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Module Title	Politics and Development in Africa
Module Code	LG542A
School	School of Law & Government
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Level	5	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None

Module Aims

to introduce students to the key political, social and economic issues facing Africa;to critically examine the roles and responsibilities of different external and internal actors;to explore the interplay between economic decline and political decay and regeneration;to explore African alternatives and programmes for renewal .

Learning Outcomes

To develop an understanding of Africa?s current challenges and opportunities, and to situate those within a global frame of reference.

Indicative Time Allowances
	Hours
Lectures	12
Tutorials	12
Laboratories
Seminars
Independent Learning Time	126

Total	150
Placements
Assignments

NOTE

Assume that a 10 credit module load represents approximately 150 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.

Indicative Syllabus

· Historical background: some key legacies from pre-colonialism, colonialism and post-colonialism.· The African State participation, political parties and state capacity· The Construction of Ethnicity, Conflict and Democracy· External Intervention, "Crisis" Management and the World Bank/IMF· Africa and the International System· The African Union and other other `sub' regional organisations

Assessment
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Indicative Reading List

Ake, Claude. Democracy and Development in Africa. Washington D.C.: The Brookings Institute, 1996. Bratton, Michael and Nicholas van de Walle. Democratic Experiments in Africa: Regime Transitions in Comparative Perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Chabal, Patrick & Jean-Pascal Daloz. Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument. Oxford: International African Institute in association with James Currey, 1999. Graham Harrison, Issues in the Contemporary Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002). Kevane, Michael, Women and development in Africa : how gender works. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2003). Leonard, David K. and Scott Straus, Africa?s Stalled Development: International Causes and Cures (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2003). Mkandawire, Thandika and Charles Soludo (eds.) African Voices on Structural Adjustment (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2003). Onimode, Bade et al., African Development and Governance Strategies in the 21st Century (London: Zed, 2004). Salih, Mohammed ed. African Political Parties ? Evolution, Institutionalisation and Governance. London: Pluto Press, 2003. Smith, Brian C. Understanding Third World Politics: Theories of Political Change and Development. 2nd Ed. Bloomington, Indiana University Press. van de Walle, Nicolas, Nicole Ball and Vijaya Ramachandram Beyond structural adjustment : the institutional context of African development., (Palgrave, 2003.)

Programme or List of Programmes

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MIR

MA in International Relations

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