PLT3470

Politics of Development (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Susan Blackburn

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Upon successful completion of this unit students will be able to: 1. Appreciate the significance of the problem of world poverty. 2. Understand in an historically informed way some of the major theoretical approaches, both diagnostic and prescriptive, to the problem of world poverty, with special reference to the political dimensions of these theories. 3. Understand the ways in which policies to combat world poverty have been applied and with what degree of success, again with particular reference to the politics of these endeavours. 4. Be able to engage in reasoned analysis and debate on the numerous contested issues in this field. 5. Question and adopt a constructively critical attitude towards both diagnostic and prescriptive endeavours in relation to development problems generally.

Assessment: Essay (2000 words): 40% + Oral tutorial presentation: 10% + Examination (2 hours): 50% + Third-year level students are required to demonstrate wider reading and deeper knowledge of the subject by answering questions from designated sections of the examination paper.

Contact Hours: 3 hours (2 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week

Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in Politics or permission.

Prohibitions: COS2570, COS3570