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Module Title |
Politics & Development in Africa
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Module Code |
LG542
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School |
School of Law & Government
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Online Module Resources
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| Module Co-ordinator | Dr Eileen Connolly | Office Number | C217a |
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Level |
5
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Credit Rating |
5
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None
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Module Aims
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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.
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Learning Outcomes
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To develop an understanding of Africas current challenges and opportunities, and to situate those within a global frame of reference.
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Indicative Time Allowances
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Hours
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Lectures |
0
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Tutorials |
0
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Laboratories |
0
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Seminars |
0
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Independent Learning Time |
75
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Total |
75
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Placements |
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Assignments |
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NOTE
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Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 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.
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Indicative Syllabus
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· Historical background: some key legacies from pre-colonialism, colonialism and post-colonialism - Africa and the International System.
· The African State
· The Construction of Ethnicity, Conflict and Democracy
· External Intervention, "Crisis" Management and the World Bank/IMF
· Agriculture and the Rural-Urban Interface
· Forms of Integration: Technology, Trade, Regionalism and Globalization
· Health and Disease
· Programmes for African Renewal: Orthodoxy vs. Popular Development
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| Assessment | | Continuous Assessment | 100% | Examination Weight | 0% |
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Indicative Reading List
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Fantu Cheru, African Renaissance: Roadmaps to the Challenge of Globalization (London: Zed, 2002).
Catherine Campbell, Letting Them Die: Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003).
David K. Leonard and Scott Straus, Africas Stalled Development: International Causes and Cures (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2003).
Bade Onimode et al., African Development and Governance Strategies in the 21st Century (London: Zed, 2004).
Thandika Mkandawire and Charles Soludo (eds.) African Voices on Structural Adjustment (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2003).
Graham Harrison, Issues in the Contemporary Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002).
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Programme or List of Programmes
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| HMSA | Study Abroad (Humanities & Soc Science) |
| HMSAO | Study Abroad (Humanities & Soc Science) |
| MAGB | MA in Globalisation |
| MIR | MA in International Relations |
| MISC | MA in International Security & Conflict |
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