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Module INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THEORIES, CONCEPTS AND DEBATES IN THEIR HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT

Module code: SO835
Credits: 5
Semester: 1
Department: SOCIOLOGY
International: No
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The current global crisis of extreme inequities – coming at the end of a long period of dominant market-centred development policies, which have produced considerable global instability especially in the global south and in poorer countries – cries out for a more critical approach to understanding societies in transition. This module aims to introduce students to the main theories of uneven development, and to concepts and debates in international development theory. Students will critically discuss concepts of 'development' and the historical evolution of paradigms of development thinking. They will apply a critical development approach to reflect on the shift from Millenium Development Goals (MDG’s) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). They will explore contemporary development policy documents in specific areas of global challenge, extracting theories and approaches to social change as currently advanced. This module will support students to critically assess ideas from globalisation, international development and human security paradigms as they explain societal transitions with specific reference to the growing social and spatial divisions characterising our world.

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