Political Systems and Issues: Contesting Authoritarianism (L2088)

15 credits, Level 5

Spring teaching

On this module, you'll examine the dynamics of electoral autocracy, where multiparty elections coexist with autocratic practices. You'll explore how parties organise, communicate, and compete in these contexts while analysing how regimes suppress dissent and opposition movements resist.

Through engagement with primary and secondary sources, you'll investigate cases of electoral autocracy in Africa and beyond, 

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.