Ma Political Economy Handbook 2010

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Your guide to MA & Diplomaprogrammes

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Programme DirectorProgramme DirectorProgramme DirectorProgramme DirectorProfessor John ONeill, Room 4.045, Tel: 0161 275 4853([email protected])Office hours: TBA

Secretary to theSecretary to theSecretary to theSecretary to the ProgrammeProgrammeProgrammeProgrammeAmanda Bridgeman, Room 2.003, Tel: 0161 275 1299([email protected])Office hours: 8.30 4.30

A full listing of all staff involved in the Programme and their contact details can be found on thefollowing pages.


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StaffStaffStaffStaff & Email Address& Email Address& Email Address& Email Address ListListListList 2002002002009999////10101010

RoomRoomRoomRoom NameNameNameName EmailEmailEmailEmail PhonePhonePhonePhone

4.045 Prof John ONeill [email protected] 275 4853

3.018 Professor Keith Blackburn [email protected] 275 3908

3.067 Professor John Salter [email protected] 275 4846

4.054 Professor Nicola Phillips [email protected] 275 4900

2.052 Professor John Gledhill [email protected] 275 3986

2.047 Professor Erik Swyngedouw [email protected] 275 3647

4.011 Professor Mick Moran [email protected] 275 4889

HH6.08 Professor Julie Froud [email protected] 275 4018

Professor Damien Grimshaw [email protected] 276 3457

CH M.49 Professor Debra Howcroft [email protected] 275 0442

4.028 Dr Tom Smith [email protected] 275 7886

4.034 Dr Adrian Blau [email protected] 275 4978

4.038 Dr Jethro Butler [email protected] 275 0905

4.027 Dr Jill Lovecy [email protected] 275 4881

4.023 Dr Stuart Shields [email protected] 275 7824

4.053 Dr Steve de Wijze [email protected] 275 4882

4.029 Dr Andrew Russell [email protected] 275 4250

4.037 Dr Tom Porter [email protected] 275 4908

4.042 Dr Huw MacArtney [email protected] 275 3202

4.003 Dr James Pattison [email protected] 275 4931

1.049 Dr James Evans [email protected] 306 6680

1.071 Dr Khalid Nadvi [email protected] 275 4017

1.068 Dr Hulya Ulku [email protected] 275 0810

1.072 Dr Stephanie Barrientos [email protected] 275 0411

1.012 Dr Philip Woodhouse [email protected] 275 2801

1.011 Dr Sarah Bracking [email protected] 275 2928

2.046 Dr Noel Castree [email protected] 275 3627

CH M.30 Dr Susanne Espenlaub [email protected] 275 4026

1.008 Dr Thankom Arun [email protected] 275 2820

CH M.52 Dr Paul Simpson [email protected] 276 3485

3.020 Mr Chris Birchenhall [email protected] 275 4873

3.070 Dr Adam Ozanne [email protected] 275 4814

3.065 Dr Terry Peach [email protected] 275 4828

3.063 Dr Dan Rigby [email protected] 275 4808

3.006 Dr Bernard Walters [email protected] 275 4841

3.010 Dr Indranil Dutta [email protected] 275 4860

3.079 Dr Xiaobing Wang [email protected] 275 4871

3.076 Dr Johannes Sauer [email protected] 275 4831

3.062 Dr David Young [email protected] 275 4848


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The MA & Postgraduate DiplomaThe MA & Postgraduate DiplomaThe MA & Postgraduate DiplomaThe MA & Postgraduate Diploma

Our MA lasts for either twelve (full-time) or twenty-seven months (part-time) and comprises 7individual modules and a 12000-15000 word dissertation (worth 60 credits). Modules aretaught on a weekly basis in either 90 minute or two hour classes over a semester. To balanceyour work load, our MAs are organised so that you take 4 modules in Semester One(September to December) and 3 in Semester Two (February to May). Preparation for thedissertation begins early into the academic year. Here we provide you with training in

question formation, and research planning and design. We also put in place a supervisoryarrangement enabling you to get help and advice throughout the process. The bulk of writingon the dissertation then occurs between May and September.

At the core of the degree are a number of compulsory modules which offer you the essentialsof the discipline and provide you with the skills training necessary to successfully completeyour MA. There are two distinct routes through the MA, a Standard RouteStandard RouteStandard RouteStandard Route and a ResearchResearchResearchResearchRouteRouteRouteRoute.

On the Standard RouteStandard RouteStandard RouteStandard Route there are 3 compulsory modules: Theoretical Approaches to PoliticalEconomy (30 credits), Philosophy of Social Science (15 credits) and Dissertation ResearchDesign (15 credits). Students choose from one of four MA pathways:

Theoretical Political EconomyPolitical Economy of Society, Space and EnvironmentPolitical Economy of Finance, Business and EmploymentPolitical Economy of Development.

Students on the standard route take at least two core modules from their chosen pathwaytogether with two other optional modules at least one of which will from that pathway.

The Research RouteResearch RouteResearch RouteResearch Route is an ESRC recognised 1 + 3 programme which offers training in bothquantitative and qualitative research methods. On the Research Route there are 5 compulsorymodules: Theoretical Approaches to Political Economy (30 credits), Philosophy of Social

Science (15 credits) & Dissertation Research Design (15 credits), Introduction to QuantitativeMethods (15 credits), plus 3 Qualitative Methods modules (each worth 5 credits). Studentschoose from one of four MA pathways:

Theoretical Political EconomyPolitical Economy of Society, Space and EnvironmentPolitical Economy of Finance, Business and EmploymentPolitical Economy of Development.

Students on the research route take at least one core module from their chosen pathwaytogether with one other optional module from that pathway.

Students who register for the Postgraduate Diploma may proceed to the dissertationcomponent of the MA if they have achieved grades of 50% or over in all taught units, andproduce a viable dissertation proposal. If a student does not proceed from the Diploma to theMA but has passed all taught units at 40% or higher, they will be awarded a PostgraduateDiploma, for which no dissertation is required.

Course ModulesCourse ModulesCourse ModulesCourse Modules

All take the following unitsAll take the following unitsAll take the following unitsAll take the following units

ProgrammeProgrammeProgrammeProgramme Core Units:Core Units:Core Units:Core Units:Theoretical Approaches to Political Economy POEC61011 30 creditsDissertation Research Design POLI60312

Philosophy of Social Science POLI70772


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Pathway unitsPathway unitsPathway unitsPathway unitsTheoretical Political EconomyTheoretical Political EconomyTheoretical Political EconomyTheoretical Political EconomyCore pathway units (in bold)Core pathway units (in bold)Core pathway units (in bold)Core pathway units (in bold) and optional units include:(Each 15 credits)

Central Concepts inCentral Concepts inCentral Concepts inCentral Concepts in Political Economy PPolitical Economy PPolitical Economy PPolitical Economy POECOECOECOEC60062600626006260062 Marxian Political Economy GEMarxian Political Economy GEMarxian Political Economy GEMarxian Political Economy GEOGOGOGOG70951709517095170951 Poverty, Inequality And Government Policy In Less Developed CountriesPoverty, Inequality And Government Policy In Less Developed CountriesPoverty, Inequality And Government Policy In Less Developed CountriesPoverty, Inequality And Government Policy In Less Developed Countries

ECON60212ECON60212ECON60212ECON60212 Microeconomic Theory ECON60101 Macroeconomic Theory ECON60111 Normative Analysis and Moral Reasoning POLI70611 Ethics PHIL60051 Global Justice POLI60181 Democracy: Theory and Practice POLI70872 Globalisation & IPE POLI70282 Critical Approaches to IPE POLI70311 Theories of Rights POLI70721

Political Economy of Society, Space and EnvironmentPolitical Economy of Society, Space and EnvironmentPolitical Economy of Society, Space and EnvironmentPolitical Economy of Society, Space and Environment

Core pathway units (Core pathway units (Core pathway units (Core pathway units (in bold)in bold)in bold)in bold) and optional units include:(Each 15 credits)

Politics, Economics and EnvironmentPolitics, Economics and EnvironmentPolitics, Economics and EnvironmentPolitics, Economics and Environment POECPOECPOECPOEC61002610026100261002 Environment and DevelopmentEnvironment and DevelopmentEnvironment and DevelopmentEnvironment and Development IDPM60801IDPM60801IDPM60801IDPM60801 Issues in Environmental Policy GEOG70912Issues in Environmental Policy GEOG70912Issues in Environmental Policy GEOG70912Issues in Environmental Policy GEOG70912 Environmental Economics ECON60281 Marxian Political Economy GEOG70951 Theories of Environmental Governance GEOG70901 Seminars & Key Texts in Environmental Governance GEOG70920 Climate Change, Politics & Activism GEOG70521 Environmental Valuation ECON60422

Political Economy of Finance, Business and EmploymentPolitical Economy of Finance, Business and EmploymentPolitical Economy of Finance, Business and EmploymentPolitical Economy of Finance, Business and EmploymentCore pathway unitCore pathway unitCore pathway unitCore pathway units (in bold)s (in bold)s (in bold)s (in bold) and optional units include:(Each 15 credits)

