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%

Workload requirements

Workload

Availability in areas of study

International development practice
International sustainable tourism management
International development and environment
International relations
Journalism
Tourism