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2019-202020-21
Module will run
Occurrence
Teaching cycle
A
Autumn Term 2018-19 to Summer Term 2018-19
Module aims
To provide students with a conceptual and empirical understanding of the comparative politics of development, including critical enquiry into its political and institutional elements.
To enhance students' ability to identify contested issues in the field, and to organise and present and substantiate reasoned arguments in oral and written form.
Module learning outcomes
To have a sound knowledge of paradigmatic cases that have shaped debates in the field.
To have a good empirical and theoretical understanding of the role of the state and other domestic and international institutions in the development process.
To evaluate different schools of thought and modes of explanation in relation to the politics of development, including development policy.
To organise and synthesize a wide range of empirical material, including quantitative and historical detail.
Assessment
Task
Length
% of module mark
Essay/coursework Essay 2000 words
N/A
40
University - closed examination Politics of Development
2 hours
60
Special assessment rules
None
Reassessment
Task
Length
% of module mark
Essay/coursework Essay 2000 words
N/A
40
University - closed examination Politics of Development
2 hours
60
Module feedback
Students will receive written timely feedback on their formative assessment. They will also have the opportunity to discuss their feedback during the module tutor?s feedback and guidance hours.
Students will receive written feedback on their summative assessment no later than 20 working days after submission; and the module tutor will hold a specific session to discuss feedback, which students can also opt to attend. They will also have the opportunity to discuss their feedback during the module tutor?s regular feedback and guidance hours.
Indicative reading
Handelman, H (2008), The Challenge of Third World Development. (FT Prentice Hall).
Sen. A. (1999) Development as Freedom, (Oxford University Press).
Leftwich, A. (2000) States of Development (Polity).
Coronavirus (COVID-19): changes to courses
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