Industry, the Corporation and Government ECON61222Industry, the Corporation and Government ECON61222Industry, the Corporation and Government ECON61222Industry, the Corporation and Government ECON61222 Business & Politics under Advanced Capitalism POLI60291Business & Politics under Advanced Capitalism POLI60291Business & Politics under Advanced Capitalism POLI60291Business & Politics under Advanced Capitalism POLI60291 Global Politics and Global BusinessGlobal Politics and Global BusinessGlobal Politics and Global BusinessGlobal Politics and Global Business BMAN62011BMAN62011BMAN62011BMAN62011 Analysing Companies: Business Models, Narrative & Numbers BMAN72201 Economic Development IDPM60711 Work & Employment in the Global Economy IDPM60131 Microfinance IDPM60361 Global Institutions, Trade Rules & Development IDPM60272 Industrial Competitiveness IDPM60002 The Analysis of Business Structures BMAN62022 ICT's and work in the new economy BMAN72142 Mergers and Acquisitions: Economic & Financial Aspects BMAN70432 Multinational and Comparative Employment Systems BMAN70052

Political Economy of DevelopmentPolitical Economy of DevelopmentPolitical Economy of DevelopmentPolitical Economy of DevelopmentCore pathway units (in bold)Core pathway units (in bold)Core pathway units (in bold)Core pathway units (in bold) and optional units include:(Each 15 credits)

Poverty, Inequality And Government PolPoverty, Inequality And Government PolPoverty, Inequality And Government PolPoverty, Inequality And Government Policy In Less Developed Countriesicy In Less Developed Countriesicy In Less Developed Countriesicy In Less Developed CountriesECON60212ECON60212ECON60212ECON60212

Political Economy of Development IDPM60072Political Economy of Development IDPM60072Political Economy of Development IDPM60072Political Economy of Development IDPM60072 Growth Development & Economic Transformation ECON60072Growth Development & Economic Transformation ECON60072Growth Development & Economic Transformation ECON60072Growth Development & Economic Transformation ECON60072 Migration and the Global Political Economy POLI61022 Microfinance IDPM60361


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Environment and Development IDPM 60801 Anthropology, Globalisation and Development SOAN70761 Human Rights and World Politics POLI70492 Trade Theory and Development IDPM60291 Economic Development IDPM60711 Economics For Rural Development ECON60691 Agriculture in Economic Development ECON60762 Global Institutions, Trade Rules & Development IDPM60272 Topics in the Economic Development of China ECON61902

Research Training UnitsResearch Training UnitsResearch Training UnitsResearch Training Units Introduction to Quantitative Methods (IQM): SOCS70511 (15 Credits)

Qualitative Research comprising of three 5 credit modules from a range ofworkshop.

Please see the Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods Handbook 2009-2010for furtherdetails on both of these units. Also available as an electronic version at

http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/pg/handbooks/http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/pg/handbooks/http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/pg/handbooks/http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/pg/handbooks/


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Course Module DescriptionsCourse Module DescriptionsCourse Module DescriptionsCourse Module Descriptions 2002002002009999/10/10/10/10

CompulsoryCompulsoryCompulsoryCompulsory ModulesModulesModulesModules

CourseCourseCourseCourse POECPOECPOECPOEC61011610116101161011TitlTitlTitlTitleeee Theoretical Approaches to Political EconomyTheoretical Approaches to Political EconomyTheoretical Approaches to Political EconomyTheoretical Approaches to Political EconomyTTTTutor(s)utor(s)utor(s)utor(s) Professor John ONeill &Professor John ONeill &Professor John ONeill &Professor John ONeill & Professor John SalterProfessor John SalterProfessor John SalterProfessor John Salter

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITThis course is the core course for the MA in Political economy and will provide the theoreticalgrounding students require to pursue the other pathways for the programme. The course willtypically cover classical, Marxian, institutionalist, Austrian and public choice perspectives inpolitical economy. In exploring these traditions students will become familiar with some of themajor theorists in each tradition including figures such as Hume, Smith, Ricardo, Mill, Marx,Polanyi, Mises, Hayek and Buchanan. The course will also involve the critical analysis ofcentral concepts in political economy as they have developed in these traditions such as, value,welfare, power, liberty, equality, self-interest, development, efficiency and exploitation.

Aims:Aims:Aims:Aims:

provide students with the theoretical grounding in political economy which they can employin whichever particular pathway of study they will pursue in the MA in Political Economyprogramme:

introduce students to the central classical and contemporary traditions of politicaleconomy;

enable students to understand and evaluate the arguments of the major theorists in thosetradition;

enable students to critically analyse and employ central concepts in political economy.

Intended Learning Outcomes:Intended Learning Outcomes:Intended Learning Outcomes:Intended Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to: understand and evaluate the central claims and arguments by the different theorists and

traditions in political economy; articulate the differences between these theorists and traditions; analyse and employ some of the central concepts of political economy. the ability to analyse the argument of key primary texts; the ability to formulate their own informed views about the traditions and texts studied; the ability to write a cogent and well-argued essay on a topic taken from the course unit; the ability to give a successful seminar presentation on a topic from the course unit. the ability to produce an advanced and substantial piece of individual written research

work, to an agreed deadline; quote appropriately from published texts, and use one of the recognised referencing

systems in line with the demands of accepted good practice in academic and professionalwriting;

the ability to set appropriate goals and to work both independently and cooperatively. analytic and critical skills; the ability to argue from evidence; the ability to communicate ideas effectively; problem solving skills

TTTTeeeeaching & Learning Processaching & Learning Processaching & Learning Processaching & Learning Process:::: Teaching will take place in 12 weeks. Each week will include alecture and a two-hour seminar. Students will be assigned reading to do each week, and theseminar will be led by different students each week, each of whom will have prepared a shortpresentation on the weekly topic.

AssessmentAssessmentAssessmentAssessment::::One essay of 6-7000 words, 75%: Seminar Presentation, 15%: Participation 10%


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CourseCourseCourseCourse POLI 60312POLI 60312POLI 60312POLI 60312TitleTitleTitleTitle Dissertation Research DesignDissertation Research DesignDissertation Research DesignDissertation Research DesignTutorTutorTutorTutor Dr Jill LovecyDr Jill LovecyDr Jill LovecyDr Jill Lovecy

Aim: This module is designed to equip students with a critical understanding of the intellectualtasks involved in developing, researching and writing up an original MA dissertation proposal. Itfocuses in particular on the need to locate the topic in relation to an existing scholarly literature

/ theoretical debate in order to develop a clearly defined research question, and on the need toidentify and reflect on appropriate research methodologies. In doing so it encourages studentsto engage, more broadly, in active learning and to think constructively about their furtherintellectual development and training needs

Outcome: On completion of this unit, students will:

Have identified a suitable MA dissertation topic and research question and held a preliminarymeeting with their dissertation supervisor

Have written a short and a more detailed research proposal, formulated a plan forcompleting their dissertation and received critical feedback on these

Have applied a range of practical and transferable skills, including IT; time management andplanning; communication and presentation; bibliographic and information location and

retrieval Have further developed their ability to lead, participate in and sustain collective learning

through group discussion

Assessment:500-word preliminary dissertation proposal (20%); 2000-word final dissertation proposal(50%); presentation (20%); classparticipation (10%)

Content:1. Course Introduction

2. Preparing your MA Dissertation3. What makes for a good dissertation? Group work on a sample of past MA dissertation

proposals4. What is the role of a literature review? Group discussion in relation to preliminary proposals

5. Meetings with Dissertation Supervisors6. Presentations of research proposals and group feedback7. Presentations of research proposals and group feedback8. Presentations of research proposals and group feedback9. Course Conclusion

Teaching Methods:

Students will attend a combination of plenary sessions on how to design and write a successfulMA dissertation with smaller interactive discussion groups. In the second half of the semestereach student will present their work-in-progress and receive feedback from group discussion and

from the tutor. Attendance at all sessions of this unit forms part of its assessment

Preliminary Readings:

Buckler, S. and Dolowitz D. (2005) Politics on the Internet: A Student Guide, London:Routledge

Burnham, P., Gilland, K., Grant, W. & Layton-Henry, Z. (2004) Research Methods in Politics.London: Palgrave Macmillan

Harrison, L. (2001) Political Research: An Introduction, London: Routledge LandmanT. (2003) Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics: An Introduction, London:

Routledge


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CourseCourseCourseCourse POLI70772POLI70772POLI70772POLI70772TitleTitleTitleTitle Philosophy of Social SciencePhilosophy of Social SciencePhilosophy of Social SciencePhilosophy of Social ScienceTutorTutorTutorTutor Dr Adrian BlauDr Adrian BlauDr Adrian BlauDr Adrian Blau

Outcome:Outcome:Outcome:Outcome: By the end of the course students will be able to understand and evaluate differentphilosophies of social science; recognise how they apply to the actual study of politics;appreciate the similarities and contrasts between the study of political theory, political science,

public/social policy, and international politics; and understand key theoretical terms in socialscience and politics, by completing a glossary.

