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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Reassessment not allowed |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: The unit introduces students to the key contemporary debates over the causes of and possible solutions to the major developmental challenges facing the world's poorest countries. In particular, it covers: debates over the utility or futility of international aid to assist poor countries; debates over the 'conflict trap' affecting many under-developed countries and critiques of the mainstream 'Liberal Peace' agenda linking security and development; and, debates over contemporary concepts of global governance and global civil society. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit students will be able to: * critically understand the concepts of global governance, conflict, security and under-development; * critically evaluate mainstream diagnoses of under-development as a consequence of poor governance and the 'conflict trap' and critiques of this orthodoxy; * critically assess contemporary global trends in the politics of development * understand the different levels and actors involved in world politics of development and critically * discuss their contributions to different development approaches. Skills: * ability to understand and analyse critically a range of issues in the contemporary world politics of development. * Ability to make presentations and engage in constructive, critical discussion. * Ability to write articulately, concisely and persuasively about issues in world politics of development. * Ability to research an independently an issue related to world politics of development. Content: 1. The failure of development: Chronic under-development in historical perspective 2. Theoretical perspectives on the world order and global governance 3. The 'conflict trap': War and under-development 4. Economic and political causes of conflict 5. The regional nature of conflict, security and development 6. Humanitarian and military interventions 7. The 'resource curse' and its limitations 8. Bucking the trend: Botswana and Malaysia |
| Programme availability: |
SP30210 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Economics
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