Development Studies Prospectus The background to Development Studies at Cambridge and the MPhil course The tradition of research

and teaching on development at Cambridge goes back at least to the 1930s, when some of those who were later to be the founding fathers in the field studied here as graduate students under John Maynard Keynes. In the seventy years since then research and teaching in the subject has taken place across many faculties and departments, especially Economics, Social and Political Sciences, Social Anthropology, Geography, Land Economy, the Judge Business School, and the Centres of African, South Asian, Latin American and International Studies. Today the University offers a wide range of opportunities for post-graduate training and research in all these institutions for students looking towards a career in development in the research field, in policy-making, in national and multilateral institutions, and in non-governmental organisations, as well as in the private sector and business. Development research at Cambridge Member of the University's present and past staff include individuals and groups who have made major contributions to development in both theory and practice. The pioneers were Sir Hans Singer, the first economist ever employed by the United Nations, and Dudley Seers, founding Director of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Amartya Sen, an alumnus and former member of the teaching staff and author of some of the most influential work on poverty and famines in recent times, returned to Cambridge as Master of Trinity College from 1998 to 2004. The University's staff includes individuals noted for research on the political economy of China and East Asia, on the anthropology of development in Mongolia, on women in Mexican society, on the international political economy, on religion and national identities in Latin America, and much else besides. The advantage of doing research on development in an institution with a strong research orientation is that it is not driven either by the policy agendas of particular institutions or governments, or by a reliance on consultancy. Thus development studies in Cambridge are well integrated into a dense institutional and personal network and remain attuned to contemporary developments in the various disciplines. The MPhil in Development Studies as a career start The MPhil in Development Studies provides an inter-disciplinary training whose content and style have kept abreast with the changing reality of the developing world, and the changing requirements of men and women seeking to make a career in the development field. The approach is based on the recognition that together with the analytical rigour required of economists and other social scientists today, no important issue in development - poverty and inequality, population growth, the construction of the institutions of a market economy, war and human rights, democratisation - can be properly understood without an inter-disciplinary perspective. The MPhil in Development Studies is taught in collaboration with the Faculties of Economics and History, the Departments of Land Economy, Geography, and Social Anthropology, and the Judge Business School. It therefore provides a framework within which students can construct a pathway suited to a wide range of differing

2 interests and needs: those for whom the MPhil represents a one-year preparation for a career in development policy can select a broad inter-disciplinary set of subjects, while those who wish to continue their studies at the doctoral level can select a more specialised set of options concentrating on the analytical tools of their subject, and discover which university department or faculty is most suited to their research plans. Students in recent years have gone on to hold a variety of positions in national and international development agencies and NGOs, as well as in consultancy, business, academic teaching, and journalism. Others have pursued their studies to the doctoral level in Cambridge and in other universities, in the UK and overseas. Development Studies Committee: location Development Studies Committee is located in 17 Mill Lane, together with the Department of Politics and International Studies, and the Centre of Latin American Studies, and Gender Studies. Development Studies Library, which opened in 2001, is housed close by in Mill Lane Library, along with the libraries for the Centre of Latin American Studies, the Centre of International Studies, and the Department of Land Economy.

3 Structure and content of the MPhil in Development Studies The MPhil in Development Studies is a multi-disciplinary nine-month taught course which offers three core papers and a range of option papers. The core papers are the responsibility of Development Studies Committee. Most option papers are shared with other MPhil courses (Economics; Management; Financial Research; Planning, Growth and Regeneration; Social and Economic History; Environment, Society and Development; and Social Anthropological Analysis). Some option papers are full papers and some are half papers. Students take four full papers (or their equivalent in half papers) concurrently. At least two papers must be core papers. One (full) option paper may be replaced by a 12,000-word dissertation. The teaching for all papers, whether core or option, takes place over the first two of the three terms in the academic year (Michaelmas and Lent terms). Students who choose to write a dissertation must complete and submit their dissertations along with the rest of their course work before the written examinations begin in the third (Easter) term. Papers are examined either by assessed essays written and submitted during the course of the year, or by a take-home project, or by a formal written examination. At the discretion of the Examiners there may also be an oral examination. Core papers Paper 1, Development economics This paper focuses on historical perspectives on development; goals and measurement of development; globalization and developing countries; theories of growth, structural change, and technical progress; agriculture and development; industrialization and trade strategies; theories and practice of industrial and financial reforms in developing countries; issues of employment, poverty, and income distribution; population policy; the development experiences of different regions. Indicative reading: Bhagwati, J., In defence of globalization, Oxford University Press, 2004. Chang, H.-J., Kicking away the ladder: development strategy in historical perspective, Anthem Press, 2002. Chang, H.-J., Bad Samaritans, Random House, 2007 and Bloomsbury Press, 2008. (*Please note that there are three editions of the book, all with different subtitles but that they are substantively all the same) Craig, D. and Porter, D., Development beyond neoliberalism: governance, poverty reduction, and political economy, Routledge, 2006. Easterly, W., The elusive quest for growth: economists' adventures and misadventures in the tropics, MIT Press, 2002. Glyn, A., Capitalism unleashed, Oxford University Press, 2006. Gray, J., The false dawn: the delusions of global capitalism, Granta, 1998. Hirst, P. and Thompson, G., Globalization in question, 2nd ed., Polity Press, 1999. Landes, D., The wealth and poverty of nations: why some are so rich and some so poor, Abacus, 1999.

