POL6612   The Political Economy of Poverty and Inequality   (30 credits)

Description

This course offers a critical analysis of the nature and dynamics of poverty and inequality across the contemporary world. It explores the political implications of different concepts of poverty and inequality. Using examples from a range of different nation state and cultural contexts it considers the domestic and international dynamics at play in producing and reproducing poverty and inequality. The course explores how our understandings and measurements of poverty and inequality affect decisions about how to act in relation to them. It analyses the role and practices of nation state governments, the organisations of the international order, non-governmental organisations and civil society in seeking to address these issues.

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