Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject works from the premise that in order to grasp and cope with the problems of development and change in poor countries, it is important to be strongly aware of their political dimensions. Thus it considers development issues in relation to such questions as: What ideologies are involved? What interests are at stake? Who has political power, and how is it used? What are the interacting roles of the state, élites and classes in development? What are the relationships between development and such political values as freedom, equality and participation? In dealing with these questions the subject ranges across the major conservative, liberal and radical traditions in postwar development theory, and seeks to relate movements in ideas to their real-world context.
Assessment Essay (3000 words): 50% + Examination (3 hours): 50%