4 Milanovic, B., Worlds apart measuring international and global inequality, Princeton University Press, 2005. Nolan, P., China and the global business revolution, Palgrave, 2001. Rodrik, D., The new global economy and developing countries: making openness work, Johns Hopkins, 1999. Sen, A., Development as freedom, Oxford University Press, 2001. Stiglitz, J., Globalisation and its discontents, Penguin, 2002. Stiglitz, J., Making Globalization work, Penguin, 2006. Sutcliffe, B., 100 ways of seeing an unequal world, Zed Books Wolf, M., Why Globalization Works, Yale University Press, 2005. Paper 2, Institutions and development This paper explores the role of institutions in human development. The course is devised using a wide canvas with the intention of exploring the manner in which institutions have been conceptualised and analysed across individual disciplines in the social sciences. The lecture course brings together theoretical perspectives alongside both historical and current evidence on the interrelations between institutional structures and social and economic actions. The course undertakes an institutional analysis drawing on concepts and frameworks provided by the disciplines of economics, sociology, political science, law and anthropology. The set of lectures examine the institutions of the state, notably the role of the bureaucracy and judiciary; societal institutions such as NGOs and social groups, customary norms such as culture and caste that affect human development. Individual lectures explore institutions such as the market, firm and the state, will examine the perspectives of different academic schools such as New Institutional Economics, Marxism, Human Development and Capability theory on institutional changes, and give due consideration to how key development concerns such as poverty, environment and education can be examined through an institutional lens. Assessment is by means of either (2a) a three-hour written paper or (2b) one essay (5,000 words) and one two-hour exam. Readings Chang, H.-J., Kicking away the ladder: development strategy in historical perspective, Anthem Press, 2002, Fennell, S. 2009. Rules, Rubrics and Riches: the interrelationship between the legal reform and international development. Routledge. Kabeer, N., Reversed realities: gender hierarchies in development thought, Verso, 1994. North, D.C., Institutions, institutional change and economic performance, Cambridge University Press, 1990. World Development Report 2002, Building institutions for markets, World Bank/Oxford University Press, 2001, (http://www.worldbank.org/wdr/2001/fulltext/fulltext2002.htm).

5 Paper 3, Sociology and politics of development This core paper introduces students to a critical reading of classical as well as alternative theories of development. It also brings to the fore the challenges these theories have faced from different quarters such as the post-development, antiglobalization and social movements approaches. The paper scrutinizes debates on substantive topics including the role of the post-colonial state in development, the contribution of international development organizations to shaping the discourse on development, feminist attempts to influence the development process, multinational corporations and corporate social responsibility, civil society and NGOs, political Islam and development, competing policy approaches to child labour, and the relationship between development and democracy. Assessment is by means oftwo five-thousand word essays. Assessment is by means of either (3a) a three-hour written paper or (3b) one essay (5,000 words) and one two-hour exam. Indicative reading: Bayat, A., Making Islam Democratic: Social Movements and the Post-Islamist Turn, Stanford University Press, 2007. Brohman, J., Popular Development: Rethinking the Theory and Practice of Development, Blackwell Publishers, 1996. Chandhoke, Neera, State and Civil Society: Explorations in Political Theory, 1995. Crush, J., Power of development, Routledge, 1995 Escobar, A., Encountering development: the making and unmaking of the Third World, Pluto, 1995. Harrison, D. The sociology of modernization and development, Routledge, 1991. Hoogvelt, A. Globalization and the Postcolonial World: The New Political Economy of Development, John Hopkins University Press, 2001. Jolly, R., UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice. Indiana University Press, 2004. Kabeer, N., Reversed realities: gender hierarchies in development thought, Verso, 1994. Keane, J., Global civil society, Cambridge University Press, 2003. Keck, M. and Sikkink, K., Activists beyond borders: advocacy networks in international politics. Ithaca NY and London: Cornel University Press, 1998. Lieten, K and Ben White (eds) Child Labour: Policy Options. Amsterdam: Askant, 2001. Mamdani, M., Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism Princeton University Press, 1996. Richard, P. Unholy Trinity: the IMF, World Bank and WTO, Zed Books, 2003. Roberts, T.J. and Hite, A., eds. From modernization to globalization: perspectives on development and change, Blackwell, 1999. Smith, B.C., Good Governance and Development, Palgrave, 2007. Wetherly, P. ,Marxism and the State: An Analytical Approach, Palgrave, 2005.

