This module offers acritical perspective on the relationship between environment and developmentthrough the lens of ‘political ecology’. The focus...

The Political Ecology of Development in Latin America (AMER0093)

This module offers acritical perspective on the relationship between environment and developmentthrough the lens of ‘political ecology’. The focus is on the dynamics of socio-environmental change brought about by complex and contradictory development processes in Latin America.Itprovides an introduction to ‘political ecology’as a field of enquiryand activism, emphasising the potential synergies between the anglophoneand Latin Americanpolitical ecology traditions. The modulethen uses this lens to analyse the material, political, and ideological dimensions of key development themesincluding extractivism, resource disputes, agribusiness expansion, food sovereignty, environmental conservation, social movements,and urbanization. It exploresthese analytical themestheoreticallyand throughemblematic case studies in different parts of Latin America.

 

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Babylon from Hammurabi to Alexander (c.1800-300 BC) A (HIST0651)

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0650, for the full module description.

Please be aware that you will only be covering half of the module content described in the full module description (content covered in Term 1 or Term 2, depending on your time with us).

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