Development Cooperation and Global Citizenship

Code:

MAF044

Acronym:

CDCG

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CORDIS	Development studies

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in African Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MAF	8	study plan	1	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. Identify different stages in the History of Development.


2. Understand endogenous economic, political, social and environmental specificities that challenge the proposed development models.


3. Relate the processes of globalization with the urgency of Africa regional and global integration.


4. Identify emerging issues and challenges for Development Cooperation in Africa.


5. Recognize the different phases in the history of the concept of "Global Citizenship", relating and comparing it with the history of "Development Cooperation”


6. Identify the multiple schools of thought and their proposals under the general concept of Global Citizenship.

Learning outcomes and competences

Mobilize tools provided by Global Citizenship for reading the world and take a critical positioning on the SDGs.

Develop capacity for critical analysis of economic, social, political and cultural obstacles to development and its relationship with international cooperation policies.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Development History and its actors: confrontation, dialogue, action and reaction.


2. Political and economic theories and their impact on development theory and policies of international cooperation:


3. Endogenous political and economic contextual specificities and the difficulty of balancing with mainstream Development: tensions and conflicts.


4. Regional and global integration processes and alternatives to development.


5. Emerging themes and challenges: the challenge of formalizing the economy; the difficult materialization of democracy and the role of the State; the challenge of environmental sustainability; the problem of migration and the influence of diasporas.


6. Global Citizenship and post-colonial approaches.


7. The SDGs: new responses to old problems or old responses to new problems?

Mandatory literature

Andreotti, Vanessa; Souza, Lynn M.; Postcolonial Perspectives on Global Citizenship Education, London: Routledge, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

The methodology adopted in this CU will be adapted to each program content. Expository and participative methodologies will be used. The expository sessions aim at presenting concepts and lines of inquiry, in addition to the systematization of contents. The students will be invited to prepare critical reviews of scientific articles relevant to the syllabus. The work will be prepared in groups to encourage debate around the different perspectives presented in the theoretical sessions. Students' papers presentations will also serve as a source for debate and for systematization of knowledge.  

keywords

Social sciences > Economics > Economics of development > Development studies

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Trabalho escrito	61,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

75% of attendance to classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Written work (80%) + Seminar participation