6 Options Although there may be some variation from year to year, the following are currently being offered: Full papers Paper 13, Financial organisation and economic growth Paper 14, Philosophical issues in economic development Paper 18, Social anthropology and development Paper 22, Globalisation, big business and developing countries Paper 30, Justice and development Paper 34, Comparative development of India and China Paper 42, The politics of the Middle East Half papers Paper 162, Economic development and land use policies Paper 231, Issues in public policy and regeneration I Paper 300, Environmental policy and decision making (Not offered in 2011-2012) Paper 301, Society, culture and human development (Not offered in 2011-2012) Paper 310, Urbanisation, development change and environmental policies (Not offered in 2011-2012) Paper 311, Conservation and society (Not offered in 2011-2012) Paper 312, Political ecology and rural resources (Not offered in 2011-2012) Full papers Paper 13, Financial organisation and economic growth; coordinator, Mr M. Kuczynski, Pembroke College This course covers the following topics: interaction between financial organisation and accumulation; theory of banking and financial intermediation; consumer credit, corporate spending, public-sector finance and problems of regulation. There is an emphasis on international, cyclical, and dual (centre-periphery, regulated-unregulated) aspects. Examples are drawn from OECD and NIC experience. The paper is assessed by means of two 4,000-word essays. Indicative reading: Levine, R., 'Financial development and economic growth: views and agenda', Journal of Economic Literature 2, 1997, pp. 688-726. Stiglitz, J., 'Financial markets and development', Oxford Review of Economic Policy 5, 1989, pp. 55-68. World Bank, World Development Report, 1989.

7 Paper 14, Philosophical issues in economic development; coordinator, Dr G. Meeks, Faculty of Economics The course covers debates about happiness, fairness, equality and freedom in relation to human welfare; rival perspectives on rational choice, a core economic concept; and ways of trying to judge the acceptability of competing theories about economic systems. Topics include: happiness measurement and the pros and cons of a utilitarian position on policy options; other theories of social choice, drawing on rights and needs, including Rawls justice account and Sen's capabilities framework; whether or not there is a conflict between seeking equality and pursuing freedom; limitations of the rational self-interest assumption and how to treat altruism and charitable aid; the significance of bounded and twisted rationality and of irrational exuberance; the case for and against using assumptions, as economists frequently do, that are not strictly true; scepticism, induction, refutation and paradigms; and how satisfactorily facts can be distinguished from values. The focus will be on weighing up grounds for alternative points of view; and the approach involves analysis of often quite short extracts from the work of leading authors (e.g. Williams, Rawls, Dasgupta, Broome, Keynes, Friedman, Popper and most often - Sen). This paper is assessed by means of three 3,000-word essays. Indicative reading: Sen, A.K., Development as Freedom, Oxford University Press, 2002. Sen, A.K., 'Equality of What?, in A.P. Hamlin (ed.), Ethics and Economics, Vol. II, Edward Elgar, 1996. Sen, A.K., 'Description as Choice, Oxford Economic Papers, 1980. Paper 18, Social anthropology and development (from the MPhil in Social Anthropological Analysis); coordinator, Dr Harri Englund and Dr Barbara Bodenhorn, Department of Social Anthropology. This paper aims to provide anthropological perspectives on a variety of practical and theoretical developmental issues. Central themes in debates about anthropology and development are examined in relation to regional examples of development initiatives and problems. The course focuses on development-related themes from a global perspective: development is not simply a 'Third World' concern, and covers three central areas: i) critiques of development policy and practice; ii) impacts of social, economic and political transformation; iii) the contributions and roles of anthropology. Specific subjects for study include: theoretical bases of development policy; gender and noncapitalist models of development; development policy and practice; privatisation; technology and indigenous technical knowledge; land use; environment and ecology; the implications of politicised anthropology and advocacy; discourses of participation and empowerment. The course also focuses on child welfare issues and services of relevance to development policy. This paper is assessed either by means of two 5,000word essays or by means of a three-hour written examination. Introductory texts for non-social anthropologists Eriksen, T.H., Small places, large issues; an introduction to social and cultural anthropology, Pluto Press, 1995.

8 Lewis, I.M., Social anthropology in perspective: the relevance of social anthropology, Cambridge University Press, 1995. Cheater, A.P., Social anthropology: an alternative introduction, Unwin Hyman, 198p. Beattie, J., Other cultures: aims, methods and achievements in social anthropology, Cohen and West, 1964. Background reading Afshar, H., ed., Women and politics in the Third World, Routledge, 1996. Cheater, A., ed., The anthropology of power: empowerment and disempowerment in changing structures, Routledge, 1999. Crush, J., ed., Power of development, Routledge, 1995. Escobar, A., Encouraging development: the making and unmaking of the Third World, Princeton University Press, 1995. Ferguson, J., The anti-politics machine: development, depoliticization and bureaucratic power in Lesotho, Cambridge University Press, 1990. Gardner, K. and Lewis, D., Anthropology, development and the postmodern challenge, Pluto Press, 1996. Grillo, R. and Stirrat, R., Discourses of development: anthropological perspectives, Berg, 1997. Hobart, M., ed., The growth of ignorance: an anthropological critique of development, Routledge, 1993. Nelson, N. and Wright, S., eds, Power and participatory development, IT Publications, 1995. Paper 22, Globalisation, big business and developing countries (from the MPhil in Management); coordinator, Professor P. Nolan, Judge Business School This course is being delivered at a time of immense significance in world history. The so-called Washington Consensus world view has dominated the epoch of capitalist globalisation which began in the late 1970s. This view is now in tatters. This course analyses the rise to domination of this perspective, the reasons for its current crisis and the prospects for global political economy. It examines the possibilities for "catch-up" in developing countries at the level of the large firm. It analyses the relationship between globalising large firms and the small and medium-sized enterprises that compose the rest of the global value chain. It combines theoretical and macro-level analysis with detailed empirical analysis of global change in a series of sectors: aerospace, pharmaceuticals, complex electrical equipment, autos and auto components, oil and petrochemicals, steel, mining, financial services, and IT. It makes extensive use of in-depth case studies from large Chinese firms, supplemented with case studies, where available, from other developing countries. Assessment is by means of two 5,000-word essays. Indicative reading: Martin, H.-P. and Schumann, H., The global trap: globalization and the assault on prosperity and democracy, trans. P. Camiller, Zed Books, 1997. Nolan, P., China and the global economy, Palgrave, 2001. Ruigrok, W. and van Tulder, R., The logic of international restructuring, Routledge, 1995, 1998.

