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Study Details: 1 year
Explore the complexity of contemporary governance and examine its effects on the policymaking process, the multiplicity of actors involved in it, the powers they have to affect it, and the constraints under which they operate.
You'll be guided by expert academic staff who specialise in governance and public policy. Together, you will address the following questions:
This degree attracts a hugely diverse student community. Some may have already studied politics and public policy previously, whereas others may have little academic experience and wish to further their knowledge of how and why the public policy process functions in the way that it does.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in a relevant subject.
Politics postgraduate students go on to work in a variety of exciting roles across the globe.
The MA Politics, Governance and Public Policy degree will prepare you especially well for working in policy-focused roles in local and national government, third sector organisations, global governance bodies and the private sector. The world of public policy is complex, as are the range of careers that expertise on the subject lends itself to.
You'll develop a host of transferable skills that will appeal to a range of employers. Recent graduates have secured employment with:
Those interested in academia have also secured further education at other top universities, such as University College London and the University of Oxford.
Core modules:
Analysing the Policy Process
Understanding Politics
Research and Dissertation Preparation
Politics Dissertation
Optional modules:
Contemporary Global Security
Policy-Making in the Real World
Development and the State
Democratic Governance in the 21st Century: Problems, Innovations and Solutions
Global Health and Global Politics
Political Economy of Global Environmental change
Capitalism and Crisis
Freedom
Terrorism and Political Violence
The Governance and Politics of the European Union
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