Module ARA1037 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA1037: The Politics of Development
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of the following topics:
- Modernization theory and dependency theory
- Structuralism and political development
- The Washington consensus and poverty
- Domestic factors (culture, religion, inequality, civil conflict)
- International factors (colonialism, democratization, international financial institutions)
- Political systems (political parties, political systems, populism, leadership)
Each week we will also cover a specific country chosen by the students from a list supplied by the module convenor. We will study the core development challenges of that country and the country's background.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 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 and teaching activity | 22 | A combination of lectures, group work and guided class discussions (11 x 2 hours) |
| Guided independent study | 55 | Reading and preparing for the weekly seminars |
| Guided independent study | 14 | Researching and preparing group presentation |
| Guided independent study | 59 | Researching and writing synopsis and essay |
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.
- Carol Lancaster and Nicolas van de Walle (2018) The Oxford Handbook of the Politics of Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Chandra, Siddarth and Nita Rudra (2015) 'Reassessing the links between regime type and economic performance: Why some authoritarian regimes show stable grown and others do not', British Journal of Political Science 45(2): 253-85.
- Hutchcroft, Paul (1997) 'The politics of privilege: assessing the impact of rents, corruption and clientelism on Third World development', Political Studies 45(3): 639-58.
- Lange, Matthew (2004) 'British colonial legacies and political development', World Development 32(6): 905-22.
- Mkandawire, Thandika (2013) 'Neopatrimonialism and the political economy of economic performance in Africa: Critical reflections', World Politics, pp. 1-50.
- Welzel, Christian, Ronald Inglehart and Hans-Dieter Klingemann (2003) 'The theory of human development: a cross-cultural analysis', European Journal of Political Research 42(3): 341-79.
