The study of politics concentrates on the way in which individuals have organised, and continue to organise, their social and collective life. Political science is an academic discipline with a long history, going back to the ancient Greeks. It has two main aspects, both of which are taught at Queen Mary: the study of government and political institutions, and the study of political ideas and ideologies. . You will be introduced to theories of politics and will analyse topical debates on, among others, the state, representative democracy, British politics, global governance, war and security, the politics of the developing world, US foreign policy, gender and politics, the politics of the Middle East, European integration, electoral behaviour, public policy and globalisation. At the end of your programme you will have acquired the skills needed to analyse and make sense of these real-life issues that have changed and continue to change our world.
Politics with Business Management is a major/minor degree programme. It provides you with the opportunity to pursue business management modules with a vocational slant, while the politics modules give you an intellectual framework of understanding. The primary aim of the business management side of the programme is to develop your ability to make critical analyses and evaluations that are relevant to management. This is achieved by building an understanding of the forces at work in business alongside knowledge of techniques, but above all through active exposure to the process of critical analysis itself. |