Paper 30, Justice and development; coordinator, Professor B. Rider, Jesus College This paper seeks to address, from a comparative perspective, a number of key issues relating to justice in the broad context of development. The study of these issues is primarily from the standpoint of those concerned with legal justice, but properly comprehends relevant moral, social, economic and political considerations. It also has regard to the institutions and instrumentalities of justice and in particular the deliverability of justice in developing and transition economies. The paper focuses on the following broad areas: justice as a concept; the institutions of justice; specific legal issues in development such as stability, security, integrity, human rights and the environment; stability in financial systems; governance and transparency; the control of corruption; serious crime, and other destabilising factors including terrorism. Wider issues such as the impact of globalisation and technology are addressed in the context of these specific areas of concern. While the context is legal, no prior knowledge of law or its institutions is required or expected. Assessment is by means of two 5,000-word essays. Indicative reading: Allan, T.R.S., Law, liberty, and justice, Clarendon Press, 1993. Clayton, M. and Williams, A., Social justice, Blackwell, 2004. Eatwell, J., and Taylor, L., Global finance at risk, Polity Press, 2000. McEldowney J., Contemporary Issues in Environmental Law and Policy (2008) Elgar Masciandaro D. et al, Black Finance (2007) Elgar Holmes L. Terrorism, Organised Crime and Corruption (2007) Elgar Hinterseer, K., Criminal finance, Kluwer, 2002. King, R and Kendall, G., The state, democracy and globalisation, Palgrave, 2004. McLeod, I., Legal theory, Palgrave, 2003. Rider, B., Corruption: the enemy within, Kluwer, 1997.
McBarnet D, et al (eds) The New Corporate Accountability (2007) Cambridge Muchlinski P., Multinational Enterprises in the Law (2nd Ed, 2007) Oxford Horrigan B., Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century (2008) Elgar

Paper 34, Comparative development of India and China This paper provides both historical and contemporary accounts of the development trajectories of Indian and Chinese economies, polities and societies. The intention of this course is to raise key development issues in both countries in a comparative framework using both historical trajectories as well as current debates on the patterns of long term development in both countries. In the Michaelmas term, the lectures focus on the major historical events, movements and shifts in these countries to provide a deeper and broader context to current day development processes. The two set of lectures on the historical development of India and China raise key issues such as early modern development, colonialism and imperialism, formation of the new nation state and its implications for national development.

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Such a contextualisation of the national development of India and China forms the basis for lectures in the Lent term, where the lectures give students a fuller and more nuanced understanding of current national development patterns. This course is assessed by means of two 5,000 word essays on an approved topic. Paper 42, The Politics of the Middle East. Co-ordinator: Dr Glen Rangwala, (Politics department) The core series of lectures and seminars in this course focuses on the comparative politics of the Middle East. The approach is thematic, deploying examples from across the Arab world, Israel, Turkey and Iran in order to explore concepts of the state, conflict, political reform and economic change in the region. This core series is supplemented by a set of mini-courses on specialised themes: the Iranian revolution, civil society in the Arab world, and political economy in the Gulf States. Students will write two essays, each of up to 3,000 words in length, for formal assessment. Indicative reading
Introductory rd Roger Owen, State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East, 3 ed. (Routledge, 2004) Clement Henry and Robert Springborg, Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press, 2001) More advanced Nazih N. Ayubi, Over-stating the Arab State (I.B. Tauris, 1995/2006) Steven Heydemann (ed), War, Institutions and Social Change in the Middle East (University of California Press, 2000) Ghassan Salame, Democracy without Democrats? The Renewal of Politics in the Muslim World (I.B. Tauris, 1994/2001)

11 Half papers (students must combine two half papers to create one full paper) Paper 162, Economic development and land use policies (from the MPhil in Planning, Growth and Regeneration); coordinator, Dr U. Pascual, Department of Land Economy
This module must be taken with another half paper from the MPhils in Land Economy to create one full paper, with the proviso that one module falls in the Michaelmas term and the other in the Lent term. Availability of modules may be subject to prerequisites. Candidates who wish to take Land Economy modules other than 162 (EP09) and 231 (PGR02) should seek the permission of the module co-ordinator.

