Uneven Development (U01271)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : GEO-3-UNEVENDEV

This course examines the theory and practice of global development since World War II. It considers how development problems and solutions are conceptualised (and asks why that matters), it reviews the state policies through which semi-peripheral and peripheral countries are attempting to develop, it examines the crucial development challenges, obstacles and constraints facing those countries, and it looks at some provocative but less orthodox approaches to development.

Key perspectives include modernization theory, dependency theories, global neoliberalism and emerging markets, world-systems approaches, and south-centric perspectives on development. The course examines the issues of population, hunger and the environment, sustainable development, East-Asian development models, globalisation, TNCs and the New International Division of Labour, and free-trade versus fair trade.

Entry Requirements

? Prohibited combinations : U03223: Critical Development Studies: Power, Knowledge and Capitalism

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Geography, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Course aims:
-to outline how the geography of the world economy is being changed by processes of globalisation and flows of trade, finance and multinational investment.
-to consider the implications of these changes in the global political economy for economic growth and the political economies of developing countries.
-to focus in particular on the process of economic liberalisation and to understand its rationale, causes and its consequences.
-to understand the regulatory problems posed by the contemporary form and instability of the world economy and to consider the implications for the economics of development.