MSc in Political Sociology
Programme code: TMPOSO(SO)
Department: Sociology
This information is for the 2016/17 session.
Full-year programme. Students must take three courses and a dissertation as shown.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Paper |
Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Politics and Society | |
2 |
One full unit or two half units from the following: | |
|
Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe (H) | |
Democracy, Ideology and the European State (H) | ||
European Society and Politics beyond the Nation State (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Nationalism | ||
Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches) (H) | ||
|
Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H) | |
|
Social Research Methods | |
Approaches to Human Rights | ||
Regulation, Risk and Economic Life | ||
Classical Social Thought (H) | ||
Modern Social Thought (H) | ||
Economic Sociology (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Political Reconciliation (H) | ||
Gender and Societies (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Contemporary Social Thought | ||
International Migration and Migrant Integration (H) | ||
Risk and Governance: A Sociological Approach (H) | ||
The Sociology of Markets (H) | ||
Technology, Power and Culture (H) | ||
Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (H) | ||
Class, Politics and Culture (H) | ||
Topics in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial-Studies (H) | ||
Social Change Organizations (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
3 |
One full unit or two half units either from the list under Paper 2 above, or from any of the MSc courses offered in any department or institute at the LSE, so long as they are relevant to the study of political sociology, and subject to the approval of both Programme Director and course teacher. | |
4 |
MSc in Political Sociology Dissertation | |
