University of Salford, BA (Hons), Contemporary History and Politics

Level 1: Core modules: introduction to UK and US politics; democracy and communism I and II; issues in contemporary history; political philosophy and ideologies; comparative politics and political issues. Level 2: Core module: researching politics and contemporary history; optional modules include: Vichy France; French politics and society; the French Third Republic; New Jerusalems; politics of Northern Ireland; issues in comparative politics; classical political thought; US parties, campaigns and elections; power and society in Britain in the 19th century; the politics of sport; contemporary Italian politics; the far right in Europe; party systems in Western Europe; counter-insurgency; de Gaulle’s France; the Conservatives in power 1979-97; contemporary British politics; green parties in Europe; Britain and the European union; 20th-century British intelligence. Level 3: Core module: dissertation (counts as 2 modules); green politics and environmental policy in the UK; policy-making in Britain; Soviet history 1917-91; political parties and elections in the new Europe 1 and 2; the experience of democratisation in Britain 1800-1950; the Nazi tyranny; Europe at war 1939-45; urbanisation and social problems in Britain 1800-1914; US-UK relations since 1900; political ideology and welfare policy in Britain and Germany 1919-39; the Vietnam war; modern political thought; politics of the USSR and post-communist Russia; the Labour party and the affluent society 1959-70; the Middle East in the era of the superpowers 1945-91; New Labour.