Content:Content:Content:Content: How and why do we study politics in the ways that we do and should we do thingsdifferently? This course examines key issues in the philosophy of social science, with specialattention to the way we actually do political science and political theory. (While manyphilosophy of social science courses are very abstract, this course is also aimed at guiding thepractice of research in politics.) We will examine such issues as: whether politics is a science;the logic of generalisation and comparison; the fact/value distinction; interpretivism and thesocial construction of reality; different ideas of rationality; the analysis of power; and differenttypes of concepts.

Teaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching Methods: Weekly 2-hour seminar

Assessment:Assessment:Assessment:Assessment: One 3,500-word essay (75%), glossary (15%), participation (10%).

Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading: Gary King, Robert Keohane and Sidney Verba, Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference

in Qualitative Research(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994). Jon Elster, Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,

1989)


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Core Pathway ModulesCore Pathway ModulesCore Pathway ModulesCore Pathway Modules

Theoretical Political Economy PathTheoretical Political Economy PathTheoretical Political Economy PathTheoretical Political Economy Pathwaywaywayway

CourseCourseCourseCourse POECPOECPOECPOEC60062600626006260062TitleTitleTitleTitle Central Concepts in Political EconomyCentral Concepts in Political EconomyCentral Concepts in Political EconomyCentral Concepts in Political EconomyTutor(s)Tutor(s)Tutor(s)Tutor(s) Professor John ONeill & Dr Terry PeachProfessor John ONeill & Dr Terry PeachProfessor John ONeill & Dr Terry PeachProfessor John ONeill & Dr Terry PeachAims:Aims:Aims:Aims: The unit aims to: Examine some of the central contested concepts employed in political economy; Consider the role these concepts play in different classical and modern approaches to

political economy; Analyse their use in the texts of central theorists in political economy; Enable students to analyse and employ the concepts and to evaluate the different

approaches to their use in political economy.

ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectives::::On completion of the course students will be able to: Analyse and employ a number of central concepts of political economy Appraise the arguments employing those concepts in the theoretical traditions of political

economy Analyse the use of the concepts in some central texts in political economy.

On completion of the course students will be able to demonstrate: the ability to analyse the arguments of key texts; ability to develop clear and well-structured arguments of their own on the topic; the ability to write a cogent and well-argued essay on a topic taken from the course unit; the ability to give a successful seminar presentation on a topic from the course unit.

On completion of the course students will be able to demonstrate: the ability to produce an advanced and substantial piece of individual written research

work, to an agreed deadline; quote appropriately from published texts, and use one of the recognised referencing

systems in line with the demands of accepted good practice in academic and professionalwriting;

the ability to set appropriate goals and to work both independently and cooperativelypresent a clear and well-structured argument in discussion.

On successful completion of this course unit, participants should have developed: analytic and critical skills; the ability to argue from evidence; the ability to communicate ideas effectively; problem solving skills

AssessmentAssessmentAssessmentAssessment:::: Essay 3500 words 75%; Presentation (15%) and participation (10%) 25%

Course ContentCourse ContentCourse ContentCourse Content:::: Different theoretical traditions in political economy offer competing accountsof a number of concepts that are central to political economy, such as welfare, rationality, self-interest, value, invisible hand, liberty, distribution, accumulation, growth, class, power,exploitation and justice. The different conceptions of such concepts are central to the debatesbetween classical, Marxian, Austrian, institutional and neoclassical approaches to politicaleconomy. Moreover some of the concepts used to describe those traditions themselves, suchas classical economics and institutional economics are themselves subject to debate. In thiscourse we look in detail at the analysis of some of these central concepts in political economy.Doing so will allow us to deal comparatively with the texts of some of the major theorists inthe field, such as Hume, Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Hayek and Sen.

Teaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching Methods:::: Teaching will take place in 8 weeks. Each week will involve a two-hourseminar. Students will be assigned reading to do each week, and the seminar will be led bydifferent students each week, each of whom will have prepared a short presentation on theweekly topic.


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Course GEOG70951Title Marxist Political Economy

Tutor(s) Professor Erik Swyngedouw

Aims provide students with a theoretical grounding in Marxist political economy introduce students to the central classical traditions of political economy;

enable students to critically analyse and employ central concepts in political economy.

ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectives:::: On completion of this unit successful participants will have: read and understood the key text of Marxist Political Economy Capital Volume 1 attended the seminars, and participated in discussion; analysed and employed some of the central concepts of political economy. the ability to formulate their own informed views about the traditions and texts studied; the ability to write a cogent and well-argued essay on a topic taken from the course unit; the ability to give a successful seminar presentation on a topic from the course unit. the ability to produce an advanced and substantial piece of individual written research work,to an agreed deadline; the ability to quote appropriately from published texts, and use one of the recognised

referencing systems in line with the demands of accepted good practice in academic andprofessional writing; the ability to set appropriate goals and to work both independently and cooperatively.

Key Transferable Skills: On successful completion of this course unit, participants should havedeveloped: the ability to communicate ideas effectively; Problem solving skills. Analytic and critical skills. The ability to argue from evidence. The ability to set appropriate goals and to work independently and/or cooperatively.

AssessmentOne essay submission w/c 25th January 2010 3500 worth 75%; Seminar Presentation 15%;

Attendance/participation 10%

Course ContentThe first week will be an introductory session that will outline the work of Karl Marx, thedialectical method and the foundations of historical materialism. Capital Volume I will besituated in Marxs oeuvre. We shall, during the subsequent weeks, read and discuss CapitalVolume 1. The course will be based on close reading, analysis and presentation of the

argument developed in Capital Volume 1 with an emphasis on the contemporary significance ofreading Marxs original text.

Teaching MethodsTeaching will be seminar based, with a two hour seminar each week over nine weeks. Astudent will introduce each weeks topic by giving a presentation on it. There will also be aninitial two hour meeting in which the convenor will present an overview of the course and its

topics.

Preliminary reading

Marx, K. Capital Volume 1. Penguin Classics

Harvey D. Limits to Capital, Verso (2007 new and updated edition)

Auxiliary Texts:

Fine, B. (2003) Marxs Capital. Pluto Press.Gouverneur J. (1983) Contemporary Capitalism and Marxist Economics. Barnes and Noble.Hardt A., Negri, A. (2004) Empire. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University PressHarvey, D. (1981) Limits to Capital. Oxford: Blackwell

Harvey, D. (2004) The New Imperialism. Oxford: BlackwellHarvey D. (2009) Reading Marx Capital, Verso (publication date Nov 2009)


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Mandel, E. (1962) Marxist Economic Theory, Merlin Press.Ollman, B. (2003) Dance of the Dialectic. University of Illinois Press.Ollman, B. (1993) Dialectical Investigations. Routledge

Web Resourceshttp://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/

CourseCourseCourseCourse ECON60212ECON60212ECON60212ECON60212TitleTitleTitleTitle Poverty, Inequality & Government Policy in Less Developed CountriesPoverty, Inequality & Government Policy in Less Developed CountriesPoverty, Inequality & Government Policy in Less Developed CountriesPoverty, Inequality & Government Policy in Less Developed CountriesTutorTutorTutorTutor Dr Indranil DuttaDr Indranil DuttaDr Indranil DuttaDr Indranil Dutta

AimsAimsAimsAimsThe aim of this course is to address the question of what is meant by development and theimplications which this has for:(a) the construction and interpretation of different indices of a society's well-being and(b) the degree and type of government's role in the process.

ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesAt the end of this course students should be able to:

(i) demonstrate an understanding of the different notions of development;(ii) establish the links between different notions of development and different indices of well-being, inequality and poverty;(iii) identify and calculate the major relevant indices of inequality and poverty;(iv) establish the links between the different notions of development and the role of the state;(v) demonstrate an understanding of the major elements of new institutional economics;(vi) critically evaluate the degree to which the new institutional economics provides support forthe construction of development enhancing institutions.

AssessmentAssessmentAssessmentAssessmentessay (counting for a 1/3 of the final mark) andtwo-hour unseen written exam (counting for 2/3 of final mark) at the end of semester 1

Course ContentCourse ContentCourse ContentCourse ContentTopics include:* the meaning of development;* the concept of development and its relationship to policy objectives; * the meaning of thestandard of living and indices to measure it;* inequality; its meaning and measurement;* poverty; its meaning and measurement;* construction and use of developmental indicators e.g. the UNDP's human developmentindicator;* market failure and the role of the state;* government failure and the role of the state;* new institutional approaches to development;* the implications of the new institutional economics for policy.

Preliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary readingSen, Amartya (1973), On Economic Inequality, Oxford University Press.


