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The new MRes in Global and Comparative Politics will provide students with comprehensive training in the core research methods of Social Science. The programme provides an intellectually stimulating analysis of the key issues in international and global politics. Students will discuss the changing dynamics of state power, the dimensions of regime change, the role of civil society in contemporary global politics, and the challenge posed to states by ethno-nationalism, migration and cosmopolitanism. Students can choose from an extensive list of module options designed to locate the key theoretical debates and discussions in a comparative empirical context. In addition, the programme will provide students with advanced skills in comparative analysis, as well as a developed understanding of methodological approaches to the study of Political Science.
Programme content
The modules offered examine a range of present-day challenges and dilemmas, which concern modern democracies, both new and old, in different parts of the world.
The core modules are:
- Global and Comparative Politics
This module will introduce you to key approaches and methodologies in the study of both Comparative Politics and Globalisation, and to investigate how such different perspectives impact upon our understanding and analysis of political institutions and processes.
- Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
This module seeks to provide you with advanced research skills, including the ability to select and use relevant resources effectively and to devise research questions appropriate for postgraduate research. You will develop the capacity to undertake independent guided research at postgraduate level and to use advanced quantitative skills appropriate for postgraduate research. Further, you will be able to analyse, interpret and replicate published research using quantitative research methods and will acquire sufficient technical competence in using SPSS to perform a range of quantitative techniques in your own research.
Optional modules include:
- Issues in Democratisation
- Ideas and Power in Spanish America 1512 – now
- Globalisation and the International Political Economy of Development
- International Security: War and Peace in a Global Context
- Democracy in Plural Societies
- Nationalism, Democracy and Cosmopolitanism
- International Public Management
- Policy Analysis for the Developing World
- Implementation and Evaluation
- Case Studies in British Policy Making
- Typologies and Theories of Migration 2
- Migrants, Diasporas and Law 1
- Migrants, Diasporas and Law 2
- Housing, Health and Education in a Metropolitan Environment
- Visions of Capitalism
Please note the availability of option modules is confirmed at the start of the academic year.
Assessment
Assessment is by a mix of written coursework and unseen examination, plus a dissertation of around 12,000-15,000 words.
Entry requirements
A minimum of an upper-second class honours degree in Politics or a related discipline. International students should check the the suitability of their qualifications at the country specific information available on the College website or contact the International Office.
Further information
To order a prospectus, please click here.
Application forms and further information can be downloaded from the College website
Please send completed application form to:
The Graduate Admissions Office
Queen Mary, University of London
London E1 4NS
Tel. no. 020 7882 5533
Fax no. 020 7882 5588
email: admissions@qmul.ac.uk
For informal queries on the programme, please write to our Postgraduate Administrator.