Development and International Relations

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the post 1945 history of development thinking from a global perspective
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the policies of the international financial institutions and their impact upon development

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Express your understanding of a module through written communication.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Apply a sound empirical knowledge of historical economic development and its impact

• Questioning Development
• U.S. Hegemony: Past and Present
• The South in the International Economy
• The International Financial Institutions: From
• Structural Adjustment to Poverty Reduction
• The International Trading System
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Strong States: The East Asian Developmental Model
• Poverty And Inequality
• Neo-Imperialism and the Rise of the GovernanceState

Teaching and learning methods

2 hours of lectures per week. All will be recorded and posted on Blackboard. Lectures will be delivered either face to face or online only depending upon University and Public Health England Guidance at the time. Total of 24 hours of lectures (2 hours per week X 12 weeks) per module.

Weekly student participation in online discussion boards. 1 hour per week delivered asynchronously. (1 hour X 12 weeks)

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Annie Taylor and Caroline Thomas (eds) (1999). Global Trade and Global Social Issues.

Majid Rahnema with Victoria Bawtree (eds) (1998). The Post Development Reader. Zed.

John Glenn (2007). Globalization: North-South Perspectives. London: Routledge.

Caroline Thomas (2000). Global Governance, Development and Human Security. London: Pluto.

R. Kaplinsky (2005). Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: Between a rock and a hard place. Cambridge: Polity Press.

P Burnell & V. Randall (2008). Politics in the Developing World. OUP.

P.W.Preston (1997). Development Theory. Blackwells.

John Rapley (1996). Understanding Development. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Reinner.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External