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Political Economy of Society, Space & Environment PathwayPolitical Economy of Society, Space & Environment PathwayPolitical Economy of Society, Space & Environment PathwayPolitical Economy of Society, Space & Environment Pathway

CourseCourseCourseCourse POPOPOPOEC61002EC61002EC61002EC61002TitleTitleTitleTitle PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPolitics,,,, EconomicsEconomicsEconomicsEconomics &&&& EnvironmentEnvironmentEnvironmentEnvironmentTutorTutorTutorTutor Professor John ONeillProfessor John ONeillProfessor John ONeillProfessor John ONeill

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITA variety of different and competing decision making tools and procedures have been

employed in environmental decision making from formal procedures such cost-benefit analysisand multi-criteria decision analysis to deliberative institutions such as citizens juries andconsensus conferences. In this course we look at the theoretical underpinnings of thesedifferent approaches. Doing so will take us into foundational issues in ethics, in particularthose surrounding the utilitarian assumptions of some of these approaches. It will cover issuesin social and political philosophy concerning the use of market-based approaches to thesolution of environmental problems, different models of democracy and their role inenvironmental policy making, the appeal to justice and equality within and between differentgenerations in environmental policy, and the compatibility of environmentalism with liberalism.

AimAimAimAims:s:s:s: The unit aims to:

Introduce some of the main economic approaches to social choices about the

environment in theory and practice; Examine the utilitarian underpinnings of these approaches and the debates in ethical

theory about their adequacy

Consider recent deliberative approaches to environmental choices; Critically assess the adequacy of these deliberative approaches

Objectives:Objectives:Objectives:Objectives: On completion of the course students will be able to: Demonstrate knowledge of some major approaches to environmental decision making; Critically examine attempts to price environmental goods; Understand the theoretical foundations of cost-benefit analysis; Critically discuss different accounts of justice between and within generations; Appraise the major different approaches to sustainability; Consider the theory and practice of deliberative democracy as applied to environmental

decisions; Assess the problems in extending standard accounts of decision making to include the

interests of non-humans and future generations demonstrate the ability to analyse the arguments of key texts; demonstrate ability to develop clear and well-structured arguments of their own on the

topic ; demonstrate the ability to write a cogent and well-argued essay on a topic taken from

the course unit; demonstrate the ability to give a successful seminar presentation on a topic from the

course unit. demonstrate the ability to produce an advanced and substantial piece of individual

written research work, to an agreed deadline; quote appropriately from published texts, and use one of the recognised referencing

systems in line with the demands of accepted good practice in academic andprofessional writing;

demonstrate the ability to set appropriate goals and to work both independently andcooperatively

present a clear and well-structured argument in discussion.

On successful completion of this course unit, participants should have developed: analytic and critical skills; the ability to argue from evidence; the ability to communicate ideas effectively;

problem solving skills

Learning and teaching processes:Learning and teaching processes:Learning and teaching processes:Learning and teaching processes: Teaching will take place in 8 weeks. Each week will involvea two-hour seminar. Students will be assigned reading to do each week, and the seminar will


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be led by different students each week, each of whom will have prepared a short presentationon the weekly topic

Assessment:Assessment:Assessment:Assessment: One essay, 3500 words; 75%: Seminar Presentation; 15%: Participation; 10%

CourseCourseCourseCourse IDPM60801IDPM60801IDPM60801IDPM60801TitleTitleTitleTitle Environment & DevelopmentEnvironment & DevelopmentEnvironment & DevelopmentEnvironment & Development

TutorTutorTutorTutor Dr Philip WoodhouseDr Philip WoodhouseDr Philip WoodhouseDr Philip Woodhouse

AimsAimsAimsAimsThis module identifies the ways that concerns with environment and natural resourcemanagement affect development policy and practice.

ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesStudents completing this course will be expected to be able to demonstrate: Critical analysis of the role of scientific measurement and political values in definingenvironmental problems in developing countries and strategies to combat them; Understanding of the theoretical basis for frameworks of environmental governance andfamiliarity with the experience of implementing such frameworks in developing countries;

Familiarity with models of environmental decision-making proposed to achieve sustainabledevelopment.

AssessmentAssessmentAssessmentAssessmentOne 3,000 word essay (100%)

Course ContentCourse ContentCourse ContentCourse Content Making development sustainable? : Environmental Impact Assessment, sustainabilityindicators, and participatory decision-making. Environmental uncertainty: the role of science in environmental politics: case studies.(supported by a tutorial) Climate Change and its implications for Development

The Spectre of Malthus: population growth and environmental change. The tragedy of the commons: property rights and environmental management. (supportedby a tutorial) Decentralisation and equitable resource management (supported by a tutorial) Treaties and Markets: International Environmental Regulation and Management An overview of governance frameworks for managing environmental dimensions ofdevelopment

Teaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching Methods8 x 2-hr Lectures & 3 x 1-hr Tutorials

Preliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary readingAdams, W. (2001) Green Development (2nd Edn) Routledge.Forsyth, T (2003) Critical Political Ecology Routledge LondonLeach, M. and Mearns R. (1996) The Lie of the Land. James Currey, Oxford.Ostrom E. (1990) Managing the Commons. Cambridge University Press.Peet , R and Watts, M (2005) Liberation Ecologies (2nd Edn) Routledge, London.Robbins, P (2004) Political Ecology: A critical Introduction. Blackwell, Oxford


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CourseCourseCourseCourse GEOG70912GEOG70912GEOG70912GEOG70912TitleTitleTitleTitle Issues in Environmental PolicyIssues in Environmental PolicyIssues in Environmental PolicyIssues in Environmental PolicyTutorTutorTutorTutor DrDrDrDr Noel CastreeNoel CastreeNoel CastreeNoel Castree

Aims and objectives:Aims and objectives:Aims and objectives:Aims and objectives: To provide participants with a detailed working knowledge of the principles, practices

and outcomes of environmental policy today To explore some of the key challenges of enacting environmental policy To give participants a detailed understanding of environmental policy challenges in a

range of sectors and locations

Module descriptionModule descriptionModule descriptionModule descriptionThis unit offers participants a real world rather than purely theoretical perspective on thelinks between principles, practice and outcomes in the arena of environmental policy. It buildson the compulsory semester 1 course unit for the MSc in Environmental Governance (Theoriesof Environmental Governance) to explore how different governance paradigms play-out on theground. It also provides the wider policy and regulatory context for the compulsory course unit

Seminars and key texts in environmental governance, enabling participants to relate thechallenges faced by environmental organisations to the policy domain.

The unit is split into two sections. The first maps-out some of the principal dimensions ofenvironmental policy and explores some of the generic facets, institutions and concepts ofenvironmental regulation. The second part, which comprises the bulk of the unit, takesparticipants into different topical-arenas each week, exploring how policy is framed andenacted in the spheres such as water resources, minerals extraction and atmospheric pollution.Emphasis is placed on real-world challenges and the outcomes of policy implementation. Themodule is team taught, and over the weeks quite aside from the topical variations thecourse team will expose participants to different substantive aspects of environmental policytoday from the challenges of multi-level governance to the differences between hard and

soft (voluntary) environmental measures, and so on. Also, a range of relevant stakeholdersand institutions in the environmental policy domain will be encountered over the weeks.

Finally, the ethical and moral choices that are necessarily built-into all environmental policymeasures will be highlighted throughout; environmental policy is not only a technical issuebecause values and choices about desirable goals are always involved.

AssessmentAssessmentAssessmentAssessmentThe module is assessed purely on the basis of one extended piece of written work.

Key journalsKey journalsKey journalsKey journals: European Policy and Governance (previous called European Environment);Review of Environmental Economics and Policy; Local Environment; Journal of EnvironmentalPlanning and Management.

Indicative sessionIndicative sessionIndicative sessionIndicative session: Title Governing global climate change: policies, problems and solutionsClimate change, writes political scientist Scott Barrett, is arguably the greatest collectiveaction problem the world has ever faced (2008: 257).

There will be two readings: Helm, D. (2008) Climate change policy: why has so little been achieved?, Oxford

Review of Economic Policy24, 2: 211-38 Barrett, S. (2008) Climate treaties and the imperative of enforcement, Oxford Review

of Economic Policy24, 2: 239-58.

Indicative further reading: Barrett, S. (1998) the political economy of the Kyoto Protocol, Oxford Review of

Economic Policy, 14, 4: 20-39; Bohringer, C. (2003) The Kyoto Protocol: a review and perspective, Oxford Review of

Economic Policy19, 4: 451-66; Mathews, J. (2007) Seven steps to curb global warming, Energy Policy35: 4247-59.


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Political Economy of Finance, Business & Employment PathwayPolitical Economy of Finance, Business & Employment PathwayPolitical Economy of Finance, Business & Employment PathwayPolitical Economy of Finance, Business & Employment Pathway

CourseCourseCourseCourse ECON61222ECON61222ECON61222ECON61222TitleTitleTitleTitle Industry, The Corporation and GovernmentIndustry, The Corporation and GovernmentIndustry, The Corporation and GovernmentIndustry, The Corporation and GovernmentTutorTutorTutorTutor Dr David YoungDr David YoungDr David YoungDr David Young

AimsAimsAimsAimsThe aim of this course is to develop an understanding (both in theoretical and applied terms)

of the behaviour of firms, the relationship between firms and the government, and the factorsaffecting industrial performance.

ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesAt the end of this course students should be able to: (i) demonstrate a basic understanding ofthe traditional structure, conduct, performance paradigm and recent developments in industrialeconomics that have gone beyond this paradigm; (ii) use these basic concepts for analysing indepth a number of applied areas, especially innovation, competition policy and utilitiesregulation; (iii) critically evaluate the current state of knowledge in these areas.

