School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyDevelopment and SecurityWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101896.1
Discipline: POLITICAL SCIENCE
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Prerequisite
101895 Political Economy of Development
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.
About this Unit
Successful development requires the provision of security. As a corollary, lack of development can breed insecurity and violence. The overall nexus between development and security is not only about a country’s domestic affairs; it concerns the global community. Amid the increasing pace of globalisation, underdevelopment in the global South is argued to constitute a security threat by supposedly facilitating the international spread of terrorist and criminal networks. This unit will concentrate on three key aspects. First, it will interrogate the complex relationship between development and security from interdisciplinary perspectives. This will cover, among other, the notions of development as security, human development, human security and social sustainability. Second, this unit will examine the development roots of insecurity focusing on social and economic structures and key issues in development and security from local and global perspectives as well as from micro and macro outlooks. This includes peace keeping operations, security measures, and global governance for world order. Third, relevant case studies will be embedded throughout the unit contents to enhance students’ analytical skill and practical orientation on the field of development and security.