This module examines a series of topics that lie at the policy interface between natural resources, environmental and development economics with special emphasis on the application of new ideas and theories to various institutional and policy contexts from developing countries. The lectures explore the main driving forces and implication of various public policies of land use with regard to global environmental problems such as tropical deforestation, biodiversity loss and water and soil degradation. The focus is on understanding how the dynamics of land use and land cover change are being affected by (i) decentralized micro-economic decisions, (ii) the countries institutional (meso-economic) context, and (iii) the macro-economic conditions in increasingly open economies. Special attention is also paid to the current debates on the links between poverty and land degradation under alternative institutional scenarios. The course combines an analytical basis and a series of practical examples providing a broad overview of the main problems related to the dynamics of land use in developing countries and the correspondent recent discussion on the alternatives for rural development. Assessment is by means of a 6000-word project. Indicative reading: Barbier, E.B.(2005). Natural Resources and Economic Development. Cambridge University Press. Bromley, D.W. (1991). Environment and Economy: Property Rights and Public Policy, Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Conrad, J. (1999) Resource Economics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Engel, S., Pagiola, S. and Wunder, S., 2008. Designing payments for environmetal services in theory and practice. Special issue 65, Ecological Economics. Kaimowitz, D. and Angelsen, A. (1998) Economic Models of Tropical Deforestation: A Review, Bogor: Center for International Forest Research. Lipper, L., Sakuyama, T., Stringer, R. and Zilberman, D. (20009) Payment for Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes: Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries, FAO and Springer Limited Perman, R., Common, M., McGilvray, J. and May, Y. (2003). Natural Resource and Environmental Economics. 3rd Edition. Pearson Education. Roberts, T. and Parks, B.C (2006) A Climate of Injustice. Global Inequality, NorthSouth Politics, and Climate policy, MIT Press. Van Kooten, G.C. and Folmer, H. (2004) Land and forest economics. Edward Elgar Young, O.R., Schroeder, H. and King, L.A. (2008). Institutions and Environmental Change. Principal Findings, Applications, and Research Frontiers, MIT Press.

12 Paper 231, Issues in public policy and regeneration I (from the MPhil in Planning, Growth and Regeneration); coordinator, Dr D Igliori, Department of Land Economy
This module must be taken with another half paper from the MPhils in Land Economy to create one full paper, with the proviso that one module falls in the Michaelmas term and the other in the Lent term. Availability of modules may be subject to prerequisites. Candidates who wish to take Land Economy modules other than 162 (EP09) and 231 (PGR02) should seek the permission of the module co-ordinator.

This module examines some of the main topics in public economics and economic policy. Drawing primarily on welfare economics, the course will cover theoretical and empirical material exploring the connections between economics and public policy. The course will combine analytical frameworks with practical examples providing a broad overview of problems related to the main sources of market failure and alternatives of policy intervention. This module requires no previous knowledge in economics, and mathematical concepts and formalisations will be presented mainly diagrammatically. Further references, with more advanced economics and technical methods, will be suggested to students interested in mathematical and quantitative approaches to the topics covered in the course. Indicative reading: Acocella, A., Foundations of economic policy: values and techniques, C.U.P., 1998. Rossi, P.H., Freeman, H.E. and Lipsey, M.W., Evaluation: a systematic approach, Sage, 1993. Stiglitz, J. E. (2000). Economics of the Public Sector, 3rd edition, New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Paper 300, Environmental policy and decision making (from the MPhil in Environment, Society and Development): coordinators: Professor S. Owens, Dr Joe Smith, Dr Ivan Scales, Dr James Warren(Department of Geography) The aim of this paper is to examine the nature and value of ethical frameworks for environmental policy, to understand and assess models for understanding the policymaking process, and to evaluate their applicability to different contexts. Paper 300 must be combined with one of the three optional papers from the MPhil in Environment, Society and Development (Paper 310, Urbanisation, environmental change and environmental politics, Paper 311, Conservation and society, or Paper 312, Political ecology and rural resources). Paper 301, Society, culture and human development (from the MPhil in Environment, Society and Development): coordinators, Dr Liz. Watson, and Dr Gemma Burgess The aim of this paper is to gain a critical understanding of the main concepts which have shaped and shape development policy and practice. Topics include: the development of sustainable development; current development thinking; gender and development; postcolonial development; the state and development; civil society and development; culture and development; and development and difference. Paper 301