AssessmentAssessmentAssessmentAssessmentExamination in January 100%

Course ContentCourse ContentCourse ContentCourse ContentThis course aims to provide a broad overview of the key analytical approaches which havebeen employed to study the functioning and performance of industry in both developed andless developed country settings. Following an examination of the basic SCP model and anintroduction to notions of market structure and market power, the course goes on to reviewmore up-to-date theoretical developments in the field of industrial organisation. From then onthe focus of the course becomes somewhat more applied as the theory encountered earlier isused to shed light on such policy-relevant matters as the promotion of competition, theefficient regulation of public utilities and the encouragement of product and process innovationwithin enterprises.

Teaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching MethodsLectures

Preliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary readingA substantial reading list is provided below. To assist students some of the most relevant,influential or useful readings for each topic have been starred.

While no single volume comprehensively covers all of the topics examined by the course, thefollowing are very useful textbooks:

Carlton D. and Perloff, J. Modern Industrial Organization 4th. ed. (2004) Clarke, R., Industrial Economics (1985).

Davies, S. et al., Economics of Industrial Organisation (1988).

Devine, P. et al., Introduction to Industrial Economics (4th ed; 1993). Hay, D. and Morris, D., Industrial Economics (2nd ed; 1991). Martin, S., Advanced Industrial Economics (2001). Sawyer, M., The Economics of Industries and Firms (2nd ed; 1985). Scherer, F. and Ross, D., Industrial Market Structure and Market Performance (3rd ed;

1990). Waterson, M., Economic Theory of Industry (1984).


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CourseCourseCourseCourse BMAN62011BMAN62011BMAN62011BMAN62011TitleTitleTitleTitle Global Politics & Global BusinessGlobal Politics & Global BusinessGlobal Politics & Global BusinessGlobal Politics & Global BusinessTutorTutorTutorTutor Huw MacHuw MacHuw MacHuw Macaaaartneyrtneyrtneyrtney

AimsAimsAimsAims: More formally, the course aims to examine exactly what is the connection betweenglobal politics and global business. It looks at some of the most important actors, institutionsand processes. It is a course, above all, in politics because, for better or worse, the political

environment of business, and the nexus joining the firm and the state, are what matter inmaking sense of the business face of globalisation.

Learning outcomes:Learning outcomes:Learning outcomes:Learning outcomes: In part the learning outcomes are substantive, and relate to the themesoutlined above: at the end of the module those who take the course will have an appreciationof actors, processes, and debates. But the course also has more general pedagogic aims. AMasters course marks a departure from the prescriptive frameworks of undergraduate study.Learning here is therefore student led. Formal instruction involving passive receipt ofinformation is kept to a minimum; there is emphasis on active and small group work and onthe student led creation of case material.

Teaching and learning:Teaching and learning:Teaching and learning:Teaching and learning: Lectures

Assessment:Assessment:Assessment:Assessment: Research Paper 100%

Course Content:Course Content:Course Content:Course Content:Week 1: IntroductionWeek 2: The Phenomenon of Globalisation?Week 3: Democratic Citizenship & Global Business Regulation: Is there a problem?Week 4: Global Business & Financial Globalisation?Week 5: Global Business & The First WorldWeek 6: Global Business & The Third World Or The Fourth WorldWeek 7: Hollowed Out State, Regulatory State or Competition State?Week 8: Institutions of Global Regulation

Week 9: Normative PerspectivesWeek 10: Course Review

Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:There are two course texts:David Held and Anthony McGrew, eds, The Global Transformations Reader, 2nd ed., Cambridge,Polity, 2003

Jan Aart Scholte, Globalization: a critical introduction, 2nd edition, revised, Basingstoke,Macmillan Palgrave, 2005

Course POLI60291Title Business & Politics under Advanced Capitalism

Tutors Professor Michael Moran

Aims:The course unit aims to:

To examine the contours of business power in the leading capitalist economies.

To describe the main ways business now organises as an interest in these economies To examine the impact of business in selected policy domains To link the study of business in the Union to established theories of business power

under democratic capitalism.

Learning Outcomes:On completion of this unit successful students will be able to demonstrate:

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Describe the debates about how business power is impacting acting on selected policydomains

Link the debates about business at EU level with wider analytical debate about businesspower under democratic capitalism.

Content:The analytical context: theories of business power. The economic context: models of

capitalism and business power. The historical context: the development of business

organisation. Configurations of business organizations in selected systems: the United States,United Kingdom, European Union and Japan. The organization of business lobbying at theglobal level.

Teaching and learning methods:1 x 1 hour, 7 x 2 hour seminars

Assessment:

Assessed essay 3,500 words 75%

Seminar Presentation 15 min oral 15%

Participation 10%

Preliminary reading:G.K. Wilson, Business and Politics: a comparative introduction, 3rd ed. Palgrave: 2003.Michael Moran, Business and Politics. Oxford University Press, 2009.


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PPPPolitical Economy of Developmentolitical Economy of Developmentolitical Economy of Developmentolitical Economy of Development

CourseCourseCourseCourse ECON60072ECON60072ECON60072ECON60072TitleTitleTitleTitle Growth Development & Economic TransformationGrowth Development & Economic TransformationGrowth Development & Economic TransformationGrowth Development & Economic TransformationTutorTutorTutorTutor Dr Xiaobing Wang & Dr Bernard WaltersDr Xiaobing Wang & Dr Bernard WaltersDr Xiaobing Wang & Dr Bernard WaltersDr Xiaobing Wang & Dr Bernard Walters

Aims:Aims:Aims:Aims:The central aim of the course is to give an overview of how economists have theorized about

how a less developed country (LDC) becomes developed, with particular attention paid tostructural change and economic transformation, especially how an economy becomesindustrialized. The focus is on the early stages of development and very long run growth.

Subsidiary aims are: identifying some of the urgent theoretical issues which hang overdevelopment economics; exposing students, through contact with the literature in the leading

journals, to the frontiers of research in growth and development in LDCs; evaluatingalternative perspectives; and developing the analytical skills to access the literature and toappraise critically competing viewpoints.

ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectives:::: On completion of this unit successful students will be able to: Appreciate the complexity of development;

Argue and consider varying viewpoints in this area of studies; Identify the major issues a country faces in the early stages of development; Gain an understanding of industrialization and economic transformation; Be familiar with and have a clear understanding of the current discussions on growth and

development; Understand of the origins of modern growth theory; Understand the role of demand for long run growth; Recognise the importance of trade for development for growth; Be familiar with alternative, non-mainstream approaches to growth and development; Appreciate the new approach of growth diagnostics;

Content:Content:Content:Content:

Topic 1, World Income Differences: Timing of Modern GrowthTopic 2, Population and Income in Early DevelopmentTopic 3, The Role of Agriculture and the Emergence of IndustryTopic 4 The Dual Sector ModelsTopic 5, Structural Change and Economic DevelopmentTopic 6, The Role of StateTopic 7. The importance of demand for growth models.Topic 8: Endogenous Growth theory: a critical AssessmentTopic 9: Growth Diagnostics

Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading: Acemoglu, Daron, 2009, Introduction to Modern Economic Growth, Princeton University

Press. Meier, Gerald M. and James E. Rauch, 2005, Leading Issues in Economic Development,

Oxford University Press, 8Rev Ed edition. Thirlwall, A. P. 2005, Growth and Development: with Special Reference to Developing

Economies, Palgrave Macmillan; 8Rev Ed edition Thirlwall, A.P., 2002, The Nature of Economic Growth: An Alternative Framework for

Understanding the Performance of Nations, Edward Elgar.

AssessmentAssessmentAssessmentAssessmentA two-hour exam worth 100%


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CourseCourseCourseCourse IDPM60072IDPM60072IDPM60072IDPM60072TitleTitleTitleTitle Political Economy of DevelopmentPolitical Economy of DevelopmentPolitical Economy of DevelopmentPolitical Economy of DevelopmentTutorTutorTutorTutor Dr Sarah BrackingDr Sarah BrackingDr Sarah BrackingDr Sarah Bracking

AimsAimsAimsAimsThe course uses political economy to illuminate and critically evaluate developmentpossibilities, constraints and outcomes.

Within a historical context it reviews the way our global and institutional architecture has beenformed, how it operates today, and how it might be influenced. The approach is empirical andpractical, in the sense that is focuses on the requirements for successful development, - suchas global public goods, foreign direct investment, international market access, labour - andhow these are regulated, distributed and rationed.

Students who take this course will achieve a broad political economy lens through which to seehow other issues in development are framed.

The course will include case studies of different ways countries have tried to benefit fromglobalisation processes, foreign direct investment, opportunities to industrialise and engage in

migrant labour regimes.

ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectives To provide a historical and theoretical knowledge of global economic governance and theglobal institutions of governance which shape political economies To review the role of political economy as a cornerstone discipline of Development Studies To provide an overview of different paradigms of political economy used in internationaldevelopment To illustrate the overriding ways in which debt, aid, trade, investment, and mineral resourceendowments affect different developing countries prospects To assess past and current prospects of industrialisation and manufacturing in Southerncountries

To explain the modus operandi of major institutional regulators in the global economy,including the WTO, IMF and World Bank To analyse the representation of political economy issues in the global governance discourse To review the experience to date of developing countries influence in changing the rules ofthe game in the global political economy To contextualise theoretical political economy within case-study examples

AssessmentAssessmentAssessmentAssessmentOne 3,000 word assignment (100%)

Course ContentCourse ContentCourse ContentCourse ContentLectures1. Political economy of development: are the inter-state system and the global economy inconflict?2. Markets as institutions: The political economy of market formation and market collapse[Also Seminar 1 in week two]3. Generating resources for development (1): structural adjustment, debt and thedevelopment banks4. Reading Week[Seminar 2 in week four]5. Generating resources for development (2): the role of industrialisation, foreign directinvestment (FDI) and multinational corporations (MNCs)6. The political economy of agriculture, agribusiness, and rural resources[Seminar 3 in week 6]7. Mining and development8. Public Finance and Poverty Reduction[Seminar 4 in week 8]9. Generating resources for development (3): the state and labour (20 April) (week 30)


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Seminars What contribution can political economy make to understanding development? How do countries attract (or repel) development finance and foreign direct investment?(Including the role of multinational companies in development). What are the prevailingpatterns of industrialisation and labour relations (inc. migration) to newly industrialisingeconomies?

What is the resource curse in relation to minerals and oil? How can we explain the politicaleconomy of agriculture and agribusiness? What are the opportunities and problems of global regulation? Globalisation?

TeaTeaTeaTeaching Methodsching Methodsching Methodsching Methods8 lectures of 1 hours & 4 guided sessions of 1 hours

Preliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary reading Afshar H and Barrientos S (1998), Women, Globalisation and Fragmentation in the

Developing World, Macmillan Bisley, N (2007) Rethinking Globalisation Palgrave Macmillan Bond, P (2006) Looting Africa, ZEDbooks

Bracking, S (2008), Money and Power: great predators in the political economy ofdevelopment, Pluto Books Bush, R (2007) Poverty and Neoliberalism, Pluto Press Chari, S and Corbridge, S (2009), The Development Reader, Routledge Hoogvelt, A (2001) Globalisation and the Post-colonial World: The New Political

Economy of Development, Macmillan Kiely, R (2006) New Political Economy of Development Palgrave Macmillan Madeley, J (1999) Big Business Poor Peoples: The Impact of Transnational Corporations

on the Worlds poor, Zed Books Murray, W E (2006) Geographies of Globalisation, Routledge Palan, R (2000) ed. Global Political Economy: Contemporary Theories, Routledge,

London Payne, A (2005) The Global Politics of Unequal Development, Palgrave Polanyi, K (2002), The Great Transformation, forward by Stiglitz J reprint. Beacon

Press, Boston Potte,r R B, Binns, T, Elliott, J A, Smith, D (2004) Geographies of Development,

Pearson Saad-Filho, A and Johnston, D eds. (2004), Neo-Liberalism: a Critical Reader, Pluto

Press Spratt, S (2009), Development Finance, Routledge Thirwell, A P(2006) Growth and Development, Palgrave, Williams, G, Meth, P and Willis, K (2009), Geographies of Developing Areas, Routledge


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OptionOptionOptionOptional Pathway Modulesal Pathway Modulesal Pathway Modulesal Pathway Modules

Theoretical Political Economy pathwayTheoretical Political Economy pathwayTheoretical Political Economy pathwayTheoretical Political Economy pathway

CourseCourseCourseCourse ECON60101ECON60101ECON60101ECON60101TitleTitleTitleTitle Microeconomic TheoryMicroeconomic TheoryMicroeconomic TheoryMicroeconomic TheoryTutorTutorTutorTutor Chris BirchenhallChris BirchenhallChris BirchenhallChris Birchenhall

AimsAimsAimsAims The aim of this course is to lay the foundations of an understanding of the modern,advanced principles of microeconomic analysis.

ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectives At the end of this course students should have a graduate level of understanding of(i) consumer theory as a basis for analysis of demand and welfare, (ii) the fundamentaltheorems of welfare economics and market failure, (iii) the theory of production and costfunctions together with the theory of investment, (iv) strategic games and (v) the basicelements of contract theory

Syllabus and reading listSyllabus and reading listSyllabus and reading listSyllabus and reading listTopics:Topics:Topics:Topics:

Consumer theory including dual models. General equilibrium, welfare economics and market failure. Uncertainty, prices and, time allowing, investment. Theory of production and costs. Strategic Games Insurance, asymmetric Information and contract theory.

Textbooks:Textbooks:Textbooks:Textbooks: H Gravelle and R Rees, Microeconomics, Longman, Third edition (2004). ISBN: 0582-

40487-8. Frank Cowell, Microeconomics: Principles and Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2006.

ISBN: 0199267774. Geoffrey A. Jehle and Philip J. Reny Advanced Microeconomic Theory, 2nd Edition,

Addison-Wesley (2001) ISBN: 0-321-07916-7. Hal Varian, Intermediate Microeconomics, Norton, Fifth Edition (1999). ISBN: 0-393-

97370-0. Hal Varian, Microeconomic Analysis, 3rd edition, Norton (1992) ISBN: 0-393-95735-7. Avinash Dixit and Susan Skeath, Games of Strategy, Norton, (1999) ISBN: 0-393-

97421-9.

Advanced ReferencesAdvanced ReferencesAdvanced ReferencesAdvanced References Paul Milgrom and John Roberts, Economics, Organization and Management, Prentice

Hall, (1992). ISBN: 0-13-224650-3. Andreu Mas-Collel, Michael D Whinston and Jerry Green Microeconomic Theory, Oxford

UP, (1995). ISBN: 0-19-510268-1 (Pbk).

Further ReferencesFurther ReferencesFurther ReferencesFurther References Detailed notes will be supplied for much of the course and these will contain additional

references.

Test and Assessment EssayTest and Assessment EssayTest and Assessment EssayTest and Assessment Essay Formal assessment of the course is based on a two hour unseen examination in January

2010. Further details of the examination will be given in class. Formative assessment will be based on a compulsory one hour test and an optional

essay. Further details on the test will be provided in class. The test and the optionalessay do notnotnotnot form part of the courses formal assessment.


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CourseCourseCourseCourse ECON60111ECON60111ECON60111ECON60111TitleTitleTitleTitle Macroeconomic TheoryMacroeconomic TheoryMacroeconomic TheoryMacroeconomic TheoryTutorTutorTutorTutor Prof Keith BlackburnProf Keith BlackburnProf Keith BlackburnProf Keith Blackburn

Aims:Aims:Aims:Aims:The aim of this course is to provide rigorous training in the principal methodologies, theoriesand techniques of modern macroeconomic analysis.

ObObObObjectivesjectivesjectivesjectives:At the end of this course students should be able to:(i) understand and critically evaluate alternative approaches(ii) develop models of their own from which to derive original results.

AssessmentAssessmentAssessmentAssessment1 hour test, 2 hour examination in January.

InformationInformationInformationInformationPre-requisites: Students must be taking eithECON60081 or ECON60561, or must demonstratean appropriate quantitative background

Course ContentCourse ContentCourse ContentCourse Content representative agent models overlapping generations model real business cycles, imperfect competition and nominal rigidities; growth and fluctuations

Teaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching MethodsLectures and Tutorials

Preliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary reading Blanchard, O and Fischer, S, Lectures on Macroeconomics.

For preliminary reading, students may wish to consult: Romer, D, Advanced Macroeconomics.

CourseCourseCourseCourse PHIL60051PHIL60051PHIL60051PHIL60051TitleTitleTitleTitle EthicsEthicsEthicsEthicsTutor(s)Tutor(s)Tutor(s)Tutor(s) Dr Tom SmithDr Tom SmithDr Tom SmithDr Tom Smith

Aims:Aims:Aims:Aims: The aim of this course is to familiarise students with some of the main philosophicalissues in ethics.

ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesIntended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this unit successful participants will have:(a) read and understood some of the main texts from the relevant reading lists and fromelsewhere;(b) attended the seminars, and participated in discussion;(c) acquired and developed the analytic skills which are necessary for the formation of theirown considered views, for the evaluation of questions, and for putting forward good answers.

Key Transferable Skills:On successful completion of this course unit, participants should have developed: Problem solving skills.

Analytic and critical skills. The ability to argue from evidence. The ability to communicate ideas effectively. The ability to set appropriate goals and to work independently and/or cooperatively.


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AssessmentAssessmentAssessmentAssessmentTwo essays 3500 words each 100%Two compulsory Presentations - non-assessedParticipation/Attendance - non-assessed but marks may be deducted for unexplained absences

Course ContentCourse ContentCourse ContentCourse ContentThis course will focus on four questions of ethics: (i) which sorts of things are of ethical value

and disvalue? (People? their actions? their intentions? their characters? the situations that theyget themselves into?), (ii) what does their possessing this value demand of us? (e.g. that webring about the greatest happiness of the greatest number? that we treat others as ends, notmeans? that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us?), (iii) how do thesedemands motivate our actions (e.g. by arousing our passions, or our reason?), and (iv) whydoes it matter to us that these demands are met (i.e. why do we care about the demands thatare made by morality)?

Teaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching will be seminar based, with a two hour seminar each week over seven weeks. Astudent will introduce each weeks topic by giving a presentation on it. There will also be aninitial one hour meeting in which the convenor will present an overview of the course and its

topics, and a final meeting of one hour.

Preliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary readingPreliminary reading Nagel T. The Possibility of Altruism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1970. Parfit D. Climbing the Mountain (Available in draft form at:

http://individual.utoronto.ca/stafforini/parfit/parfit_-_climbing_the_mountain.pdf). Wiggins D. Ethics: Twelve Lectures on the Philosophy of Morality. London: Penguin,

2006 Williams B. Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy. London: Fontana, 1985.

CourseCourseCourseCourse POLI60181POLI60181POLI60181POLI60181

TitleTitleTitleTitle Global JusticeGlobal JusticeGlobal JusticeGlobal JusticeTutorTutorTutorTutor Dr Tom PorterDr Tom PorterDr Tom PorterDr Tom Porter

Aim:Aim:Aim:Aim: Problems of global justice are at the forefront of debates in contemporary political theory.This course aims to introduce postgraduate students to these debates. The main focus of thecourse will be on theories about the global distribution of material resources and powerbetween individuals, nations and states. The course will examine cosmopolitan, nationalist,statist and other responses to questions such as these: How should resources, opportunitiesand power be distributed on the global scale? Can states or nations be held responsible forwhether they are wealthy or poor? What do citizens of affluent countries owe to poorforeigners? What environmental duties, if any, are triggered by global climate change?

Outcome:Outcome:Outcome:Outcome:

On completion of this unit successful students will be able to: Understand and evaluate various positions on the main problems of global justice. Situate the global justice debate within broader debates within political philosophy. Develop their own responses to urgent and theoretically complex problems of global justice.

Content:Content:Content:Content: This course presents some of the major contemporary philosophical debates aboutglobal justice. The issues examined will include the existence and scope of moral duties ofaffluent individuals towards poor foreigners, the moral significance of nationality and co-citizenship, the possibility of just global governance, and immigration. In answering thesequestions special attention will be paid to the work of John Rawls, Thomas Pogge, CharlesBeitz and other major contemporary political philosophers.

Weekly topics will include: Global Poverty and the Demands of Morality; Cosmopolitanism andGlobal Egalitarianism; Restricting Global Redistribution: Patriotism and Nationality; Rawls onGlobal Redistribution and Human Rights, Immigration and Borders.


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Teaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching Methods: Teaching will take place in weekly two-hour seminars. Students will beassigned reading to do each week, and the seminar will be led by different students eachweek, each of whom will have prepared a short presentation on the weekly topic.

Assessment:Assessment:Assessment:Assessment:One essay of 3,500 words (75%), paper/presentation (15%), participation (10%)

Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading: Caney, Simon, International Distributive Justice, Political Studies49 (2001) Pogge, Thomas, World Poverty and Human Rights, Polity, 2002 Rawls, John, Law of Peoples, Harvard University Press, 1999 Tan, Kok-Chor, Justice Without Borders, Cambridge University Press, 2004

CourseCourseCourseCourse POLI70311POLI70311POLI70311POLI70311TitleTitleTitleTitle Critical approaches to International Political EconomyCritical approaches to International Political EconomyCritical approaches to International Political EconomyCritical approaches to International Political EconomyTutorTutorTutorTutor DrDrDrDr Stuart ShieldsStuart ShieldsStuart ShieldsStuart Shields

This module is a pre-requisite for POLI70282 Globalisation & IPE

Aim: To provide an advanced introduction to the major conceptual approaches in IPE.

To examine critically the utility of each conceptual approach.

To assess on this basis the body of IPE theory and the evolution of the field of IPE.

To enhance students' critical, evaluative and communicative skills.

Objectives: By the end of the course you can expect to: have developed a comprehensive and considered understanding of the field of IPE. have developed a critical understanding of the scholarly literature.

be able to work with and be critical of key conceptual approaches.

be able to identify salient issues and new areas of research within the discipline.

have enhanced your critical, evaluative, and communicative skills through your

participation in class discussions, your research and delivery of class presentations yourproduction of a course essay and your contributions to a reflective seminar portfolio.

Course Content:

The course is designed as an advanced-level overview of the field of International PoliticalEconomy, with emphasis on an examination of the theoretical approaches and conceptualframeworks on which it rests. In doing so, the course sets the foundations for students tocontinue their exploration of key aspects of IPE in the second semester in POLI70282:

Globalisation and IPE.The course begins by exploring the emergence of the field of IPE, its foundations and theintellectual project it sets out to advance. It then moves on to examine in turn the dominant

theoretical approaches to the study of IPE, starting with realism and neorealism and movingthrough liberalism and neoliberal institutionalism, classical Marxism, neo-Marxist dependencyand world systems theories, neo-Gramscian theories, feminism, and constructivism. Thecourse concludes by returning to the questions of the nature of IPE and its contributions, andof its future directions.

Teaching Methods:

1 one hour introductory session

7 weekly two hour seminar

Assessment:3,500 word assessed essay (75%); presentation (15%); and seminar portfolio (10%)

Preliminary Reading:

Susan Strange, States and Markets: An Introduction to International Political Economy(second edition, Pinter, 1994)

Nicola Phillips (ed.) Globalizing International Political Economy(Palgrave, 2005).


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Ronen Palan (ed.), Global Political Economy: Contemporary Theories, (Routledge,2000).

Theodore H. Cohen, Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice, (third edition, Longman,2004).

CourseCourseCourseCourse POLI70611POLI70611POLI70611POLI70611TitleTitleTitleTitle Normative Analysis and MoralNormative Analysis and MoralNormative Analysis and MoralNormative Analysis and Moral ReasoningReasoningReasoningReasoning

TutorTutorTutorTutor DrDrDrDr Tom PorterTom PorterTom PorterTom Porter

Aim:Aim:Aim:Aim:This course aims to introduce postgraduate students to normative analysis and moralreasoning through the evaluation of rival contemporary theories of justice. The course willplace special emphasis on understanding the ideals of liberal egalitarianism by examining bothits major proponents and critics.

Outcome:Outcome:Outcome:Outcome: On completion of this unit successful students will be able to: Employ a rigorous analytical approach in critically evaluating the key theories of justice in

contemporary Anglo-American political philosophy. Examine and critique the central claims of liberal egalitarianism, libertarianism, and

communitarianism, among others. Develop their own responses to urgent and theoretically complex problems of justice.

Content:Content:Content:Content:This course introduces postgraduate students to normative analysis and moral reasoningthrough contemporary debates about justice. Students will examine the strengths andweaknesses of the best liberal egalitarian, libertarian, communitarian, and egalitarianapproaches to justice offered in recent debates. Students will critically examine the work ofRawls, Nozick, Sandel, Dworkin and Cohen, among others. The course covers a diverse set ofphilosophers, but is focused on examining and assessing the best available answers to theproblems of distributive justice.

Weekly topics: 1) Utilitarianism: For and Against, 2) Justice as Fairness, 3) The LibertarianObjection, 4) The Communitarian Objection, 5) The Egalitarian Objection, 6) Equality ofResources, 7) Equality of Welfare.

Teaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching MethodsTeaching Methods:Teaching will take place in weekly two-hour seminars. Students will be assigned reading to doeach week, and the seminar will be led by different students each week, each of whom willhave prepared a short presentation on the weekly topic.

Assessment:Assessment:Assessment:Assessment:Essay of 3,500 words (75%), paper/presentation (15%), participation (10%).

Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading: Clayton, Matthew and Andrew Williams (eds.) Social Justice: A Reader (Oxford:

Blackwell) Kymlicka, Will. Contemporary Political Philosophy: 2nd Edition(Oxford: Oxford University

Press) Rawls, John, A Theory of Justice(Oxford: Oxford University Press)

CourseCourseCourseCourse POLI70282POLI70282POLI70282POLI70282TitleTitleTitleTitle Globalisation & International Political EconomyGlobalisation & International Political EconomyGlobalisation & International Political EconomyGlobalisation & International Political EconomyTutorTutorTutorTutor Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr. Stuart ShieldsStuart ShieldsStuart ShieldsStuart Shields

The module POLI70311 Critical Approaches to IPE is a pre-requisite for this course

Aim:This course will interrogate a range of core issues and topics in IPE. The central theme will be


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the relationship between markets, hierarchies and networks in the emergence andconsolidation of complex governance structures and processes in the context of globalisation.Students will develop a theoretically informed understanding of changing processes of politicaland economic governance in a globalising world. The course will start with an introductorysession, followed by a session on the historical trajectory of globalisation. Subsequent sessionswill cover a diverse range of topics: trade, finance, production, labour/migration, regionalism,and resistance.

