By the end of this course successful students will have:
• Acquired an understanding of recent health care reform and future directions in health policy, their impact on health outcomes and access to good health care
• Produced, in an academically acceptable manner, an essay which demonstrates the student’s knowledge and understanding of the topics covered
• Given a presentation to the seminar group
• Developed their intellectual, practical and transferable skills, including writing and presentational skills
• Improved their faculty of independent and critical judgement

This course provides an understanding of the most important factors determining the health of a population. Rather than thinking about health status as the sole outcome of the provision of preventative and curative services, the course will introduce students to the wider linkages between the health status of populations and social, political and economic factors. In particular the course will examine the role of international organisations such as the WHO, the pharmaceutical industry, the IMF, the World Bank and national governments. Using case studies from countries with some of the best and worst health outcomes, from Sub-Saharan Africa, Cuba, China and India, students will gain and understanding of the ways in which health has been shaped under colonialism, Structural Adjustment Programmes, capitalism and socialism. In addition, the course will examine policies of population control and reproductive rights, the impact of HIV/ AIDS epidemic, and the problems of global access to drugs.

Topics:

• Introduction to the Course
• Health and Development
• Seminar One: Cuba
• India and China
• Population control, reproductive health and contraceptives
• HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
• WHO, Essential Medicines and Problem Drugs

By the end of this course successful students will have:
• Acquired an understanding of the reasons for the global disparities in health status
• Acquired an understanding of links between health, national and global development policies
• Produced, in an academically acceptable manner, an essay which demonstrates the student’s knowledge and understanding of the topics covered
• Given a presentation to the seminar group
• Developed their intellectual, practical and transferable skills, including writing and presentational skills
• Improved their faculty of independent and critical judgement

This programme is one of the longest running and most popular programmes on gender and development in the world. It is taught jointly with the School of Social and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex. It situates the study of gender and development within an academic social science framework, as well as in the context of policymaking and implementation. The programme aims to equip students with the analytical and conceptual skills needed to understand gender issues in both contexts, enabling them to participate effectively in gender and development-related research, policymaking and implementation.

In the first term, students are introduced to core ideas in development and to the theoretical issues concerning gender in development. In the second term, two courses are offered: Key Issues in Gender and Development; and The Politics of Implementing Gender and Development. In the third term, students take two half-length options, one of which may be the ‘Doing Gender & Development' course which focuses on aspects of development practice.

At the end of the programme, the successful student will be able to: critically analyse gender as it relates to development theory and policy; show sophistication in distililng information from a body of knowledge relating to theoretical and conceptual issues in gender and development; and demonstrate originality in the use of practical skills in research methods, project design, policy analysis and basic forms of statistical analysis.

Angela Dowman, Programme Administrator
Tel: +44 (0)1273 915644
E-mail: A.Dowman@ids.ac.uk
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The MA programme in Environment, Development and Policy (EDP) is concerned with the analysis of environmental change and natural resource management, mainly, but not exclusively in developing countries, and considers how environmental concerns can be addressed in decision-making and policy-making. It is now recognised that to meet the requirements of the sustainable development agenda there is a need to be able to evaluate and understanding environmental impacts of development policy at both the local and the global scale. This programme situates the study of environment and development in an academic context and makes the connection to development policy and its implementation. By the end of the course students are equipped with the analytical and conceptual skills required to understand the links between development and the environmental and the ability to evaluate the environmental dimension of development policy.

The programme is intended for two main categories of students. First, there are those who have experience of the development and development issues and wish to reflect on that experience through an intellectually challenging programme of study. Secondly, it is intended for students who are moving on from their first degrees, either in development and environmental issues, or in a different discipline but with an interest in these issues, who wish to broaden and deepen their knowledge. The main emphasis of the course is on theoretical issues and case studies, but students are also strongly encouraged to apply their conceptual knowledge to the understanding of practical issues and the delivery of viable policy strategies.

Joy Blake
Tel: +44 (0)1273 678 261
Fax: +44 (0)1273 623 572
E-mail: a.j.blake@sussex.ac.uk or globalstudiespg@sussex.ac.uk
Internet: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/development/1-2-3-2-1.html or Click here for PDF

Globalisation is an important process of contemporary social and economic change and a major new interdisciplinary field of study. This programme builds on a long standing masters degree at Sussex entitled Culture, Race and Difference and seeks to bridge the gap between social science and humanities approaches to globalisation, ethnicity and cultural difference. The programme aims to understand both the history of globalisation and European expansion as well as globalisation as a critical issue of our times. The programme is committed to a multi-disciplinary approach, and draws on teaching and research from a range of academic disciplines. We welcome applicants with a first degree in social sciences or humanities, and with a particular interest in the theoretical and practical aspects of globalisation and ethnic relations.

Joy Blake
Tel: +44 (0)1273 678 261
Fax: +44 (0)1273 623 572
E-mail: a.j.blake@sussex.ac.uk or globalstudiespg@sussex.ac.uk
Internet: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/development/1-2-3-2-5.html or Click here for PDF

Human Rights are one of the most globalised political values of our time and increasingly transcend the nation state. Reflecting this reality, the Sussex MA in Human Rights goes beyond narrowly legalistic approaches to critically examine how human rights are implemented, appropriated and resisted in a number of contexts around the world. It considers how human rights are socially embedded in wider processes of poverty, war and mass displacement, and the creation of global forms of governance.

Courses:

• Human Rights and the Politics of Culture (core course)
• Liberalism, Modernity and Globalization (core course)
• Ethnic Nationalism, Identity and Violence (option*)
• Migration under the European Convention on Human Rights (option*)
• Human Rights in International Relations (option*)
• Women and Human Rights (option*)
• Refugees and Development (option*)

In addition, students can replace one of the above options with any appropriate course in the University with the approval of the MA Convenor and the tutor of the course. This has allowed recent students to take:

• Peace and Globalisation
• Idea of Race
• The Politics of Citizenship and Immigration
• The Political Economy of Development
• International Law in World Politics
• Embodiment and Institutionalisation of Violence, Conflict and Conciliation

Joy Blake
Tel: +44 (0)1273 678 261
Fax: +44 (0)1273 623 572
E-mail: a.j.blake@sussex.ac.uk or globalstudiespg@sussex.ac.uk
Internet: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/development/1-2-3-2-4.html or Click here for PDF