Overview
What does 'development' mean as a body of ideas that structures systems of power, flows of resources, and social transformations across the globe? What does it mean in practice to intervene - often across diverse cultural contexts - with programmes designed according to these ideas of development? This unit addresses … For more content click the Read More button below.
Offerings
S1-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS
Rules
Enrolment Rule
Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Dr Julian Yates
Unit Coordinator(s)
Dr Denisse Rodriguez Quinonez
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.
Critically assess contributions to development as an academic field that explores the history of development thinking and the spatial patterns of development in practice;
2.
Articulate different approaches to and practices of development, and to evaluate various alternatives in light of the most recent scholarly work on contemporary uneven development;
3.
Argue for or against the contemporary development paradigm as we know it, with an appropriate degree of personal and socio-political reflection.
Assessment summary
Within semester assessment: 100%
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Availability in areas of study
International development practice
International sustainable tourism management
International development and environment
International relations
Journalism
Tourism
International sustainable tourism management
International development and environment
International relations
Journalism
Tourism