Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Online
Module Offerings
6503BCIRDL-JAN-PAR
Aims
1. To critically engage the most upfront topics in the area of development studies such as ecology, water, food and poverty.
2. To develop a critical and comprehensive understanding of the concept of development.
3. To develop an overview of how International Relations have impact on development.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Assess the key debates in the subject area of development studies.
2.
Formulate an overall view on how politics shapes national development.
3.
Critically explain the empirical aspects of development studies and the actual challenges.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
1. Development: A contested concept
2. Colonialism and Development
3. Globalisation and Dependency
4. Urbanisation
5. Rural development and developing countries
6. Migration and Employment
7. Health and Education
8. Cultural and identity
9. Poverty and Development
10. Development and Governance
1. Development: A contested concept
2. Colonialism and Development
3. Globalisation and Dependency
4. Urbanisation
5. Rural development and developing countries
6. Migration and Employment
7. Health and Education
8. Cultural and identity
9. Poverty and Development
10. Development and Governance
Module Overview:
This modules studies interplay between development and IR. It will also encouragethe students to take a critical look at the pragmatic issues in global governance.
This modules studies interplay between development and IR. It will also encouragethe students to take a critical look at the pragmatic issues in global governance.
Assessments
Essay
Report