Module Provider: |
Geography |
Number of credits: |
10 [5 ECTS credits] |
Level: |
I (Intermediate) |
Terms in which taught: |
Spring |
Module Convenor: |
Dr
S
Lloyd-Evans |
Pre-requisites: |
GG1H1 GG1H2 GG1IT
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Co-requisites: |
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Modules excluded: |
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Module version for: |
2006/7 |
Aims:
This module aims to increase the student's knowledge and understanding of the main theoretical perspectives on development, and the key institutions, actors and discourses. It will equip students with the skills to identify, analyse and evaluate ways in which development problems have been identified and addressed in the past and present. It will also enable them to assess and reflect upon the politics of developmental discourse and practice. |
Assessable learning outcomes:
On completion of this module it is expected that a student will be able to:
Assess the competing theories of development, as these have been elaborated over the last fifty years and more
Examine the historical emergence of global developmental agenda and related institutions, including the Bretton woods institutions and international NGOs
Identify and critically appraise the discourses and practices of a range of development institutions and the politics in which they are embedded at local, national and global scales
Evaluate critical perspectives on the dominant technical discourse of development
Assemble appropriate information and develop written arguments effectively and independently. |
Additional outcomes:
Students will develop their IT skills by use of relevant web sources and databases. They will develop numeracy skills by interpretation of various quantitative development indicators, but simultaneously become conversant with more qualitative assessments of unevenness and inequalities. |
Outline content:
The topics covered by this module are: theories of development, including modernization and dependency theories; perspectives on the development institutions and agendas including politics of structural adjustment and governance; state and NGO development strategies. |
Brief description of teaching
and learning methods:
One one-hour lecture a week, together with two seminars. |
Contact hours:
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Autumn |
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10 |
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| Tutorials/seminars |
2 |
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| Total hours |
12 |
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Assessment:
Coursework
None.
Relative percentage of coursework: 0%
Examinations
A two hour paper.
Requirements for a pass
A mark of 40% overall
Reassessment arrangements
Re-examination in September. |
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