Global Political Economy of Development, 15 ECTS
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180 ECTS credits with at least 90 ECTS credits in International Relations, Global Development or equivalent topics such as History, Human Geography, Economics, Business Administration, Anthropology, Sociology or Political Science including a thesis or other independent project of at least 15 ECTS credits. Swedish Upper Secondary School course English 6 or equivalent
Description
This module will provide an international and inter-disciplinary overview of the major issues surrounding development theory and practice in the XXth and XXIst centuries. The two specific objectives we try to achieve in this module are: (1) deepening of students’ theoretical understanding of the concept of development, as a field of global political economy; and (2) a critical assessment of the results and future prospects of economic and political development. The students taking this optional module will gain the knowledge to critically evaluate the changing nature of development and development studies as a discipline, as well as to critically examine the practice/policy and guiding principles of developmental agendas today.
Area of interests: Human, Social and Political Sciences, and Law
Are you interested in human beings and society? How we function individually and together, what drives us, our learning processes, how rules and laws have been established, and how we interact with each other? If that is the case we have a lot to offer. This area of interest covers anything from Pedagogy, Psychology and Gender Studies, to Statistics, Political Science, Law and many other subjects. Their common denominator is the relation between human beings and society, independent analytical thinking and often an international perspective.