Sophisticated politics involves communication, strategy and manipulation of the political agenda. This programme engages you in the practical issues of political delivery. The areas of political communication, political leadership, strategy, crisis management, political branding, and public relations are all the leading vocational aspects of a developed academic understanding of politics and international relations. It is an area of growing importance that distinguishes our graduates as policy-relevant, engaged thinkers in the political arena.

Course content

• Political Communication
• Political Strategy
• Two from: EU Constitutional and Institutional Law; European Foreign and Security Policy;Negotiation and Mediation; Parties and Elections.
• Two from those listed above plus: Contemporary Energy Security; Corporate Governance; Development: Theory and Practice; Environmental Law; EU Public Policy; Foreign Policy Analysis; Gender and Conflicts; International Migration Law; IRT; Islam Conflict and the State; Public Policy Analysis; State, Market and Society; Theories of Migration, Integration and Citizenship.
• Dissertation

Assessment

Assessment is by coursework plus the dissertation.

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Roxanne Devine
School of Politics and International Relations, Rutherford College,
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NX, UK
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Michael Sewell
Brussels School of International Studies,
University of Kent at Brussels, Boulevard de la Plaine 5, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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