Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 22 Hours. (1 x 2 hour seminars per week) |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Essay: 1 x 4,500 words | 70% |
| Semester Assessment | Essay: 1 x 2,000 words | 30% |
| Supplementary Exam | Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics. |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students will be able to:
- discuss the notion of the postcolonial or postcoloniality
- analyse in detail power relations and discursive practices in particular postcolonial contexts
- discuss critically and in depth questions of power, development or democracy in a postcolonial setting
Brief description
This module provides the first part of an introduction to postcolonial politics.
Aims
The module introduces students to Foucauldian concepts of power and discourse and examines the use of these concepts in the study of development and democracy in a postcolonial context.
Content
The first seminar examines the meanings of the term postcolonialism. The next three seminars introduce Foucauldian concepts of power and discourse. These are followed then by three seminars on development and three on democracy. In each case we examine traditional approaches and challenges to those from a discursive or Foucauldian framework. Each block of three seminars includes a specific case study.
Transferable skills
15 ECTS credits
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7