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| SPOL2310-1 | North-South business relations (development)
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, à finalité spécialisée en science, technologie et société, 1st year | | 5 |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| The course is held every odd year (2013-2014, 2015-2016...).
In order to understand contemporary North-South relations on the global scale, the course will start with a quick historical and economic analysis of the evolution of the relationships between the North and the South from the 15th century to WWII. We will also analyse the political challenges of the intervention of the World Bank (as well as the International Monetary Fund) from 1945 to the present day as well as the role of debt. Within this context, we will particularly study the intervention of the World Bank and the IMF at the time of independence in Africa and Asia, as well as the rise in power in the developing world, particularly in the context of the UN. We will subsequently analyse experiments underway in South America, especially in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia, asking whether they constitute real alternatives to the systems in place. The emergence and evolution of the 'altermondialist' movement will also be studied from the North-South perspective, paying particular attention to the CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To allow students to analyse the political challenges of international institutions and to better understand certain controversial experiments which are currently underway. To get students to develop a research strategy by choosing a working theme linked to the course content. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basic knowledge of international history from the 15th century to the present day as well as of the following international organisations: United Nations, World Bank and the International Monetary Funds. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Students will be required to carry out research and present their results during the last part of the course. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Dates du cours sur les relations Nord/Sud (Eric Toussaint)
de 10H00 à 17H00
Saturday 3 march 2012
Saturday 17 march 2012
Saturday 21 april 2012
au Sart Tilman |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Damien Millet and Eric Toussaint, 60 Questions/60 Réponses sur la dette, le FMI et la Banque mondiale, CADTM-Syllepse, Liège-Paris, 2008.
Eric Toussaint, Enjeux politiques de l'action de la Banque internationale pour la Reconstruction et le Développement et du Fonds monétaire international envers le tiers-monde, Doctoral thesis in Political Sciences, the University of Liège and the Université de Paris 8, Academic year 2003-2004, 354 p. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Assessment on the basis of critical understanding of the course, the oral presentation of a piece of work and demonstration of an understanding of the subject through an oral exam. |
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Training(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| This course is designed for students who are interested in the subject.
The course is held every odd year (2013-2014, 2015-2016...). |
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Contacts :
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| Eric Toussaint
345 Avenue de l'Observatoire
4000 Liège eric.toussaint4@gmail.com |
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