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PAIS390 Politics in the Developing World

Updated: 23 July 2012
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2013
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 12cp in Asian Societies or International Relations or Political and International Studies or Political Science or any 24cp or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions PAIS590
Notes None
Combined Units PAIS590 - Politics in the Developing World
Coordinator(s) Andrew Brown (abrown2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit explores a range of historical and contemporary issues that have impacted on the developing world. The unit introduces students to competing conceptual approaches to the study of politics in the developing world and deals with a variety of topics such as colonialism and post-colonialism, inequality, ethnopolitics, democratisation, religion, conflict, aid, state and civil society. The unit compares and contrasts the experiences of developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate an understanding of competing approaches to politics in the developing world;
  2. demonstrate an awareness of the signifiance of economic, social and political change in the developing world from a global perspective;
  3. demonstrate an understanding of a range of topics and issues that have impacted on the developing world over the last fifty years;
  4. explore aspects of development according to their own specific interests and disciplinary backgrounds; and
  5. demonstrate a capacity to research essay topics and provide a well-written, theoretically-informed and critical assessment of various topics and issues in relation to the developing world.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of the political and international studies discipline will be taught through unit notes, readings and assignments. Knowledge is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will be taught communication skills through written and oral feedback on the written, online and participation components of the unit. Students will learn valuable communication skills through participation in tutorials and online. Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas, and referencing. Students will practise their communication skills through completing the assessment tasks. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students will demonstrate an awareness of the global context of the subject area and they will develop an awareness of the need for tolerance and inter-cultural understanding. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be encouraged to develop research skills in collecting and evaluating data, including the skills to assess the utility of information, identify the most useful sources of information and critically analyse and examine those sources. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
By completing the assessments, students will be provided with the necessary lifelong skills to be able to research, write on and discuss social issues. These skills can be transferred to any discipline, and will be useful in any research positions. These attributes will be assessed in all of the assessments. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Students will be assessed on their ability to conceptualise the essay question and formulate a range of solutions to both research and presentation. Collect, collate and analyse relevant information to assist problem solving. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students will be taught about their professional responsibilities as a researcher to provide balanced and accurate research. In addition, students will be taught that they have a social responsibility to question and challenge some 'facts'. This will be assessed and taught through their responses to the assignment questions and discussions in online postings. 		True True
8 Team Work
Students will practise working collaboratively and network effectively to solve problems via the LMS taking initiative and leading others in this environment. They will also negotiate and assert their own values and respect the values and contributions of others on the discussion board and in their own essays. 		True
   

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