FSS:POLn4112 Britain, Brexit and the Future - Course Information
POLn4112 Britain, Brexit and the Future of British Politics and Policy
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ray Raymond, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Šárka Pittnerová (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies - Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of the British political system
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Security and Strategic Studies (Eng.) (programme FSS, N-PL)
- Security and Strategic Studies (programme FSS, N-BSS)
- Security and Strategic Studies (programme FSS, N-PL)
- Conflict and Democracy Studies (programme FSS, N-CDS)
- Conflict and Democracy Studies (Eng.) (programme FSS, N-PL)
- Political Science (programme FSS, N-PL)
- Political Science (programme FSS, N-POL)
- Course objectives
- Analyze the Brexit phenomenon, its causes and consequences for British electoral politics, British political institutions as well as British foreign and defense policy. The course will also examine the state of British politics with a general election.
- Learning outcomes
- Students better understand why: - Brexit happened including an in-depth look at the 2016 referendum itself; - The negotiations between the UK and the EU; - The way in which Brexit has endangered the structural integrity of the United Kingdom and the ethical standard of British politics and governance; and, - A critical look at “Global Britain,” the foreign and defense policy launched by the Conservative government post-Brexit.
- Syllabus
- 1. BRIEF OVERVIEW: BRITISH POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS BEFORE BREXIT 2. BREXIT: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT HAPPENED 3. THE LONG TERM CAUSES. WHAT CREATED THE POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT MADE THIS REBELLION POSSIBLE? 4. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BRITAIN AND EUROPE SINCE 1945 5. THE DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS TO WITHDRAW AND THE AGREEMENT 6. CONSEQUENCES FOR THE UK CONSTITUTION, PARLIAMENT AND PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY 7. CONSEQUENCES: SCOTLAND 8. CONSEQUENCES: NORTHERN IRELAND 9. CONSEQUENCES: POLITICAL CULTURE, ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION 10. CONSEQUENCES: BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY AND “GLOBAL BRITAIN” 11. CONSEQUENCES : BRITISH SECURITY POLICY: COOPERATION WITH EUROPE? 12. AND IN THE END..THE FUTURE OF UK-EU RELATIONS
- Literature
- Matt Bevington, “What does the Brexit Deal Mean”? The UK In a Changing Europe, Explainer, 20 January 2021.
- Glencross, Andrew. 2016. Why the UK Voted for Brexit: David Cameron’s Great Miscalculation Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Professor Catherine Barnard, Factsheet, The EU Withdrawal Bill, The UK in a Changing Europe, Explainer, 19 September 2017.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, working groups, individual written preparations.
- Assessment methods
- There were will be three essays each inviting you to answer a question I will set. Please don’t regurgitate the readings or my lectures. Think for yourself: marshall the information from these and outside sources to form a clear cogent argument. Originality is always warmly welcome. These are short evidence based analytical essays. First, think through what you want to say; that is your thesis. Second, marshal the evidence to support your thesis and reach a conclusion. In your professional lives, writing short analytical papers like this will be a daily task. The first essay will be worth 20 points and should be approximately 500 words long. The second essay will be worth 40 points and should be approximately 1,000 words. The final essay, also work 40 points, should also be approximately 1,000 words. A: 90-100 B: 80-89 C: 70-79 D: 60-69 E: 50-59 F: 0-49
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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