AIP211 - Politics of Poverty and Prosperity
Unit details
| Year: | 2023 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 3: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 3: Francis Tarpey-Brown |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | AIS302 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | 1 x 1-hour class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
Content
This unit asks urgent and important questions about why it is that some parts of the world are poor while others are rich. With human suffering, power and inequality as its central concerns, the unit covers key historical and contemporary processes that contribute to these dire social, political and economic problems. The unit is organized into three modules: colonialism, capitalism and development. It explores these ideas in historical and conceptual terms, and draws extensively on case studies from Africa and Latin America, with some case studies also from Asia. Assessment tasks allow students to develop a deep knowledge about a country of their choice.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Accurately define and explain colonialism, capitalism and development, including contestations around the conceptualization of these terms, in general and in an applied manner | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Critically analyse the impact of colonialism, capitalism and development on a country of the global South | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Understand and explain the contribution of post-colonial theory, international political economy and development theories to real-life practices of the private, public, or non-government sectors | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Effectively use data from international and national organisations to understand development challenges facing countries with which the student is unfamiliar. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Research exercise | 300 words | 10% | Week 3 |
| Assessment 2 - Research and writing exercise | 1000 words | 25% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 3 - Research and writing exercise | 1000 words | 25% | Week 8 |
| Assessment 4 - Research and writing exercise | 1000 words | 25% | Week 11 |
| Assessment 5 - Writing exercise | 700 words | 15% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via AIP211
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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