Politics and international development degrees allow you to examine the most important political issues that we face today. You will need to engage with complex, challenging problems and real world issues while weighing up evidence and the opinions of others before reaching your own conclusions.
The School of Government have created some resources for students to explore in preparation for university; they consist of podcasts, reading and film suggestions and module outlines. We have highlighted some resources below but do explore the full series.
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Political Theory
Overview of Political Theory, John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, and Anne Phillips (The Oxford Handbook of Political Science)
What Kind of Country – This American Life Podcast
What I learned about freedom after escaping North Korea, Yeonmi Park (TED Talk)
What new power looks like, Jeremy Heimans (TED Talk)
Citizenship and migration – concepts and controversies, Rainer Bauböck
"Everyone has the right to a nationality!" - European Network on Statelessness
Gender Studies
Interview with Cynthia Enloe
What is Social Reproduction Theory? Tithi Bhattacharya
Angela Davis Speaks on 'Freedom and Democracy’
Political Economy
What Brexit and austerity tell us about economics, policy and the media, Simon Wren-Lewis
Emissions Gap Report 2019, UN Environment Programme
International Development
The "bottom billion" Paul Collier (TED Talk)
From Our Own Correspondent (BBC Podcast)
World Development Reports (World Bank)