Module POLM084 for 2021/2
- 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 2021/2 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 of the following topics:
1. Conflict and security in world politics
2. Development and its critics
3. Building states to build peace. The merger of security and development
5. Conflict resolution and conflict analysis
6. Pursuits of Justice
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.
Library resources:
Danielle Beswick and Paul Jackson, Conflict, Security and Development: An Introduction, Routledge 2011.
Mary Anderson, Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace or War, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1999.
Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss, Humanitarianism in Question: Politics, Power, Ethics, Cornel University Press, 2008.
Alan Collins, Ed., Contemporary Security Studies, Oxford University Press, 2018 (or previous editions).
Bruce Currie-Alder, Ravi Kanbur, David M. Malone and Rohinton Medhora, eds., International Development, Oxford University Press, 2014.
David Lake, The Statebuilder’s Dilemma: On the Limits of Foreign Intervention. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2016.
Paul D. Williams and Matt McDonald, Eds., Security Studies, Routledge, 2018 (or previous editions).
