MA International Development: Politics, Governance and Development Policy

MSc International Development: Politics, Governance and Development Policy examines the obstacles to, and pathways towards, more legitimate, democratic and pro-poor forms of governance at global, national and local levels – a topic that is currently centre-stage on the international development agenda.

The course interrogates the discursive paradigms and material interventions in the area of politics and governance, which has moved to the centre of the international development agenda since the late 1980s.

It is therefore ideal if you’re interested in the many ways that politics is critical to the success of development, and would like to examine the ‘lived’ or ‘real’ politics in developing countries and the dynamics underpinning change.