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Political Sociology term 1: exam revision

Political Sociology term 1: exam revision. SO310 Political Sociology. Overview. Exam format Section 1 revision: autumn term Practice questions. Exam format. Summer Examinations 2013/14 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Candidates who have NOT submitted an assessed essay should answer THREE questions.

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Political Sociology term 1: exam revision

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  1. Political Sociology term 1: exam revision SO310 Political Sociology

  2. Overview • Exam format • Section 1 revision: autumn term • Practice questions

  3. Exam format Summer Examinations 2013/14 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Candidates who have NOT submitted an assessed essay should answer THREE questions. Time allowed: 3 hours Candidates who have submitted an assessed essay should answer TWO questions. Time allowed: 2 hours Answer AT LEAST ONE question from each section. Candidates should not repeat the arguments made in their assessed essay.

  4. Exam format • Two sections, one per term • 13 questions, 6 per term, plus 1 related to both (in section 2) • Assessed essay questions are a better guide to the exam than last year’s exam (which had a different assessment structure and teaching team)

  5. Section 1 revision: autumn term • All topics will be covered, but not necessarily as distinct topics (eg. just one week per question): for most questions, students would be expected to draw on material from at least two or more weeks • Remember that you should answer the exam question rather than rehearse a pre-prepared answer (for example, re: ‘citizenship’: a question on post-national citizenship would be very different from a question on citizenship and inequality) • Exercise: which weeks ‘go together’ in terms of themes and comparisons? • What are some cross-cutting themes across the different topics covered in the autumn term?

  6. Autumn term topics: an overview

  7. Cross-cutting themes • Power • Capitalism • Scales and sites of political action (global, national, urban; states, parties, social movements) • Liberal democracy • Globalisation • Protest or resistance • Universalism and difference • Inclusion and exclusion • Inequality • Political action

  8. Practice questions • Design a question on a combined topic from: • Weeks 1 & 3, • Weeks 2 & 3, • Weeks 4 & 9, • Weeks 5 & 7, or • Weeks 8 & 10 • Write an essay plan on this question • For further revision: write an essay plan on an assessed essay topic that you didn’t write your essay on.

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