2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

GEOG2021 Political and Development Geographies: Resistance and Alternatives

10 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Dr Martin Purvis
Email: m.c.purvis@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2018/19

This module is mutually exclusive with

GEOG2020

Political and Development Geographies

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module explores geographical perspectives on politics and development as a means of understanding the shaping of the world we inhabit. The module highlights alternatives to conventional constructions of state power and the potential for resistance to political and economic elites and the market-led, neo-liberal orthodoxy which they sustain, and which sustains them. To this end case study material will be discussed from Asia and the Middle East.

Objectives

On completion of this module students should have acquired:

1. knowledge of the processes underpinning change in political and international development structures;
2. an appreciation of the importance of space and place in the constitution of power, institutions and global flows;
3. an understanding of global, national and local political and socio-economic inequalities and those struggling for alternative visions of politics and development;
4. skills in the identifying literature and other information sources, and knowledge of selected techniques of information retrieval, analysis and presentation in written formats

Learning outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
The dynamic nature of geographical thought and practice and the inter-relationships between the discipline and the social sciences
Spatial patterns and relationships in human phenomena at a variety of scales
The geography of places and their constitution by environmental, economic, social and political processes, and the influence of places on these processes
Contemporary debates about time-space relationships, globalization and global interconnections, and social movements
The contribution of geography to development of environmental, political, economic and cultural agendas, policies and practices

Skills outcomes
Cognitive skills
Abstraction and synthesis of information from a variety of sources
Assessment and critical evaluation of the merits of contrasting theories, explanations, policies
Critical analysis and interpretation of data and text
Developing reasoned arguments

Practical/professional skills
Collect, interpret and synthesise different types of quantitative and qualitative geographical data
Recognise the ethical issues involved in geographical debates and enquiries

Key skills
Communicate effectively (in writing, verbally and through graphical presentations)
Use information technology effectively (including use of spreadsheet, database and word processing programmes; Internet and e-mail)
Identify, retrieve, sort and exchange geographical information using a wide range of sources
Work as part of a team and to recognise and respect the viewpoints of others
Manage time and organise work effectively

Syllabus

Framing alternatives and resistance
Feminist, post-colonial and post-communist geopolitics
Political alternatives: new nationalisms, post-nationalism and populism
Place, politics and power: resisting authoritarianism, development and globalisation
Spaces of independence and democratic protest

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			80.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

40 hours reading to support individual lectures and seminars
40 hours revision for exam

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Progress monitoring will be through weekly lectures and especially small group discussion seminars.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	1 hr 15 mins	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/04/2018

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