Political Sociology (Course 220 for PPE and History and Politics)

 

The reading list is here.

 

Links to lecture slides below are to old ones (mostly from 2023-4) by Stephen Fisher (except where indicated) until they are updated shortly before each lecture. Slides are provided here for reference and for those studying topics in tutorials before the relevant lecture. They are not intended to be stand-alone teaching materials or a substitute for attending the lectures.

 

MT 2025 Lectures, Fridays 9am

by Stephen Fisher

1. Introduction

2. Class (by James Tilley)

3. Religion

4. Ethnicity and ethnic minorities

5. Attitudes to minorities and populist right parties

6. Political culture and social capital

7. Change in social attitudes

8. Public support for welfare

 

HT 2026 Lectures, Fridays 12pm

by James Tilley

1. Voter turnout (by Stephen Fisher)

2. Gender 

3. Nationalism

4. Elites (old slides by Michael Biggs)

5. Media

6. Political participation and protest (old slides by Michael Biggs)

7. Social movements (old slides by Michael Biggs)

8. Civil Wars and Revolutions

 

 

Stephen Fisher

Trinity College

Oxford OX1 3BH

stephen.fisher@sociology.ox.ac.uk