Unit name | The Politics of the Global South |
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Unit code | POLI10004 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Egle Cesnulyte |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
none |
Co-requisites |
none |
School/department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The unit will interrogate the socio-economic and political change associated with European expansion and colonialism. It will take historical perspective to introduce students to some key features of global political economy (in the past and today), including processes of production and appropriation, inequalities, social justice, and social change in the making of the Global South. The module is based on the premise that colonialism had profound effects on the formation of both the Global North and the Global South and that this historical knowledge is necessary to understand global processes today.
Unit aims:
On successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:
The unit will be taught through blended learning methods, including a mix of synchronous and asynchronous teaching activities
1000 word report (25%) 2000 word essay (75%)
Both assessments test all Learning Outcomes listed above
• Allen T & A Thomas (2000) Poverty and Development into the 21st Century, Oxford University Press
• Waites B (1999) Europe and the Third World: from Colonisation to Decolonization, c. 1500-1998, Palgrave Macmillan
• Wolf E (1997) Europe and the people without history, University of California Press
• Stavrianos L S (1981) Global Rift: the Third World Comes of Age, William Morrow & Co
• Mason M (1997) Development and Disorder: A History of the Third World since 1945, Between the Lines
• Green D & L Luehrmann (2011) Comparative politics of the ‘Third World’: linking concepts and cases, Lynne Rienner Pub