Government & Politics
The politics of the UK, USA and the rest of the world.
Government & Politics

In this course, Professor Eric Kaufmann (Birkbeck, University of London) provides an overview of Nationalism. In the first module, we define some of the key terms – ‘the state’, ‘ethnicity’, ‘the nation’ – as well as considering the question of...
6 lectures
0:54:33
Prof. Eric Kaufmann
Birkbeck College, London
Government & Politics

In this module, Dr Shelley Budgeon (University of Birmingham) explores feminism and some of the core ideas that constitute feminist thought. In the first module, we introduce some of the key concepts that are important in contemporary feminist ...
6 lectures
1:08:09
Dr Shelley Budgeon
Birmingham University
Government & Politics

In this course, Professor Ruth Kinna (Loughborough University) explores the idea of anarchism. In the first five modules, we introduce five key figures in anarchist thinking: Max Stirner (1806-65), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-65), Mikhail Bakunin...
17 lectures
0:52:45
Prof. Ruth Kinna
Loughborough University
Government & Politics

In this course, Professor Tariq Modood (University of Bristol) explores the idea of multiculturalism. In the first module, we think about what constitutes ‘difference’ between distinct groups in a multicultural society. In the second module, we...
3 lectures
0:35:18
Prof. Tariq Modood
Bristol University
Government & Politics

In this course, Professor Matthew Humphrey (University of Nottingham) thinks about ecologism as a political ideology by surveying five key thinkers to illustrate both the diversity of ecological thought, and its core unifying themes. We begin in...
6 lectures
0:41:52
Prof. Matthew Humphrey
Nottingham University