SP415 Half Unit
Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global Souths
This information is for the 2023/24 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Sunil Kumar
Availability
This course is available on the MSc in Development Management, MSc in Development Management (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and Sciences Po), MSc in Development Studies, MSc in International Social and Public Policy, MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Development), MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Education), MSc in International Social and Public Policy (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and Fudan), MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Migration), MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Non-Governmental Organisations) and MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Research). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
All Social Policy Courses are ‘Controlled Access’. Please see the link below for further details on the allocation process.
Some knowledge or experience of dealing with urban issues is desirable but not essential. To apply for a place on this course, prospective students will have to write a 150-word statement (word count to be respected) as to: (i) why they would like to take this course and what particular topic interests them - 60 words; (ii) what they can bring to the course - 40 words, and (iii) how they intend to use the knowledge gained (for example, for their dissertation or future employment or research) - 50 words.
Pre-requisites
Some engagement (work/volunteering) with the urban in the Global South/North is desirable but not essential.
Course content
The course critically explores the challenges and opportunities that urbanisation and urbanism (urban transformations) pose in the social, cultural, spatial, economic, institutional and political realms in the urban Global South. A plurality of theoretical and conceptual perspectives informing contemporary policies and planning practices are explored each week.
Some of the themes explored in the course are, urbanisation, urbanism, citizenship and social change, theories of urbanisation and urban change, internal migration, the rural-urban interface and age, urban poverty, livelihoods and capabilities, urban labour markets and livelihoods, urban housing and tenure, urban basic services, urban governance, and urban social movements and collective action. Gender an