Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Faith-Based Peace building, Local Churches and Peace Building, The Journey Towards Reconciliation by John Paul Lederach, Early Ecumenical Communities, Peace line Ecumenical Communities, West Belfast Peace Line, Definition of a Peace Line Ecumenical Community, Aims of Ecumenical Communities and Stages of their Work.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Constructivism: The Backstory, Constructivism and the Cold War, Constructivist Assumptions and Propositions, Key Thinkers in Constructivism, Case Study: Iraq War 2003 and Criticisms of Constructivism.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Defining Globalisation, Globalisation in History, Understanding Development, The Bretton Woods Institutions and Orthodox and Alternative Perspectives on Development.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Environmental Problems, Globalisation and the Environment Efforts to Combat Environmental Problems and IR and the Environment.

Short Presentation that Covers: Robert Shiller, Warren Buffett, John Rawls – The Difference Principle, John Maynard Keynes, Deng Xiaoping and Robert Nozick.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: 1776 Constitution of Virginia, 1798 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, HG Wells the Rights of Man, The Atlantic Declaration, Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Freedom of Religion, 1786 Virginia Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1798 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and The Cairo Declaration.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Women's’ Organisations, Male Values/Masculinity, An Glor Gafa - the Captive Voice - in 1992, Religious and Political Iconography, The Peace People, Deirdre Heenan, The Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition, Monica McWilliams, leader of the NIWC, NIWC Disbanded in 2006, Roísin McDonough and Seamus Mallon (SDLP).

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: the Historical Roots of Distinctive Political Economy of Welfare States, Past Decisions, Big or Small, Shape Development of Mixed Economies of Welfare Determines How they Can and Do Develop as well as Historical Dynamics and Current State-of-Play.

This Student Handout Supplements the Welfare State and the EU Presentations.

Comprehensive Presentation that covers: Pressure Groups and Power, What is Pluralism? Robert A Dahl’s Work on Power Structures and Pluralist Democracy, Pluralists and Democracy, Pluralists and the State, Evidence for the Pluralist View, Problems with Pluralism, Criticism of the Pluralist Position, What is Elitism? Is this Democratic? So Where is the Power? The Distinction Between Pluralism and Elitism, What Determines the Success of Pressure Groups, Functions of Pressure Groups, Mobilise Public Opinion, Example of the Mobilisation of Public Opinion, Education, Example of the Educative Role, Encourage Participation, Pluralism and Diversity, Example of Encouraging Participation, Single Issues, Example of Single Issue, Redress of Grievance, Example of Redress of Grievance, Representation of Minorities, Example of Representation of Minorities, Expert Knowledge, Example of Expert Knowledge, Public Policy, Example of Public Policy, Check and Balance to the Power of Executive Government and Example of Check and Balance.

Comprehensive Presentation that covers: Pressure Groups and Power, What is Pluralism? Robert A Dahl’s Work on Power Structures and Pluralist Democracy, Pluralists and Democracy, Pluralists and the State, Evidence for the Pluralist View, Problems with Pluralism, Criticism of the Pluralist Position, What is Elitism? Is this Democratic? So Where is the Power? The Distinction Between Pluralism and Elitism, What Determines the Success of Pressure Groups, Functions of Pressure Groups, Mobilise Public Opinion, Example of the Mobilisation of Public Opinion, Education, Example of the Educative Role, Encourage Participation, Pluralism and Diversity, Example of Encouraging Participation, Single Issues, Example of Single Issue, Redress of Grievance, Example of Redress of Grievance, Representation of Minorities, Example of Representation of Minorities, Expert Knowledge, Example of Expert Knowledge, Public Policy, Example of Public Policy, Check and Balance to the Power of Executive Government and Example of Check and Balance.

Short Presentation that Covers: Peace and Memory, Memorials and Memory(the search for meaning in the wake of war), World War Two, Oradour-sur-glane and Auschwitz.

Comprehensive Presentation that covers: Pressure Groups and Power, What is Pluralism? Robert A Dahl’s Work on Power Structures and Pluralist Democracy, Pluralists and Democracy, Pluralists and the State, Evidence for the Pluralist View, Problems with Pluralism, Criticism of the Pluralist Position, What is Elitism? Is this Democratic? So Where is the Power? The Distinction Between Pluralism and Elitism, What Determines the Success of Pressure Groups, Functions of Pressure Groups, Mobilise Public Opinion, Example of the Mobilisation of Public Opinion, Education, Example of the Educative Role, Encourage Participation, Pluralism and Diversity, Example of Encouraging Participation, Single Issues, Example of Single Issue, Redress of Grievance, Example of Redress of Grievance, Representation of Minorities, Example of Representation of Minorities, Expert Knowledge, Example of Expert Knowledge, Public Policy, Example of Public Policy, Check and Balance to the Power of Executive Government and Example of Check and Balance.

Comprehensive Presentation that covers: Pressure Groups and Power, What is Pluralism? Robert A Dahl’s Work on Power Structures and Pluralist Democracy, Pluralists and Democracy, Pluralists and the State, Evidence for the Pluralist View, Problems with Pluralism, Criticism of the Pluralist Position, What is Elitism? Is this Democratic? So Where is the Power? The Distinction Between Pluralism and Elitism, What Determines the Success of Pressure Groups, Functions of Pressure Groups, Mobilise Public Opinion, Example of the Mobilisation of Public Opinion, Education, Example of the Educative Role, Encourage Participation, Pluralism and Diversity, Example of Encouraging Participation, Single Issues, Example of Single Issue, Redress of Grievance, Example of Redress of Grievance, Representation of Minorities, Example of Representation of Minorities, Expert Knowledge, Example of Expert Knowledge, Public Policy, Example of Public Policy, Check and Balance to the Power of Executive Government and Example of Check and Balance.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: The Lords in Context: Historical Evolution; Changing Constitutional Position, the Functions of the Lords, Current Membership, House of Lords Reform, Strength / Weakness of Current and Possible Systems.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: A Definition of Power, the Issue of Power in Society, Forms of Power, Images of Power, three ‘Faces’ of Power and Authority.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: the Executive, the Development of the Executive: from Disorder to Order, the Prime Minister, Prime Ministers since 1945, Principle Powers of the Prime Minster, the PM’s International Role, Strong and Weak Prime Minsters, What Makes a Successful PM? Who did MPs vote ‘best modern Prime Minister’? the Cabinet, the Cabinet: Collective Responsibility, Control at the Centre, Rise of a British Presidency? the Cabinet Today, Cabinet’s Educational Background and Gender, Elitism, Key Propositions of Classical Elitist Perspective, Who are ‘the elite’? the ‘Political Formulation’ of the Ruling Class, Class Background of British Cabinets: 1970-2007, Privately Educated MPs, Representation in Parliament of Female MPs and Feminist Perspective.