This is the core module for the MSc International Public Policy (IPP). The module provides an introduction: a conceptual overview and empirical illustrations intended to help students understand and analyse the key challenges, actors and institutions of contemporary international public policy. You will learn how to think analytically and critically about topics and policy challenges in global governance, how to conceptualise problems, how to think through the incentives and constraints of policymakers, state and non-state actors, and the potential for and limitations of collective action and institutions. 

We typically cover these foundations in the first part of the course and then spend the second part of the course discussing specific issue areas at the centre of international policymaking. 

The module typically covers topics such as: 

•    international security;
•    international trade;
•    development;
•    human rights;
•    democracy;
•    the environment. 

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Module description

This is a language module that develops a range of core linguistic skills, including spoken and written German, reading comprehension, and...

Module description

This is a language module that develops a range of core linguistic skills, including spoken and written German, reading comprehension, and translation from German into English. The module consists of 3 components:
Discussion and Essay: students write essays and give presentations on selected literary, historical and cultural themes.
Translation and Reading Comprehension: this seminar provides an introduction to translation techniques, addresses linguistic differences between English and German, and develops techniques for reading and understanding German texts.
German Grammar: this seminar will focus on the structure and use of the German language. Topics include word order, case, adjectival endings and verb forms.

Preparatory Reading

Hilke Dreyer and Richard Schmitt, Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik + Lösungsschlüssel (Hueber, 2009)  or
 Hilke Dreyer and Richard Schmitt, A Practice Grammar of German, trans. by Gerald R. Williams (Hueber, 2010) + Answer Key.
Please note: This module description is accurate at the time of publication. Minor amendments may be made prior to the start of the academic year.