13 must be combined with one of the three optional papers from the MPhil in Environment, Society and Development (Paper 310, Urbanisation, environmental change and environmental policies, Paper 311, Conservation and society, or Paper 312, Political ecology and rural resources). Paper 310, Urbanisation, development and environmental politics (from the MPhil in Environment, Society and Development): coordinator, Dr E. Mawdsley (Department of Geography) To examine the development issues and impacts associated with rising urbanisation, with a focus on rapid (but differentiated) urban growth in the global South. The environmental politics and policies of urbanization are also a key focus. Overall, the course aims to help students gain a critical understanding of the different theoretical approaches to understanding the relationships between environment, development and urbanisation. This paper must be combined with one of the two core papers from the MPhil in Environment, Society and Development (Paper 300, Environment: ethics and policies, or Paper 301, Society, culture and human development). Paper 311, Conservation and society (from the MPhil in Environment, Society and Development): coordinator, Professor Bill Adams (Department of Geography) The aim of this paper is to explore the economic, social and environmental dimensions of debates about the interface between biodiversity conservation and society. Topics include: the conservation movement; the selection and management of protected areas; the social impacts of protected areas; indigenous peoples and conservation; integrating conservation into the economic landscape; the conservation of the wild; sustainable use as a conservation strategy; and the timber trade and conservation in the Congo Basin. This paper must be combined with one of the two core papers from the MPhil in Environment, Society and Development (Paper 300, Environment: ethics and policies, or Paper 301, Society, culture and human development). Paper 312, Political ecology and rural resources (from the MPhil in Environment, Society and Development): coordinators, Dr T. Bayliss-Smith, Dr L. Watson and Mr Samuel Spiegel (Department of Geography) The aim of this paper is to development an analytical perspective on the relationships between natural resources, environmental change, power and social relations in the rural South, to gain a critical understanding of the history of changes in institutions for managing natural resources, and to explore social and environmental relations under stress. Topics include: theorising "rural resources", past and present; theorising "rural society" past and present; Jared Diamond's book Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed; post-colonial approaches to tenure security and livelihoods; colonialism, society and rural resources; natural resource rights and discourses; natural resource management and gender; and social conflict, civil war and rural resources. This paper must be combined with one of the two core papers from the MPhil in Environment, Society and Development (Paper 300, Environment: ethics and policies, or Paper 301, Society, culture and human development).

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Calendar for 2009-2010 "Full term" means: the eight-week central portion of each of the three terms (Michaelmas, Lent and Easter), during which teaching takes place and students are expected to be in residence. Graduate students usually stay in Cambridge outside full term in order to pursue their studies. Michaelmas Friday 1 October: Term begins Monday 4 October: Registration Tuesday 5 October: Full term begins Friday 3 December: Full term ends Sunday 19 December: Term ends Lent Wednesday 5 January: Term begins Tuesday 18 January: Full term begins Friday 18 March: Full term ends Friday 25 March: Term ends Easter Sunday 10 April: Term begins Tuesday 26 April: Full term begins Friday 17 June: Full term ends Saturday 18 June: Term ends Graduation Saturday 23 July

15 Development Studies Committee: Organisation and Academic Staff Organisation Development Studies Committee Development Studies Committee is the managing committee for the MPhil in Development Studies, and the body from which the unit takes its name. It meets three times a year, and is responsible for policy decisions in relation to the MPhil. Its members are drawn from the faculties and departments which contribute to the MPhil in Development Studies, together with Development Studies' academic staff and nominees from the University's General Board. The Chair of Development Studies Committee, who also acts as Head of Department, is Professor Peter Nolan, Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at the Judge Business School. The Degree Committee The Degree Committee for the MPhil in Development Studies is the Degree Committee for the Department of Land Economy. The Course Director for the MPhil in Development Studies is also a member of the Degree Committee. The Degree Committee ratifies all recommendations for admission to the MPhil in Development Studies made by Development Studies Admissions Committee, it receives and considers supervisors' reports on current students, it ratifies examination marks, and it has supervisory responsibility for the policy decisions made by Development Studies Committee. The Course Director The Course Director for the MPhil in Development Studies is always a member of Development Studies' academic staff. The Course Director has overall responsibility for the programming and teaching of the course. He or she ensures that all students follow their examination choices, that the chosen combination of papers is both permissible and appropriate, and that proper supervisory arrangements are in place. The Course Director for 2010-2011 is Dr Shailaja Fennell Academic staff (including affiliated lecturers and researchers) Maha Abdelrahman is a University Lecturer in Development Studies at the Centre of International Studies. She acquired her BA in Anthropology and her MA in Sociology at the American University in Cairo before taking her PhD in Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands. She is the author of Civil society exposed: the politics of NGOs in Egypt (2004) and co-editor of Cultural dynamics in contemporary Egypt (2006). Her most recent journal articles include 'The politics of un-civil society in Egypt' (2002), 'NGOs and the dynamics of the Egyptian labour market' (2007), 'The nationalization of the human rights debate in Egypt' (2007), and 'With the Islamists? Sometimes...With the State? Never! The Left and Islamists in Egypt' (forthcoming 2007). Ha-Joon Chang is Reader in the Political Economy of Development in the Faculty of Economics. He read for his BA in Economics at Seoul National University, Korea, and

