International development
Key Thinkers and Doers in Development
Module code: L2145
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Seminar
Assessment modes: Coursework
How did the world get like this?
This module examines thinkers and doers whose lives and work help explain the way we live now. Inequality and poverty arose by design – not chance – and stories of human rights abuses and failures in development have deep roots.
On this module, we explore key thinkers whose works have shaped the world and whose works help us to think about how to unravel global complexities. You’ll read original texts from the key thinkers and additional supporting texts.
The module gives you a broad understanding of different approaches to development thinkers and doers, and their current applicability under global capitalism.
Module learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the key thinkers and doers in development
- Demonstrate a basic knowledge of why their ideas are pivotal to development thinking, and how their ideas have been deployed over time
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of how these thinkers’ ideas have been deployed in ways that marginalise and/or that liberate marginalised peoples through varying development processes