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Title INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Code MKIB261
Coordinator Dr R Yang
Strategy, IB and Entrepreneurship
Ruomei.Yang@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2024-25 Level 5 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
MKIB225 BUSINESS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY; MKIB152 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
 

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 24

 6

         30
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 120
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Assessment 2: Individual Essay Assessment Type: Coursework Size: 2000 words Weighting: 50% Reassessment Opportunity: Yes Penalty for Late Submission: Standard UoL Penalty Applies Anonymous Asse  0    50       
Assessment 1: Individual Report Assessment Type: Coursework Size: 2000 words (Maximum) Weighting: 50% Reassessment Opportunity: Yes Penalty for Late Submission: Standard UoL penalty applies A  0    50       

Aims

This module is concerned with the theoretical and practical implications of capitalism and international development in the global economy. It discusses the economic development of the major industrialised nations since 1945 and the recent rise of emerging economies. The module also provides insight into problems, challenges, and recent trends in international development.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students will be able to interpret in some depth alternative theoretical perspectives associated with international development

(LO2) Students will be able to explain the main trends in the development process of developed and developing countries in the world

(LO3) Students will be able to critically assess major economic and social issues that persist in the developing world

(LO4) Students will be able to suggest remedies and define obstacles associated with international development (developed and developing economies)

(LO5) Students will be able to discuss different international capitalist systems

(LO6) Students will be able to identify and explain the origins and evolution of capitalism from its early stages to its current global dominance

(S1) Commercial awareness

(S2) Teamwork

(S3) Organisational skills

(S4) Communication skills

(S5) International awareness

(S6) Lifelong learning skills

(S7) Ethical awareness

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method: Lecture
Scheduled Directed Student Hours: 24
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching Method: Seminar
Description: Details of the seminars are announced in recordings.
Scheduled Directed Student Hours: 6
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Self-Directed Student Hours: 120
Description: Students are expected to read widely from the following list: Global Shift: Peter Dicken (Sage: London, 2011) Economics of Development, Ninth Edition, A.P. Thirlwall (Palgrave MacMillan, 2011); The Companion to Development Studies, edited by Vandana Desai and Robert Potter (Arnold: London, 2002) The New Development Management, edited by Dar and Cooke (London: Zed, 2008). This is available as a hard copy or ebook. Development Theory, second edition, Pieterse (London: Sage, 2009); A Radical History of Development Studies, Uma Kothari (ed)., (Palgrave MacMillan, 2005); Issues in World Politics, eds. White et al. (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2005).

Skills/Ot her Attributes Mapping

Skills / attributes: Ethical awareness
How this is developed: Lectures, seminars (content in lectures, activities in the seminars)
Mode of assessment (if applicable): both assignments

Skills / attributes: Lifelong learning skills
How this is developed: Lectures, seminars
Mode of assessment (if applicable)

Skills / attributes: International awareness
How this is developed: Lectures, seminars, private study (content in lectures, activities in the seminars)
Mode of assessment (if applicable): both assignments
Skills / attributes: IT skills
How this is developed: Private study
Mode of assessment (if applicable): both assignments

Skills / attributes: Communication skills
How this is developed: Seminars via discussing and presenting in class their arguments/views/suggestions related to the activity
Mode of assessment (if applicable): both assignments

Skills / attributes: Organisational skills
How this is developed: Private study, seminars – prepare in advance to attend the seminars by completing relevant activities and by engage in self-directed study to understand the different topics that will be discussed in class.
Mode of assessment (if applicable): both assignments

Skills / attributes: Teamwork
How this is developed: Seminars via working on small groups to complete certain activities/tasks
Mode of assessment (if applicable)

Skills / attributes: Commercial awareness
How this is developed: Lectures, private study (content of lectures and self-directed study)
Mode of assessment (if applicable): both assignments

Syllabus
 

Lectures will introduce the following subjects:

Part A – International Development in Developed Economies:

Overview of different economic/political systems (such as; capitalism, socialism, mixed economies etc)
Modern History of Capitalism (eg. Great Depression, Globalisation etc) and its effect of developed economies international development
Varieties of Capitalism (eg. LMEs, CMEs, state capitalism)
Case studies/empirical examples of developed economies and their international development
New forms of Capitalism and assorted challenges/opportunities

Part B – International Development in Developing/Emerging Economies:

International Development (definition of development and contemporary and traditional meanings of development)
Measuring Development in the developing world (how to define developing economies and key features of developing economies)
Classic theories of development (such as dependency theory and modernisat ion theory)
Economic Issues in developing/emerging economies such as Poverty Inequality and Development
Ethical Issues in international development (such as antidevelopment, worthwhile development, sustainability)

Module Review, Assignment preparation, Guest Speaker

Recommended Texts
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