Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL1045: International Politics of the Global South

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Colonialism, decolonisation and postcolonial state- and nation-building
The ‘Third World’ and non-alignment during the Cold War
(Under)development, ‘developing countries’ (G-77) and foreign aid
Post-Cold War and neoliberal globalisation
IR theories: structuralism/dependency/international political economy (IPE), subaltern realism, postcolonial and decolonial theories
Foreign policies of ‘dependent’/’weak’/’peripheral’ states of the Global South
Security: violent conflicts and intervention, representations of failed states
Regionalism in the Global South and South-South cooperation
The impact of the Global South on global governance: economic governance, climate change
Global migration governance and South-North relations

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
26.5	123.5	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	16.5	11 x 1.5-hour lectures
Scheduled learning and teaching activities	10	10 x 1-hour seminars
Guided independent study	50	Reading for seminars
Guided independent study	50	Completion of coursework
Guided independent study	23.5	Exam revision

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

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