History and Theory of European Development Policy (10 ECTS)

Target group/Course level

The course is meant for students who have a broad idea of how aid and trade work but have not done substantial specialized courses on them before.

Objectives

The course is to give the students a basic understanding of the present forms and trends in European development policy, with an emphasis on aid and trade policies, and its historical development as well as provide them with some theoretical tools to analyse these.

Content

The course consists of an introductory section, covering the broad outlines of European development policy today; a history section, looking for the colonial and non-colonial origins of European aid, trade and other relevant policies; analysis section, discussing theoretical approaches to European aid, trade and other policies and policy coherence, and a concluding section, asking where European development policy is heading to?

For details, see the course site.

EU course outline,lectures,instructions, suggested readings and topics for final reports: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/stocchet/in-english/teaching/

Course work and forms of study

For all:

• presence and active participation in (at least 8 out of) 9 sessions (abstentions to be compensated)
• individual reading assignments (some 200 to 300 pages altogether) for the lecture sessions (a paper of 1-2 pages to be written by each student)
• individual final report by each student (12-15 pages) selected among topics given by teachers

For the Master's students in Development Studies:

• presence and active participation in 3 seminars (abstentions to be compensated)
• group or individual assignments for 3 seminars (5-10 pages per student)

For the students who take Development Studies as a minor subject:

Book examination (two of the following books):

• Grilli, Enzo R.: The European Community and the Developing Countries
• Holland, Martin: The EU and the Third World
• Mold, Andrew (ed.): EU Development Policy in a Changing World: Challenges for the 21st Century