16 his MPhil and PhD at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. His main research interests include theories of state intervention; institutional economics; industrial policy; privatisation; trade policy; technological progress; globalisation; the East Asian economies; and economic development in historical perspective. He is the author of Bad Samaritans: rich nations, poor policies, and the threat to the developing world (2007); The East Asian development experience: the miracle, the crisis and the future (2006); Reclaiming development: an alternative policy manual (with I. Grabel, 2004); Globalisation, economic development, and the role of the state (2003); Restructuring Korea Inc: financial crisis, corporate reform, and institutional transition (with J.-S. Shin, 2003); Kicking away the ladder. Development strategy in historical perspective (2002); and The political economy of industrial policy (1994, 1996). His edited works include Institutional change and economic development (2007); Brazil and South Korea: economic crisis and restructuring (with E. Amann, 2003); Rethinking development economics (2003); The rebel within: Joseph Stiglitz at the World Bank (2001); Financial liberalisation and the Asian crisis (2001, with G. Palma and D.H. Whittaker); The role of the state in economic change (1995, with R. Rowthorn); and The transformation of the Communist economies: against the mainstream (1995, with P. Nolan). He is the winner of the 2003 Myrdal Prize awarded by the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, and of the 2005 Leontief Prize awarded by Tufts University. June Edmunds is an Affiliated Senior Research Fellow. After reading for a BSc. Econ at Swansea University, she received an MSc in Race Relations at the University of Bristol and a PhD at the London School of Economics in the departments of Sociology and Government. Her books include The Left and Israel: Party Policy Change and Internal Democracy; Generations, Culture and Society (with Bryan S Turner) and a jointly-edited volume Generational Consciousness, Narrative and Politics. She has also published widely in academic journals, including Social Science and Medicine, Ethnicities, the British Journal of Sociology and Contemporary Islam, as well as book chapters and conference papers. June is now developing outputs from an ESRC-funded project on political participation among young British Muslims, and preparing a series of comparative studies on young Muslims in France, Spain, Algeria, Morocco and Pakistan. She also has interests in human rights and Islam, particularly the political debates about the hijab in Europe, and wider issues concerning securitization, governance and migration. Shailaja Fennell is a University Lecturer in Development Studies attached to the Department of Land Economy, a Fellow of Jesus College and an affiliated lecturer in the Faculty of Law. She was awarded her BA, MA and MPhil in Economics from the University of Delhi, and then went on to read for her MPhil and PhD in the Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge. Dr Fennell is currently researching public-private partnerships in education as a member of the DfID-funded Cambridgebased consortium on education outcomes for the poor (RECOUP). Her publications include 'The ethics of population control', in D. Clark, ed., The Elgar Companion to Development Economics (2006); Rules, rubrics and riches: the relationship between legal reform, institutional change and international development (forthcoming 2007); and Gender, education and equality: conceptual frameworks, engagements and agendas (ed. with M. Arnot, forthcoming 2007). Charlotte Goodburn is a Research Fellow, funded by the Cambridge China Development Trust. She studied for a BA in History, followed by an MPhil in Chinese

17 Studies and a PhD in Land Economy at the University of Cambridge. She is currently completing doctoral research on the impact of rural-urban migration on migrant children in China and India. Her research interests include migration and urbanisation; comparative development in Asia; educational provision; and gender and household dynamics. Michael Kuczynski is an Affiliated Lecturer whose research interests are in competition processes and in price formation in financial activity in an international context. He works in particular on different interpretations of banking (including Islamic finance), determinants of bank profits, comparative evolution of public finance, analysis of monetary policy, the risk- and term- structure movement of market interest rates, the movement of market interest rates, and the movement of exchange rates. He also has interests in fund management, market micro-structure, and comparative longterm economic-growth performance (especially Western hemisphere vs East Asia). Gay Meeks is an Affiliated Lecturer whose research interests are in Philosophy and Economics, including debates about happiness, justice, equality, capabilities and freedom; some aspects of information economics and welfore economics in relation to business decisions; alternative perspectives on rational choice and on theory choice; and - it follows from the rest - the work of Amartya Sen. Peter Nolan is Chair of the Development Studies Committee, Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at the Judge Business School, and a Fellow of Jesus College. He read for his BA in the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, and his MSc and PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. His research interests include globalisation and big business, poverty, migration, agrarian change, economic history, China, transition, and developing countries. His published work includes China and the global economy (2001), China and the global business revolution (2001), Coca-Cola and the global business revolution (1999), Indigenous large firms in China's economic reform (1998), China's rise, Russia's fall (1995), and State and market in the Chinese economy (1993), together with numerous articles and edited books. Professor Nolan is Director of the Chinese Big Business Programme. Barry Rider supervises research as a Professor of Law, at the University of London. He was appointed Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, on his retirement as its Director in 2003. He has been a Fellow of Jesus College since 1976 and a Fellow Commoner since 2000. He has taught law in the University of Cambridge since 1976 and is currently a Professorial Fellow in the Development Studies Programme. He holds a number of overseas appointments, including a Chair in Mercantile Law at the University of the Free State, South Africa, and Chairs in law and criminology at Beijing Normal University, China, and in commercial law at Remin University, China. He has held and continues to hold a number of visiting professorships including at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Florida. Professor Rider read for his LLB and PhD at Queen Mary College, London. He took an MA and a further PhD from the University of Cambridge. He has been awarded honorary doctorates in law from Penn State University, USA, and the University of the Free State, South Africa. He is also a member of the English Bar. For many years Professor Rider has served as a senior international civil servant and has undertaken consultancy work for a number of inter-governmental organisations, including the IMF, Commonwealth Secretariat, European Union and United Nations.

