Development and international politics

This module introduces you to the varied development experiences of different regions in international politics, and to the different institutional and structural constraints and possibilities facing developing countries.

The module is specifically designed to give you a thorough knowledge of both the experience of developing countries and the changing policies and practices of international development.

Topics include:

• concepts and theories of development
• Latin America and the debt crisis
• structural adjustment
• East Asian miracle and crisis
• development and crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
• 'good governance'
• the securitisation of development.