
To introduce you to the above texts there are good resources here, particularly in relation to Hobbes, Wollstonecraft and Fanon, which you can explore: Introduction to Western Political Thought An excellent choice to read before the module starts. An excellent introduction to politics that covers many of the module themes. (2014) Politics: Ideas in Profile (London: Profile). May provide a useful background for some topics. An introductory-level textbook that is frequently used in pre-University education. (2013) Politics (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). ‘Politics: Why it Matters’ by Andrew Gamble (2019).Andrew Hindmoor, What's Left Now? The History and Future of Social Democracy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).Andrew Hindmoor, 12 Days that made Modern Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019).'Black Nurses: The Women who Saved the NHS' (Relevant to discussion of Windrush, immigration, and institutional racism' originally shown on the BBC in 2016).'Portillo on Thatcher: The Lady's Not for Spurning' (Originally shown on BBC4 in 2009).'Generation Right' (an ESRC Documentary on Thatcher, made with Kim Howells who is a visiting speaker on the course).'The Battle for Orgreave' (relevant to the week on the Miners' Strike 1984-85).You are under no obligation to purchase any of these books in advance of you starting your course. You may also be able to buy them second-hand, and the student Politics Society runs a second-hand book stall once term starts.


Conferences, events, visitor accommodation and weddingsĪll books listed below will be available in the University library.Worldwide Universities Network at Sheffield.Research centres, institutes and networks.Coronavirus: our research and innovation.
