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The objective of this module is to help you think on the comparative politics of the global South, by introducing you to the key theoretical, methodological and contemporary issues through cross-national analysis and case studies. The module starts with theoretical frameworks relevant to the study of developing world in a comparative perspective (such as Modernisation Theory, Dependency School, or Institutional Approaches). Then, ‘big questions’ in politics – such as historical sociologies of state formation, origins of development and underdevelopment, causes of poverty and inequality, political regime types, and varieties of capitalism in the global South – are covered. This module, finally, analyses key contemporary issues – such as politics of inequality, alternative forms of democratic governance, state-society relations, and Southern perceptions of international order. By offering case studies representing major regions in global South, each week we will address different political issues. For example: What explains the state formation process in developing countries and how it differs from “state-making and war-making” in Western Europe? Why do different countries in the global South have different political systems? Why some countries in the global South have strong states while state capacity and civil society remains weak in others?

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

In-Person - 

Self-directed - 

The Oxford Handbook of Historical Institutionalism 

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty

Post Western World 

State-Directed Development: Political Power and Industrialization in the Global Periphery 

Politics in the Developing World

Institutions of the Global South 

The South in World Politics 

561-587 ‘Predatory, Developmental, and Other Apparatuses: A Comparative Political Economy Perspective on the Third World State,’ 

Sociological Forum 

 507-548, Path Dependence in Historical Sociology

Theory and Society

International Relations from the Global South: Worlds of Difference 

Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistanc

369-404, Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Politics

Annual Review of Political Science 

Comparative Politics of the Global South: Linking Concepts and Cases

IP2058 - Politics and Institutions in the Global South

IP2058-PRD1-PER-ALV1

You will acquire knowledge and understanding through a combination of lectures and interactive sessions (seminars/tutorials) with a strong emphasis on your personal contribution, including (if appropriate) in the form of student presentations, class exercises, and/or simulations/role plays. This learning process is supported by the use of a wide range of information sources, from books and journal articles to online sources, official documents and audio-visual sources of information. Time will also be set aside (weekly) to answer questions you may have from the readings.
You are expected to undertake extensive reading and independent study in order to: (1) understand the topics covered in the course; (2) broaden and deepen your knowledge of the subject; (3) participate actively in the class discussions. You will receive feedback on your coursework to encourage you to reflect on what you have produced and how you can improve.

Politics and Institutions in the Global South

Present and interpret data in selected comparative formats.

Skills

Reflect on and manage effectively your own learning and make use of constructive feedback. 

Values and attitudes

Evaluate the path-dependent nature of political institutions and power structures found in developing countries and their impact on political and economic (under)development. 

Knowledge

Evaluate the of long-term political and economic trends in the global South in relation to the global North. 

Identify the merits and shortcomings of selected theories and methodologies associated with the study of global South. 

Show respect and engage with those who do not necessarily share your own political values. 

Compare and contrast historical sociologies and present-day repercussions of contemporary cases.

Communicate ideas clearly and effectively, both in writing and orally. 

Identify key issues and problems associated with the study of politics of the global South. 

Produce written materials that indicate in a precise and honest manner what your own work is and what is attributable to others. 