SP52118: The politics and practice of sustainability
[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 65%, CWVG 35% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Group poster presentation (CWVG 35%)
- Essay (CWES 65%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate critical understanding of the politics of different framings of sustainability at global to local levels;
- Discuss critically key conceptual approaches, analytical debates, and methodological issues concerning the politics and practice of sustainability;
- Interrogate effectively different forms of evidence claims and apply this knowledge to the empirical analysis of specific contexts and issues;
- Work effectively in a team and present research in a visual form.
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| Synopsis: | Critically explore the ideological and practical politics of sustainability. You'll investigate different perspectives on:
- the underlying causes of the sustainability challenges we are facing today
- what can be done about them
- who is responsible for them
Explore the range of methods used to advance evidence about sustainability and investigate issues related to the political economy of production and consumption, including the actors that drive it and the approaches to channelling it.
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| Content: | This unit explores the ideological and practical politics of sustainability. We investigate different perspectives on: the underlying causes of the sustainability issues we are currently confronting, what can be done about them, and who is responsible for doing it. We will explore a range of methods used to advance evidence about sustainability. We will probe issues related to the political economy of production and consumption, including the actors that drive it and the approaches to channelling it.
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| Course availability: |
SP52118 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- THSP-AFM42 : MSc International Development, Social Justice and Sustainability
- THSP-AWM42 : MSc International Development, Social Justice and Sustainability
SP52118 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Psychology
- THPS-AFM35 : MRes Climate Change, Sustainability and Society
- THPS-AFM36 : MRes Climate Change, Sustainability and Society
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- THSP-AFM54 : MRes Global Challenges: geopolitics, inequalities and mobilities
- THSP-AFM55 : MRes Global Challenges: geopolitics, inequalities and mobilities
- THSP-AFM46 : MRes International Development
- THSP-AFM47 : MRes International Development
- THSP-AFM41 : MSc International Development
- THSP-AWM41 : MSc International Development
- THSP-APM41 : MSc International Development
- THSP-AFM43 : MSc International Development with Conflict and Humanitarian Action
- THSP-AWM43 : MSc International Development with Conflict and Humanitarian Action
- THSP-APM43 : MSc International Development with Conflict and Humanitarian Action
- THSP-AFM44 : MSc International Development with Economics
- THSP-AWM44 : MSc International Development with Economics
- THSP-APM44 : MSc International Development with Economics
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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