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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
SP20208 Supplementary cw 100% (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: To introduce students to the international dimension of development and familiarise them with key issues in the international politics of development. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit students should: * have a clear understanding of how the concept of development has to be understood in the context of politics at international level; * develop analyses of connections between practices of development and that of politics at international level; * be familiar with the debates over First World, Third World and development; * have a critical understanding of key issues such as aid, conditionalities, international organisations, human security, war, and inequality. Skills: * Critical thinking * Proactive 'reading' of the written and visual texts * Relating academic learning to everyday life * Managing time effectively to optimise knowledge and understanding of a syllabus * Writing clearly and concisely and presenting an argument logically and succinctly. Content: The topics will include: conceptualising the 'international' of development; development in the context of international politics; the idea of first world, third world and Developmentalism; postcolonial states and developmentalism; aid and conditionalities; security and development; women, war and development; the role of international organisations; inequality, poverty and hunger as international development as well as international political issues and the changing geo-political environment with respect to the rise of China and the 'Left Turn' in Latin America. |
| Programme availability: |
SP20208 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Economics
SP20208 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Economics
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