COVENANT UNIVERSITY
FORMAT FOR COURSE COMPACT
2014/2015 ACADEMIC SESSION
SEMESTER: OMEGA
COLLEGE: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
SCHOOL:
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT: POLITICAL SCIENCE/ INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
COURSE CODE: IRL 221
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
UNITS: 2UNITS
LECTURER-IN-CHARGE: DR. FAYOMI O.O
CO-LECTURER:
MRS LADY AJAYI
VENUE: E401A
Course Description
The course is designed to enable students familiarise themselves with the role of developing
countries in the international system. It investigates the global politics of development through a
focus on the agency of developing countries in world politics.
Methods of Lecture Delivery
Intensive Class Discussions
Student Presentations
Use of Audio-Visuals
Course Outline
This course will examine the following topics:
Introductory Class.
Week 1: Perspectives on Development
Week 2: The International System
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Week 3: Sovereignty and the Developing Countries
Week 4: Democratization and Governance in the Developing Countries
Week 5: Human Rights and the Developing World
Week 6: The BRICS in the International System
Week 7: The Politics of Foreign Aid in the Development Countries
Week 8: The Impacts of Global Trade Regime on Developing Countries
Week 9: Revision
Week 10: Examination
Continuous Assessment:
Tests-
10marks
Class Presentations
5marks
Mid-Semester Test
15marks
Semester Exam
70marks
Total
100marks
Ground Rules and Regulations
It is mandatory for students to have a minimum attendance of 75% in this course. All class
presentations are compulsory.
Alignment with Covenant University Visions
The stated course description would produce very sharp and intelligent minds which would birth
future World thinkers, who would accomplish the CU vision and mission of raising great
reformers.
Reading Texts
Gunder, F (1966) “The Development of Underdevelopment,” Monthly Review, 17
MahbuIb, H (1995) “The Human Development Paradigm,” in M. Haq, Reflections on Human
Development Oxford: OUP
Sen, A. (1989) “Development as Capability Expansion,” Journal of Development Planning, 19 ,
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Todaro, M & Smith, S. (2003) Economic Development, Eight Edition New York: Addison
Wesley
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Valenzuela, J. S. and Valenzuela,A. (1978) "Modernization and Dependency: Alternative
Perspectives in the Study of Latin American Underdevelopment," Comparative
Politics, 10: 4.
Waelbroeck, J. (1998) “Half a Century of Development Economics: A Review Based on the
Handbook of Development Economics,” World Bank Economic Review, 12: 2 .
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