Parties and Voters in the UK (M1007)

30 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll study parties and voters in the UK, focusing on contemporary changes rather than historical background.

Key topics include:

  • party system change in the UK
  • historical origins of the party system
  • electoral behaviour and party competition
  • party ideologies and programmatic development
  • intra-party conflict and cohesion
  • party organisational change
  • the relationship between the party system and the political system.

Teaching

100%: Seminar

Assessment