MSc Global and Comparative Politics

University of Essex

This course allows you to focus on these and other questions of interest and apply them to politics in the developed and developing worlds.Our course provides you with an overview of classic controversies and contemporary debates in comparative politics. You learn about the main theoretical approaches to the study of politics, as well as the major issues and topics in this subfield of political science. All Essex politics graduates have the distinction of a qualification from one of the world’s leading politics departments.Our MSc Global and Comparative Politics will help you develop key employability skills which will make you attractive in both the public and private sector, including analytical reasoning, research, communication, and essay-writing.We also offer supervision for PhD and MPhil in the following fields: government ideology and discourse analysis international relations political behaviour and politics.Our academic reputation is illustrated by the fact that many of our graduates now teach or research at universities, colleges of higher education and schools. For example, recent graduates are now research fellows and academic staff at: Mannheim, Germany ETH Zurich, Switzerland Duke University, USA NATO/SHAPE, Belgium and University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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