2016-2017
Culture, Social Change and Development
Category
Code: IS 245
Level: 4
Credits: 15
Teaching Pattern
Week 1
3 x 3hrs
Week 2
3 x 3hrs
Week 3
3 x 3hrs
Week 4
Lecture/Seminar
3 x 3hrs
Film
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*you will be expected to do approximately 122 hours of independent study in addition to the above formal
teaching hours over the 4 weeks.
Outline
This module examines how development practices are embedded in cultural contexts. You explore
theoretical debates and how these inform interactions ‘on the ground’ and the relationship between
development and religious and ethnic identities. You examine and discuss the questions of power and
cultural relativism. These include who and what determines the course developmental interventions take,
the cultural notions that inform development organisations, how culture informs the way they operate and
the repercussions of outcomes.
You explore and debate the role of gender in development. You finish the module by focusing on migration
and development and looking at the era of ‘post development’, and how cultural critiques invigorate debate
on the nature of development and the contested meanings of culture.
Learning Outcomes
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Self-confidence, verbal communication, teamwork, independent thinking.
Assessed Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the political systems and processes of European countries
and of the functioning of the EU.
Identify and critically discuss/analyse, both orally and in writing, political challenges faced by
European governments
Identify and critically discuss the impact of European integration on member states and third
countries
Identify key concepts and debates in academic literature and link them to the analysis of current
events
Critically reflect on news and political commentary and form their own opinion / image of current
events.
Contacts
Samantha Syiem-Clark
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E-mail: [email protected]
Phone :
Indicative Reading List
Core readings:
Bale, T. (2008). European Politics: a Comparative Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillam, 2nd ed.
Zimmermann, H. And Dur, A. (2012). Key controversies in European Integration. Palgrave Macmillan.
Bulmer, S. and Lesquesne, C. (eds) (2005) The Member States of the European Union, Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Further readings:
Ladrech, R. (2010). Europeanization and national politics. Palgrave Macmillan.
Moravcsik, A. (1994). Why the European Community Strengthens the State: Domestic Politics and
International Cooperation. Center for European Studies Working Paper Series, no. 52, pp. 1-25.
Cini, M. and Perez-Solorzano Borragan, N. (2010) European Union Politics, Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 3rd ed.
N.B. Further readings will be assigned for the specific case studies and weekly topics, as these are volatile
issues which need frequent updates, and will be available in due time before the start of the module.
University Library
The Library,
University of Sussex,
Brighton
BN1 9QL
Phone: 01273 678163
[email protected]
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