Political Analysis of Development Policy

MGDI60522 Political Analysis of Development Policy 15 Semester 2 Postgraduate Taught Level 6 Pritish Behuria Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 This course unit offers a solid grounding in the different types of policy analysis, encourages critical reflection on their application to policy processes in the global south through a series of case-study presentations, and enables students to develop their skills in policy analysis through the applied exercises in class and the assignment. The policy process will be subject to analysis from different perspectives, including mainstream and more critical approaches, and exemplified through real-life examples. <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">This course unit offers a solid grounding in the different types of policy analysis, encourages critical reflection on their application to policy processes in the global south through a series of case-study presentations, and enables students to develop their skills in policy analysis through the applied exercises in class and the assignment. The policy process will be subject to analysis from different perspectives, including mainstream and more critical approaches, and exemplified through real-life examples.<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Students will be introduced to the main theoretical approaches and some key case-study exemplars and encouraged to explore these in interactive teaching and learning sessions. Case studies of policy analysis in practice will be drawn from the research of GDI academics, spanning subjects ranging from oil governance in Uganda, mobile money in Kenya, and renewable energy in India.   The unit aims to provide: <ul> <li> A critical overview of theoretical approaches to understanding the links between politics, governance and development</li> <li> Insights into how politics, governance and development interact in the global South</li> <li> A critical overview of the key strategies and practices currently employed to promote policy processes in the global South</li> <li> An opportunity for students to develop their range of competencies in transferable areas, including research, analysis, team-work and both written and verbal forms of communication</li> </ul> <ul> <li> A thorough knowledge and critical understanding of different theories of the public policy process</li> <li> A thorough knowledge and critical understanding of the key strategies, policies and practices currently employed to promote ‘good governance’</li> <li> A specific understanding of some of the key links between politics and the policy cycle, and between different elements of the policy cycle</li> <li> The analytical skills required to critically evaluate and employ different theories of policy analysis and to apply these to specific cases of development policy processes</li> <li> Professionally-oriented skills related to formulating, investigating and implementing different approaches to promoting better formulation and implementation of policies</li> <li> Improved competence in transferable areas, including developing reasoned arguments, gathering, organising and using evidence and information from a wide variety of sources, undertaking both team-based and independent work to deadlines, and both written and verbal forms of communication</li></ul>  <p style="background-attachment:initial;background-clip:initial;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-size:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;">Teaching and learning will occur mainly through two- and three-hour composite sessions, which will generally each include an element of lecturing, small group-work, and plenary discussion.<p style="background-attachment:initial;background-clip:initial;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-size:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;"> <p style="background-attachment:initial;background-clip:initial;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-size:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;">   <p style="background-attachment:initial;background-clip:initial;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-size:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;">VLE will be used to share key resources and stimulate discussions of critical issues amongst course participants.    2 Written assignment (inc essay) 100% <ul><li>Written assignment (3,000 words)</li></ul> Summative feedback will be provided in written form via Turnitin/VLE following assessment, and through class interactions during the course.  MSc Global Development MSc Global Development PGDT Taught Component Optional MSc Global Development MSc Global Development PGDT Taught Component Optional N Carothers, T. and Diane de Gramont. 2013. Development Aid Confronts Politics: The Almost Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.<u1:p> </u1:p>Ferguson, J. 1990. The Anti-Politics Machine: ‘Development,’ Depoliticization and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<u1:p> </u1:p>Hirschman, A.O. 1967. Development Projects Observed. Brookings Institution Press.<u1:p> </u1:p><u1:p>Khan, M. 2010. Political Settlements and the Governance of Growth-enhancing Institutions. London: SOAS. Availabe at <a href="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/9968/1/Political_Settlements_internet.pdf" id="LPlnk248669" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/9968/1/Political_Settlements_internet.pdf</a>.</u1:p>Sabatier, R. 2007. Theories of the Policy Process, 2nd edition. Westview Press.<u1:p> </u1:p>Stone, D. 1997. Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making. Norton.<u1:p> </u1:p> Lectures 24 0 126