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

 

The reading list is here.

 

Links to lecture slides below are to old ones until updated. Note that the 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 Lectures, Fridays 12-1pm

(Week 1 in Exam Schools, Weeks 2-8 in the Oxford Martin School)

 

by Stephen Fisher (except where indicated)

1. Introduction

2. Religion

3. Gender  (Lecture will be by James Tilley, link is to old slides by Fisher)

4. Ethnicity

5. Anti-immigrant sentiment and populist right parties

6. Political culture and social capital

7. Change in social attitudes

8. Voter turnout

 

HT Lectures, provisional schedule.

Old slides by Stephen Fisher except where indicated

 

1. Class

2. Nationalism

3. Public support for welfare

4. Elites (Biggs)

5. Media

6. Political participation (Biggs)

7. Social movements (Biggs)

8. Civil Wars and Revolutions

 

 

Stephen Fisher

Trinity College

Oxford OX1 3BH

stephen.fisher@sociology.ox.ac.uk