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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: * To provide students with the analytical tools to evaluate critically development and public policy issues from an ethical perspective * To reflect on international development and public policy in the context of theories of justice, and the debates about the 'just society'. * To examine the relationship between individual behaviour and social states of affairs * To understand the links between ethical frameworks, values and public action. * To develop a critical awareness of the influence of values on public policy, democratic debate and international development. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit, students should be able to: * Examine critically the ethical underpinnings of public policy and international development, and to form a critical opinion about them. * A critical appreciation of the links between the concepts of wellbeing and justice. * Have a clear understanding of different theories of justice, and how this applies in different social contexts * Have a critical awareness of the influence of values on public policy, democratic debate and international development * Analyze public policy and development policy and practice on the basis of informed and self-critical ethical judgements. Skills: * Cross-cultural and interpersonal sensitivity (Taught/Facilitated) * Comprehensive and scholarly written communication (e.g. essays) (T/F/Assessed) * Effective oral communication (e.g. seminar presentations) (T/F) * Ability to select, summarise and synthesise written information from multiple sources (T/F/A/) * Ability to produce work to agreed specifications and deadlines (T/F/A) * Concise, time-bound and effective written communication (e.g. briefings/exams) (T/F/A) * Ability to select, analyse and present numerical data (T/F/A) * Ability to develop rigorous arguments through precise use of concepts and models (T/F/A) * Ability to work effectively as part of a group or team (T.F.A) Content: 1. Wellbeing, ethics and justice 2. Development ethics 3. Making ethical judgements 4. Making societies more just 5. Global justice 6. Feminist perspective on justice 7. Environmental justice. |
| Programme availability: |
SP50231 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
SP50231 is Optional on the following programmes:Department for Health
SP50231 is available for Auditing on the following programmes:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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