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.

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
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.

Assessments

Essay
Report