Civil Society and Global Development

Code

PHIR4015

School

Level

4

Credits

20

Semesters

Autumn Malaysia

Summary

• The politics of civil society in international development - history of northern and southern civil societies, civil society in peace and conflict work, the rights based approach, donor-CSO relations, state regulation of civil society, non-western and anti-system civil society organisations.
• Issues of management in civil society organisations – constituency, accountability, fundraising, and lobbying. Evaluation of civil society interventions.

Target Students

MSc in IDM PHIR

Classes

• One 1-hour lecture each week for 12 weeks
• One 6-hour field studies each week for 12 weeks

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Assessment

• 40% Coursework 1: Short Essay - 2000 words
• 60% Coursework 2: Long Essay - 3000 words

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

a) Knowledge and understanding:

• Familiarity with the history and current trends in civil society engagement on issues of governance, poverty reduction and environmental management in different parts of the world.
• Understanding of a range of critical perspectives on civil society
• Understanding of common strategies and techniques deployed by civil society organisations

b) Intellectual skills

• Ability to critically analyse discourse and action in the field of civil society interventions for governance and poverty reduction in different contexts

c) Professional and practical skills

• Ability to formulate critical analysis in formats accessible to practitioners and beneficiaries of civil society interventions for governance, poverty reduction and environmental management
• Ability to identify stakeholders and opponents of specific interventions and ways to harmonise interests and reduce conflicts

d) Transferable (key) skills. Through active participation in the modulestudents will acquire:

• Communication skills through seminar presentation and response to questions
• Express complex ideas through academic essay writing
• Develop advanced research skills with library-based and electronic resources

Conveners

• Dr Karma Tashi Choedron