18 He is currently consultant to the Islamic Financial Services Board, Standing Counsel to the Peoples Bank of China and of counsel to the leading international US law firm Bryan Cave LLP. His main areas of research are in financial law and the control of economic crime. He is the general editor of a number of journals and has written and edited books on financial services law, the control of markets abuses, corruption, money laundering, corporate law, and comparative law. Ajit Singh who is currently collaborating with Dr Fennell, has research interests which cover modern business enterprise, corporate organisation, corporate organisation, corporate finance, takeovers, the stock market and the theory of the firm. He has worked extensively on de-industrialisation and long-term structural changes in advanced and emerging economies; North-South competition and issues of employment and unemployment in the North and the South; liberalisation and globalisation of financial and product markets; financial markets and industrialisation in emerging markets. Academic staff leave As members of a research-oriented institution, Cambridge University staff are entitled to sabbatical leave. As a result, it is possible that in any particular term or year one of the members of the academic staff may be away. The University always endeavours to make appropriate arrangements for substitute teaching, but occasionally one or another option may be suspended during a staff member's leave.

19 Admissions Admission requirements The MPhil in Development Studies is largely for students with a background in one or more of the social sciences, although many students have had degrees in disciplines ranging from the humanities to the natural sciences. The academic backgrounds of the current intake, for example, include American Studies, Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Business Economics, Business Management, Computer Science, Development Studies, Economics, Economics and Politics, Engineering, English, Finance, History, Information Studies, International Relations, Journalism, Operations Research, Philosophy, Political Science, Public Administration, Public and International Affairs, Quantitative Economics, Social Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish and German, and Urban and Regional Studies. The normal requirement for admission is the equivalent of at least a high 2.1 degree in the British university system (CPGA 3.7 out of 4.0 in the U.S. system). Account may be taken of other relevant qualifications and experience. Applicants must include in their application package a separate statement of intent (one side of A4 paper is sufficient) explaining why they wish to take this course and how it fits into their long-term career plans, in addition to completing sections A12, A14 and A15 of the GRADSAF form. Applicants should not be concerned about any overlap between their statement of intent and sections A12, A14 and A15. Application packages All applicants must complete and submit a joint Graduate Application/Scholarship Application Form (GRADSAF), together with a separate statement of intent. By submitting a GRADSAF form applicants will be considered for admission to the MPhil in Development Studies, admission to a college, and, where eligible, scholarships awarded by the Cambridge Trusts. The application package is included in the Graduate Studies Prospectus, together with information about courses, application procedures, colleges, costs, scholarships, and much more besides. It is also available in PDF format. Applications can also be submitted online. Application timetable The closing date for applications who wish to start the course in October 2011 is 31 March, 2011. Applicants who are US Citizens, have not studied at Cambridge before, and wish to apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, must submit their GRADSAF form to the Board of Graduate Studies by 15 October. The deadline for European and rest of the world students who are applying for a Cambridge Trusts Scholarship is 1 December, 2010. More information about Cambridge Trust deadlines is available in the Graduate Studies Prospectus (www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/funding/scholarships/).

20 Colleges Cambridge colleges are not associated with particular academic disciplines. Furthermore, all teaching for graduate students is provided by the department or faculty, not by the college. You are therefore free to apply to any college you choose. When you are choosing your college, you may like to think about the following questions: Would I prefer an all-graduate college or an undergraduate college with graduate students? How likely is it that the colleges I am considering will be able to provide me with living accommodation? Do the colleges I am considering have large international communities? Are these colleges able to offer travel or other grants? (For women applicants) Would I prefer a women-only college or a mixed college? The Graduate Studies Prospectus contains much useful information about the colleges, and each college also has its own website. English language proficiency test requirements The English language proficiency test requirements are set by the Board of Graduate Studies. For information please see the Graduate Studies Prospectus. Frequently asked questions (FAQs) Q1. Do I need to send GRE scores with my application? A. Development Studies Admissions Committee does not require GRE scores. Q2. Do I need to send a sample of my written work? A. Development Studies Admissions Committee does not require samples of written work. Q3. Can I defer my application to the following year? A. Development Studies Committee does not defer applications, but you can ask the Board of Graduate Studies to resubmit your application for consideration for the following year. Fees Please see the information about fees in the Graduate Studies Prospectus. The MPhil in Development Studies is classified as a nine-month Arts course. Funding Information about Cambridge Trust awards (Gates Cambridge, Commonwealth, Overseas, and European Trusts) is provided in the Graduate Studies Prospectus. The GRADSAF form applies to all Cambridge Trust scholarships. The Trust will decide for which scholarships you are eligible. If you are a citizen of the United States of America and you wish to apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, your GRADSAF form must

21 reach the Board of Graduate Studies by 15 October. More information about Cambridge Trust deadlines is available in the Graduate Studies Prospectus. For information about sources of funding other than the Cambridge Trust, please go to the British Council website or to your local British Council office. Continuing to a PhD The Development Studies Committee does not offer a PhD. Candidates who achieve a good pass in the MPhil may apply to read for a PhD elsewhere in the University. In recent years Development Studies students have been accepted as PhD students by the Faculties of Education, Social and Political Sciences, and History, by the Departments of Social Anthropology, Geography, and Land Economy, by the Centre of International Studies, and by the Judge Business School. Further enquiries should be addressed to: The Secretary Development Studies Committee 17 Mill Lane Cambridge CB2 1RX UK Telephone: +44 (0)1223 337158 Fax: +44 (0)1223 330720 Email: devstudies-adm@lists.cam.ac.uk