Conflict, Security and Development (917M1)
Conflict, Security and Development
Module 917M1
Module details for 2022/23.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Module Outline
The current module rationale does not sufficiently reflect the critical and decolonial emphasis of current CSD teaching. The following blurb reflects more accurately how the module is taught:
The module provides an in-depth understanding of the linkages between conflict, security and development. How do states, international institutions and organisations engage over challenges like civil war, famine, terrorism, or state collapse? What is the role of normative concepts like security and development within this? Furthermore, the study of contemporary conflict, security and development practices cannot be understood without attending to the histories of such ideas. Their histories are couched in colonial experience and continue to structure contemporary relations between the Global South and Global North. The module will provide you with the necessary theoretical tools to approach this subject, grounded in applied examples and cases.
Module learning outcomes
Provide students with an overview of contemporary perspectives on CSD
Provide students with the theoretical and conceptual frameworks that will allow them to critique these approaches on process grounds
Reposition current CSD debates within a wider, critical frame
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 10.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Portfolio | T1 Week 9 | 100.00% |
| Essay (4000 words) | Semester 1 Assessment Week 1 Thu 16:00 | 90.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Semester | Workshop | 3 hours | 11111111111 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
Mx Emilia Moscardini-Powers
Assess convenor
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Dr Linda Tabar
Assess convenor, Convenor
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Dr Anne Roemer-Mahler
Assess convenor
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Dr Melanie Richter-Montpetit
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Mrs Daniella Kiernan
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