalisation, or do states respond in different ways? Does globalisation leave room for alternative economic-political models? Is European integration a defensive response to globalisation or simply part and parcel of the processes of global structural change? What are the likely characteristics of the future economic-political model of the EU? These are some of the questions, which will be addressed in the module. 

Module Code:M13025 
  
Suitable for study at: Undergraduate level 3

Prof. Andreas Bieler 

Andreas Bieler is Professor of Political Economy and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice. His general expertise is in the area of International Relations/International Political Economy theories and the analysis of European integration as well as resistance to neo-liberal globalisation with a particular emphasis on the possible role of trade unions.

The general aim of his research is to understand the current struggles over the future European Union (EU) economic-political model with a particular focus on the possibilities for resistance against the emerging neo-liberal, Anglo-American model of capitalism.

]]></description><dc:date>2011-02-03</dc:date><dc:title>The impact of globalisation</dc:title><dc:creator>Bieler Andreas Professor </dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>Module Code:M13025 </dc:subject><dc:subject>Globalisation</dc:subject><dc:subject>International Political Economy</dc:subject><dc:subject>European politics </dc:subject><dc:subject>European Union </dc:subject><dc:subject>institutional and policy convergence of states </dc:subject><dc:subject>future economic-political model of the EU</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Theories and concepts</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=95136be1-c6bd-7fb6-f61b-52231a05c84a</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:25:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=95136be1-c6bd-7fb6-f61b-52231a05c84a</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or dowloaded as a zip file

As taught in Autumn Semester 2009/10

The War on Iraq and the US and British invasion of the country in 2003 has led to huge tensions in geopolitics. At the same time, the supposed ‘threat’ of international terrorism and continuing financial turmoil in the world economy have both brought to the fore the global politics of co-operation and confrontation. Whilst it might be possible to agree on the significance of these events, the explanation and/or understanding of them is dependent on prior theoretical choices. 

The purpose of this module is to make students aware of the diversity of approaches to international theory. Within International Relations (IR) theory there exist highly divergent interpretations and applications of key concepts (e.g. power, the state, agency, structure, and world order) as well as contested views about the practical purpose underpinning theories of world politics. The overall aim of the module is to provide students with a solid theoretical and conceptual grounding of this diversity. As a result, it will be possible to recognise not only how international theory informs policy-making and practice but also, perhaps, how truly contested the underlying assumptions of world politics are.

Suitable for Postgraduate Level

Dr Adam D. Morton, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr. Adam D. Morton is Associate Professor of Political Economy within the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham. His research specialises in the themes of political economy, state theory, historical sociology and development in relation to the making of modern Mexico. His next book is Revolution and State in Modern Mexico: The Political Economy of Uneven Development (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011) and he has published peer-reviewed journal articles on various dimensions of the political economy of Mexico in Third World Quarterly (2003); Bulletin of Latin American Research (2003); New Political Economy (2005); Journal of Peasant Studies (2007); and Latin American Perspectives (2010). He has also published in many of the major peer-reviewed journals in International Relations and International Political Economy (IPE), including European Journal of International Relations (2001); Review of International Political Economy (2003); Review of International Studies (2005); and International Studies Quarterly (2008). Email: Adam.Morton@nottingham.ac.uk
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As taught in Autumn Semester 2009/10

The War on Iraq and the US and British invasion of the country in 2003 has led to huge tensions in geopolitics. At the same time, the supposed ‘threat’ of international terrorism and continuing financial turmoil in the world economy have both brought to the fore the global politics of co-operation and confrontation. Whilst it might be possible to agree on the significance of these events, the explanation and/or understanding of them is dependent on prior theoretical choices. 

The purpose of this module is to make students aware of the diversity of approaches to international theory. Within International Relations (IR) theory there exist highly divergent interpretations and applications of key concepts (e.g. power, the state, agency, structure, and world order) as well as contested views about the practical purpose underpinning theories of world politics. The overall aim of the module is to provide students with a solid theoretical and conceptual grounding of this diversity. As a result, it will be possible to recognise not only how international theory informs policy-making and practice but also, perhaps, how truly contested the underlying assumptions of world politics are.