Outcome:On completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate theoretical andempirical knowledge of a range of issues including: whether (and in what ways) globalisation is essentially an economic process, a sociological

process and/or an economic process; how political stability, power and norms are related to particular challenges arising from

changing patterns of production, trade, finance, the environment, socio-cultural

reproduction and the like; what kinds of institutional frameworks are evolving in the attempt to cope with the

internationalisation and transnationalisation of economic activities;

the political, ideological and normative implications of these changes; and the role of such questions in shaping International Political Economy as a field of study.

Content:

Include modes of governance of political and economic systems, the role of industrial structureand technology, the relationship between production and finance, the roles of labour andgender, trade, the environment, development, 'global governance', and the evolution of IPE.

Teaching Methods:2-hour seminar once a week for 7 weeks plus 1 hour organisational meeting

Assessment:3,500 word essay (75%), presentation (15%), tutorial portfolio (10%)

Preliminary Reading: Ronen Palan, ed., Global Political Economy: Contemporary Theories (Routledge, 2000) Nicola Phillips, ed., Globalizing International Political Economy (Palgrave, 2005) Robert OBrien and Marc Williams, Global Political Economy (Palgrave, 2007)

CourseCourseCourseCourse POLI 70721POLI 70721POLI 70721POLI 70721TitleTitleTitleTitle TheTheTheTheories of Rightsories of Rightsories of Rightsories of RightsTutorTutorTutorTutor DrDrDrDr Jethro ButlerJethro ButlerJethro ButlerJethro Butler

Aim:Aim:Aim:Aim: The aim of this course is to examine recent attempts to provide a firm theoreticalfoundation for rights-discourse. Attention will be given to contemporary writings in moralphilosophy, political philosophy and jurisprudence. Questions to be considered include: What is aright? Which theory of rights offers the best defence for rights? Do children or animals haverights? How do rights relate to other elements of a moral or political theory, such as duties andgoals? Are there good reasons to abandon rights-discourse altogether?

Outcome:Outcome:Outcome:Outcome: Students will be expected to develop a good understanding of a selection of recentarticles on rights theory and thus to equip themselves to take an informed and critical positionon current controversies about rights. In so doing, they will acquire experience in the analysis,construction and presentation of theoretical arguments.

Content:Content:Content:Content: Summary of Topics -1111.... The analysis of rights (Hohfeld, interest theory, choice theory)2222.... Subjects of rights (animals, children, future generations)3333.... Human rights, welfare rights4444.... Rights and utility5555.... Self-ownership and property rights6666.... Rights and autonomy


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7777.... Scepticism about rights

Teaching Methods:Teaching Methods:Teaching Methods:Teaching Methods: The course will be taught in seven 2 hour sessions with a 1 hourintroductory session. Seminars will include presentations by students, to be arranged at the firstmeeting where advice will be given regarding their format and content.

Assessment:Assessment:Assessment:Assessment: One essay of 3,500 words on a selected seminar topic (75%) plus a formalpresentation to the seminar group of approximately 10 minutes (15%). Participation and

attendance will form the basis of the remaining 10% of the final total mark.

Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Preliminary Reading:Peter Jones, Rights(Basingstoke: Palgrave, 1994) purchase of this text is requiredJeremy Waldron, Theories of Rights(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984).

CourseCourseCourseCourse POLI70872POLI70872POLI70872POLI70872TitleTitleTitleTitle Democracy: Theory and PracticeDemocracy: Theory and PracticeDemocracy: Theory and PracticeDemocracy: Theory and PracticeTutorTutorTutorTutor Dr Andrew Russell and Dr Stephen de WijzeDr Andrew Russell and Dr Stephen de WijzeDr Andrew Russell and Dr Stephen de WijzeDr Andrew Russell and Dr Stephen de Wijze

Aim:To provide a bridge between the theory and practice of democracy as found in the local,national and international arenas. Using theoretical insights, definitions and concerns, the aim

of the course is to focus on a number of empirical and practical problems which concerndemocratic theorists and practitioners around the world.

Outcome: On completion of this unit successful students will be able to:Understand the key normative ideas that underlie democratic theory, and demonstrate thisunderstanding by applying these insights to solving contemporary practical problems. Someexamples of these problems are: 1. overcoming the democratic deficit, 2. ensuring adequate

representation for women and minorities in liberal democratic pluralist societies 3. Findingways of modernising elections 4. Educating the countries youth about democracy.

On completion of this unit successful students will be able to demonstrate:

An in-depth knowledge and understanding of the values and goals underlying democratictheory.

An ability to identify and describe the complex problems that arise in the implementation ofdemocracy at the local, national and international levels.

Show an in-depth critical knowledge of the attempts to solve various contemporaryproblems associated with democratic theory and its application.

The ability to critically reflect on the contemporary debates concerning the democratic

deficit, the representation of minorities in a liberal democratic society, teaching civic skillsin schools especially those concerned with inculcating the values of democracy, the effectof different electoral systems on the realisation of democratic values and ideals.

To articulate and defend their own position vis vis the value and importance ofdemocratic values and their practical implementation at the local, national and internationalarenas.

Content:This course examines the important normative theoretical frameworks which discussions ofdemocracy and its applications take place. For example, some of the key questions are: Whyis democracy valuable? What values underlie the ideal democratic system? Should democracy

be modelled on the idea of a forum or market place?These important insights are then applied to several practical concerns and issues whichconcern contemporary societies at the local, national and international levels.

Weekly Topics:(1) Organization/Introduction(2) Democracy: Normative Underpinnings.

(3) Democracy: Market or Forum?(4) Democracy and Liberalism: natural bedfellows?


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(5) Democratic Systems: Proportional versus Winner-Takes-All.(6) Representing minorities and gender in democratic societies.(7) Applying democracy at the local, national and international levels: problems and pitfalls.(8) Teaching democratic values to children and attracting first time voters.(9) The democratic deficit: turnout problems, modernising elections, compulsory voting. (10)Democracy and international affairs: what model of democracy should the UN use?

Teaching Methods:

8 x 2 hour lectures

Assessment:One essay of 3,500 words (75%), paper/presentation (15%), participation (10%).

Preliminary Reading:

Beetham, D. (2005) Democracy: A Beginners Guide (Oxford: One World Publications) Blais, Andre (2000) To Vote or Not to Vote: The Merits and Limits of Rational Choice

Theory(Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press). Christiano, Thomas (ed.) (2003) Philosophy and Democracy(Oxford: OUP) Dahl, Robert. (2000) On Democracy (New Haven: Yale UP) Eliasoph, N. (1998) Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life

(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) Fasulo, L. (2004)An Insider's Guide to the United Nations (New York; UNDP) Goodin, R. & Pettit, P. (1997) Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology

(Blackwell).

Gutmann, Amy and Dennis Thompson. Democracy and Disagreement (Cambridge:Harvard UP)

Milner, Henry (2002) Civic Literacy: How Informed Citizens Make Democracy Work(Hanover: University Press of New England).

Parkinson, John. (2006) Deliberating in the Real World: Problems of Legitimacy inDeliberative Democracy(Oxford: OUP)

Pattie, C., Seyd, P. & Whiteley, P. (2003) "Citizenship and Civic Engagement: Attitudesand Behaviour in Britain" Political Studies 51, 443-68.

Putnam, Robert (2000) Bowling Alone: the Collapse and Revival of American Community

(New York: Simon & Schuster). Russell, Andrew; Fieldhouse, Ed; Kalra, Virinder & Purdam, Kingsley. (2003) Electoral

Commission: Research Report"Voter Engagement & Young People" Shapiro, Ian (2003) The State of Democratic Theory (Princeton:Princeton University

Press)

Skocpol, Theda & Fiorina, Morris (eds.) (1999) Civic Engagement in American Democracy(Washington/New York: Brookings Institute/Russell Sage Foundation,).

United Nations Development Programme Website: Online:http://www.undp.org/governance/

Wattenberg, Martin (2002) Where Have All The Voters Gone?(Cambridge, Mass: HarvardUniversity Press).


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Political Economy of Society, Space & Environment pathwayPolitical Economy of Society, Space & Environment pathwayPolitical Economy of Society, Space & Environment pathwayPolitical Economy of Society, Space & Environment pathway

CourseCourseCourseCourse ECON60281ECON60281ECON60281ECON60281TitleTitleTitleTitle EnvironmentalEnvironmentalEnvironmentalEnvironmental EconomicEconomicEconomicEconomicssssTutorTutorTutorTutor Dr Dan RigbyDr Dan RigbyDr Dan RigbyDr Dan Rigby

AimsAimsAimsAimsAims: The aim of this course is to familiarise students with the theoretical and empirical

aspects of basic policy issues facing less developed countries (LDCs) in the internationaleconomy.

ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesAt the end of this course students should be able to: (i) explain the key international trade andfinance policy choices facing policy-makers in developing countries; (ii) assess critically aid-supported macroeconomic reform policies implemented in LDCs; (iii) demonstrate theirunderstanding of LDCs position in the international economy and of the global factors thatinfluence LDCs growth and development prospects.

AssessmentAssessmentAssessmentAssessmentone essay of up to 2,500 (counting for 1/3 of the final mark), and

one two-h

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