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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : South Asian Studies

Postgraduate Course: South Asia: Roots of Poverty and Development (SAST11002)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryA vast proportion of the world's poorest people live in South Asia; yet the sub-continent has seen massive inflows of international development assistance in its various forms. This course explores how South Asia became a 'development problem' and the various strategies employed over the decades since colonial times to bring about social, political and economic transformation in South Asia. It considers the theories underpinning specific development strategies and initiatives, the social and political contexts in which they were undertaken, and the reasons for success and failure. The course will focus on specific examples of development initiatives in South Asia, considering the interaction amongst the range of actors involved (states, elites, peasants, civil society, multinational corporations, multilateral institutions, donors, NGOs, etc.).

This course complements Politics and Theories of Development by providing South Asia-specific examples. It is also a stand-alone option for other MSc programmes.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Students will be familiar with the major historical factors affecting development in South Asia
  2. Students will comprehend the major dimensions of social, political and economic inequality in South Asia and why such inequalities are so resilient
  3. Students will gain an understanding of why poverty is so persistent in the region
  4. Students will understand some of the obstacles to successful implementation of development programmes and economic and social policy more generally
  5. Students will gain an understanding of how major development theories have been applied in practice in different social and economic sectors
Reading List
Collier, P. 2007. The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it
Gupta, A. & K. Sivaramakrishnan (eds) 2010. The State in India After Liberalization: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Narayan, D. & E. Glinskaya (eds) (2006) Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas That Work
Mosse, D. 2004.Cultivating Development: An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice
Shah, A. & J. Pettigrew (eds) 2010. Windows into a Revolution: Ethnographies of Maoism in South Asia
Spencer, J. 2007. Anthropology, politics and the state: democracy and violence in South Asia
World Bank (2009) South Asia: The End of Poverty http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/0,,contentMDK:20969099~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:223547,00.html
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Week 1: Introduction: course outline, South Asian poverty amidst economic growth

Week 2: Historical background: colonial and post-independence development processes (Prof Crispin Bates)

Week 3: The state, governance and corruption in South Asia

Week 4: Population growth and demographic challenges

Week 5: Fracture lines: caste, class, gender, community

Week 6: Agricultural transformation, livelihoods and migration

Week 7: Micro-finance and empowerment

Week 8: Human development: health

Week 9: Human development: education

Week 10: Social movements: protest and violent conflict
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Contacts
Course organiserProf Patricia Jeffery
Tel: (0131 6)50 3984
Email:
Course secretaryMs Jessica Barton
Tel: (0131 6)51 1659
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