A Short History of the Populist Leader

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Reflect on your own learning and understanding across the module
• Closely analyse a wide range of source material.
• Communicate your ideas in written form.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Explain a number of theories on populism.
• Discuss in detail individual populist leaders from a range of different countries.
• Outline the historical contexts in which populist leaders have acted.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Develop a research topic on a populist leader using primary sources.
• Compare populist leaders and populism across the countries discussed in this module.
• Apply theories of populism to individual populist leaders.

The module will focus on case studies of the popular appeal of political movements. Indicative case studies may include:

• Gandhi
• Modi
• Mao
• Martin Luther King Jr
• Nelson Mandela
• Sukarno
• Donald Trump
• Nigel Farage
• Lenin

Teaching methods include:

Lectures introducing the key topics

Small-group seminars to discuss primary sources and secondary readings

Individual essay tutorials

Learning methods include:

Close analysis of a range of primary sources

Extensive reading of secondary and theoretical literature

Development of a learning journal to track progress on the module across the semester

Research for and production of an analytical essay

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.