http://www.mori.com
Leading public opinion poll organisation.
http://www.Yougov.com
Internet polls.
http://library.ukc.ac.uk/cartoons
University of Kent Cartoon Centre (many political cartoons).
http://www.stansey.com
The principal author’s home page including a feedback facility.
COURSES ON POLITICS
Any reader not already enrolled on a politics course who is now
contemplating doing so is recommended to look at an informative
pamphlet – Study Politics– produced by the Political Studies
Association (PSA) (Fisher and Arthurs, 2003 – downloadable from
http://www.psa.ac.uk)) which outlines the nature and implications of
choosing an undergraduate politics course. The career development
organisation CRAC produces biannually a more detailed booklet that
outlines all full-time degree courses available in Britain. There is also
an annual supplement to the New Statesmanproduced in collabora-
tion with the PSA. Most further education colleges and university
extramural departments provide part-time courses suitable for the
beginning student, as does the Open University. Increasingly even
full-time courses have a fair proportion of ‘mature’ students, so that
older readers should not dismiss the possibility of pursuing their
interest in this way.
Courses in Britain are very diverse but there is now an agreed
specification for first degrees in political science agreed by the
European Conference of National Political Science Associations. This
includes the following core subject areas:
Political Theory/History of Political Thought
Methodology including Statistics
Political System of one’s own country and of the European Union
Comparative Politics
International Relations
Public Administration and Policy Analysis
Political Economy/Political Sociology
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