Graduate course Spring I 2016

INTL 5580:Politics of Development

Introduction
Leiden campus
12 January 2016
Lecturer:  Antony    Ong’ayo  

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 Outline    

Ê  Course  objectives  ,  expectations    and  prospects  

Ê  Learning  outcomes  

Ê  Activities  and  assessment  

Ê  Introduction:  The  subject  and  focus  

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 Course  objectives  ,  expectations    and  
prospects  
Ê  major  development  themes  and  their  manifestations  
in  the  developing  countries  
 

Ê  critical  analysis  of  the  developmental  challenges    

 

Ê  exposed  to  relevant  analytical  approaches,  core  

concepts,  major  theories,  and  explanations  for  the  
causes  of  underdevelopment  

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 Ê  Examine  development  and  undertake  a  comparative  
analysis  using  illustrations  from  the  global  south  
(Asia,  Africa  and  Latin  America)  by  examining  
trajectories  of  development/underdevelopment  in  
select  case  countries.    
Ê  examples  of  observed  development  dynamics  will  
be  juxtaposed  with  trajectories  of  development  in  
the  global  North  in  order  to  explicate  the  linkages  
(historical  and  contemporary)  and  their  continued  
influence  of  the  development  paths  in  the  global  
south    

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 Learning Outcomes 1
1.  Articulate  theoretical  explanations  for  the  causes  of  
underdevelopment,  including  theories:    modernization,  
dependency,  imperialism,  and  world  systems;  
2.  Distinguish  between  developmental  challenges  
common  to  all  countries  from  those  rooted  in  such  
specific  circumstances  as  history,  geography,  and  
demography;  
3.  Assess  the  utility  of  economic  policy  recommendations  
advanced  by  international  organizations  that  address  
issues  of  development;  
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 Learning Outcomes 2  

4.  Assess  the  role  and  effectiveness  of  national  

political  institutions  in  meeting  developmental  
challenges;    
5.  Articulate  ways  that  developmental  challenges  
and  politics  are  mutually  influenced  by  one  
another.  
6.  Critically  analyse  and  evaluate  the  influence  of  
increased  globalisation  and  transnational  actors  in  
local  development  processes  (socio-­‐economic  and  
political)    

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 Activities  and  assessment  
 
Description: Percentage: Date Due
Team work 5  
Analytical and writing 5  
skills

Participation 10  
Presentation 10  
Mid term exam 20 5 Feb 2016
Final paper 50 4 Mar 2016
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 The  subject  and  focus  

Ê  Politics  and  development  

Ê  Group  work    

Ê  Overview    

Ê  Politics  

Ê  Development    

Ê  Determinants  

Ê  Analysis:  approach  and  methodologies      

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