ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT
POL4ISD
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject will explore issues of current interest in international development. This may include topics such as: democracy and authoritarianism in the Middle East; the role of international aid in the Pacific; climate change and environmental issues; legal processes and development; gender and development; food and water security etc. Topics will be selected on the basis of their salience to current issues, research interests at La Trobe and interests of the students. Three or four topics will be the focus of discussion over the semester. This subject will equip students with a contemporary understanding of issues of the day and how different actors and agencies seek to address them.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Chris Roche
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Enrolment in the Master of International Relations (AMIR/AMIRH); Master of International Development (AMID/AMIDH); Honours in Politics (AHA), International Relations(AHIR), Social Sciences (AHSS) or International Development (AHID); or coordinators approval
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: POL5ISD
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Capitalist development and democracy | Recommended | Rueschemeyer, D., Stephens, E. H. and Stephens, J. D. | POLITY PRESS 1992 |
| Readings | Democracy in the developing world | Preliminary | Haynes, J. | POLITY PRESS 2001 |
| Readings | Understanding Third World politics | Preliminary | Smith, B.C. | PALGRAVE 2003 |
City, 2014, Week 19-20, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Chris Roche
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 19 - 20
Three 8.0 hours seminar other recurrence on any day including weekend from week 19 to week 20 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| one 3,500-word research essay | 75 | |
| one democracy assessment exercise (1,000-words equivalent) | 25 |