Suitable for Postgraduate Level

Dr Adam D. Morton, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr. Adam D. Morton is Associate Professor of Political Economy within the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham. His research specialises in the themes of political economy, state theory, historical sociology and development in relation to the making of modern Mexico. His next book is Revolution and State in Modern Mexico: The Political Economy of Uneven Development (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011) and he has published peer-reviewed journal articles on various dimensions of the political economy of Mexico in Third World Quarterly (2003); Bulletin of Latin American Research (2003); New Political Economy (2005); Journal of Peasant Studies (2007); and Latin American Perspectives (2010). He has also published in many of the major peer-reviewed journals in International Relations and International Political Economy (IPE), including European Journal of International Relations (2001); Review of International Political Economy (2003); Review of International Studies (2005); and International Studies Quarterly (2008). Email: Adam.Morton@nottingham.ac.uk
]]></description><dc:date>2009-12-11</dc:date><dc:title>Theories and concepts</dc:title><dc:creator>Morton Adam D. Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>International Relations Theory</dc:subject><dc:subject>Neo-realism</dc:subject><dc:subject>Interdependence</dc:subject><dc:subject>Feminism</dc:subject><dc:subject>Post-structuralism</dc:subject><dc:subject>Marxism</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Understanding contemporary society</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=a3ece875-b854-2903-0032-4281fb211ccf</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:36:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=a3ece875-b854-2903-0032-4281fb211ccf</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/msword</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

This module introduces students to a range of approaches in social analysis. Through introductions to key concepts, theorists and research studies in the disciplines of sociology, cultural studies and social policy, students will be equipped with the skills necessary for more advanced study of contemporary society. 

Two routes to reading this module's contents are offered. Those who prefer to read on screen can navigate to each section of interest using the links and menus provided whilst a full print version is also available for those who prefer to read offline and from paper.

Suitable for: undergraduate year one level learners.

Dr David J Parker, School of Sociology and Social Policy.

David Parker is a lecturer in Sociology in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of nottingham. His research interests include urban life, social change, ethnic identities, British Chinese communities. His teaching focuses in introductory sociology, classical sociology and urban sociology
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

This module introduces students to a range of approaches in social analysis. Through introductions to key concepts, theorists and research studies in the disciplines of sociology, cultural studies and social policy, students will be equipped with the skills necessary for more advanced study of contemporary society. 

Two routes to reading this module's contents are offered. Those who prefer to read on screen can navigate to each section of interest using the links and menus provided whilst a full print version is also available for those who prefer to read offline and from paper.

Suitable for: undergraduate year one level learners.

Dr David J Parker, School of Sociology and Social Policy.

David Parker is a lecturer in Sociology in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of nottingham. His research interests include urban life, social change, ethnic identities, British Chinese communities. His teaching focuses in introductory sociology, classical sociology and urban sociology
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As taught in Autumn Semester 2009.

This module introduces global politics through the major theoretical, historical and empirical ways of seeing international relations. Different claims, about, for example, human nature, power, war, peace, the state, society, law and politics are offered by thinkers who exercise a major influence on our contemporary understanding. These claims contribute to different approaches to politics in a global context.

Suitable for: Undergraduate level one students

Dr Vanessa Pupavac, Dr Xiaoke Zhang, Dr Sabine Carey, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Vanessa Pupavac is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Nottingham. She has previously worked for the UN Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia and other international organisationsVanessa Pupavac's research encompasses international human rights, children's rights, linguistic rights, humanitarian and development politics. In recent years she has been examining the international politics of trauma, that is, the influence of Western therapy culture on international aid policy and the rise of international psychosocial programmes. She is also currently examining international language rights and language politics. Her research is underpinned by an interest in contemporary subjectivity and the crisis of meaning in international politics.

Dr Xiaoke Zhang is an Associate Professor in political economy and Asian studies in the School of Politics and International Relations, the University of Nottingham. Before joining the School of Politics and International Relations in September 2003, Dr Zhang was a lecturer in the International School of Humanities and Social Sciences and a research fellow in the Amsterdam School of Social Science Research, both at the University of Amsterdam. Dr Xiaoke Zhang's major research interests are in comparative and international political economy, with a regional focus on Asia-Pacific.

Dr Sabine Carey is Lecturer in Political Science and Associate Fellow of the Methods and Data Institute and the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham. She holds a PhD in Government from the University of Essex. A summary of her research interstes includes comparative Politics, in particular democratization, domestic political change, human rights, repression and African politics. International Relations, in particular war and conflict, and foreign policy. Political Methodology, in particular time series, pooled cross-sectional time series, VAR modelling and event data analysis.

]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught in Autumn Semester 2009.

This module introduces global politics through the major theoretical, historical and empirical ways of seeing international relations. Different claims, about, for example, human nature, power, war, peace, the state, society, law and politics are offered by thinkers who exercise a major influence on our contemporary understanding. These claims contribute to different approaches to politics in a global context.

Suitable for: Undergraduate level one students

Dr Vanessa Pupavac, Dr Xiaoke Zhang, Dr Sabine Carey, School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Vanessa Pupavac is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Nottingham. She has previously worked for the UN Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia and other international organisationsVanessa Pupavac's research encompasses international human rights, children's rights, linguistic rights, humanitarian and development politics. In recent years she has been examining the international politics of trauma, that is, the influence of Western therapy culture on international aid policy and the rise of international psychosocial programmes. She is also currently examining international language rights and language politics. Her research is underpinned by an interest in contemporary subjectivity and the crisis of meaning in international politics.

