Module POLM084 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM084: Conflict, Security and Development in World Politics
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
1. Decolonisation and the origins of global governance
2. Development and its critics
3. The post-Cold War era and the idea of the Liberal Peace
4. The merger of security and development
5. Conflict resolution and conflict analysis
6. Conflict, security and development as global governance.
7-10. Case Studies
11. Conclusions and implications
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | 266 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 22 | 11 x 2 hour per week Seminars: Small group work, presentations, discussion |
| Guided independent study | 266 | Reading, reflection, essay writing, presentation preparation |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 12 | Visiting speakers (the number of speakers and duration of talks/seminars to be confirmed annually) |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
ELE: http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
Library resources:
Conflict, Security and Development [Electronic journal]
Beswick & Jackson, Conflict, Security and Development: An Introduction
Anderson, Do No Harm
Berdal & Economides, United Nations Interventionism 1991-2004
Chandler, Hollow Hegemony
Dannreuther, International Security
Doyle & Sambanis, Making War and Building Peace
Duffield, Global Governance and the New Wars
Ferguson, The Anti-Politics Machine
Held & McGrew, The Global Transformations Reader
Jarstad & Sisk, From War to Democracy
Mosse, Cultivating Development
Neumann & Sending, Governing the Global Polity
Ong & Collier, Global Assemblages
Richmond, The Post-Liberal Peace