Dr Xiaoke Zhang is an Associate Professor in political economy and Asian studies in the School of Politics and International Relations, the University of Nottingham. Before joining the School of Politics and International Relations in September 2003, Dr Zhang was a lecturer in the International School of Humanities and Social Sciences and a research fellow in the Amsterdam School of Social Science Research, both at the University of Amsterdam. Dr Xiaoke Zhang's major research interests are in comparative and international political economy, with a regional focus on Asia-Pacific.

Dr Sabine Carey is Lecturer in Political Science and Associate Fellow of the Methods and Data Institute and the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham. She holds a PhD in Government from the University of Essex. A summary of her research interstes includes comparative Politics, in particular democratization, domestic political change, human rights, repression and African politics. International Relations, in particular war and conflict, and foreign policy. Political Methodology, in particular time series, pooled cross-sectional time series, VAR modelling and event data analysis.

]]></description><dc:date>2010-02-23</dc:date><dc:title>Understanding global politics</dc:title><dc:creator>Carey Sabine Dr;Zhang Xiaoke Dr;Pupavac Vanessa Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>Global Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>International Relations</dc:subject><dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject><dc:subject>Realism</dc:subject><dc:subject>Liberalism</dc:subject><dc:subject>Social Constructivism</dc:subject><dc:subject>Marxist Theories of International Relations</dc:subject><dc:subject>Ethics and International Relations</dc:subject><dc:subject>International History versus International Relations</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>War, peace & political thought</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=6745c420-6ac9-d607-0fe1-dbcff625a3da</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:04:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=6745c420-6ac9-d607-0fe1-dbcff625a3da</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type>text/html<dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[As taught Spring Semester 2011.

This is an advanced module in the history of international political thought for MA students. It is structured in two parts. The first, comprising sessions 2-7, is concerned with an approach to the history of international theory, influential in the field, which insists on placing theorists in one of three ‘traditions’. We interrogate the integrity of these traditions, in each case, by analysing the work of at least two writers who are said to belong squarely to the tradition, or indeed to have founded it. In the second part of the module, we examine a number of ways in which international relations theorists and political theorists are turning their attention to the history of political theory or international thought in order to illuminate or evaluate some aspect of contemporary global politics. The module therefore complements and reinforces at least two others on the MA programme: it gives some historical grounding to ‘Theories and Concepts in International Relations’; and it introduces methods and perspectives in political theory that supplement those that students of ‘Justice Beyond Borders’ will become practised in.

Module Codes: M14136 (20 credits),  M14137 (15 credits) 

Suitable for study at: Postgraduate Level 

Dr Ben Holland, School of Politics and International Relations 

Ben Holland joined the staff of the School of Politics and International Relations in September 2010. He read Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge. After some time working for a human rights organisation in Caracas, Venezuela, he went on to complete a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in International Relations at the LSE. His thesis traced the history of an appelation sometimes applied to the state in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- that it is a 'moral person' -- and showed how this played a crucial role in the evolution of the modern internation system and of its law. His research interests are in intellectual history, particularly in respect of ideas about inter-state relations, as well as contemporary international relations theory.
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[As taught Spring Semester 2011.

This is an advanced module in the history of international political thought for MA students. It is structured in two parts. The first, comprising sessions 2-7, is concerned with an approach to the history of international theory, influential in the field, which insists on placing theorists in one of three ‘traditions’. We interrogate the integrity of these traditions, in each case, by analysing the work of at least two writers who are said to belong squarely to the tradition, or indeed to have founded it. In the second part of the module, we examine a number of ways in which international relations theorists and political theorists are turning their attention to the history of political theory or international thought in order to illuminate or evaluate some aspect of contemporary global politics. The module therefore complements and reinforces at least two others on the MA programme: it gives some historical grounding to ‘Theories and Concepts in International Relations’; and it introduces methods and perspectives in political theory that supplement those that students of ‘Justice Beyond Borders’ will become practised in.

Module Codes: M14136 (20 credits),  M14137 (15 credits) 

Suitable for study at: Postgraduate Level 

Dr Ben Holland, School of Politics and International Relations 

Ben Holland joined the staff of the School of Politics and International Relations in September 2010. He read Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge. After some time working for a human rights organisation in Caracas, Venezuela, he went on to complete a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in International Relations at the LSE. His thesis traced the history of an appelation sometimes applied to the state in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- that it is a 'moral person' -- and showed how this played a crucial role in the evolution of the modern internation system and of its law. His research interests are in intellectual history, particularly in respect of ideas about inter-state relations, as well as contemporary international relations theory.
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