This course is compulsory on the BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
10 hours of lectures and 9 hours of classes in the LT. 1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of classes in the ST. There will be a reading week in Week 6 of LT only (no lectures or classes that week).This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures totalling a minimum of 20 hours across Lent Term. This year, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of virtual classes, live streamed (recorded) lectures, and some flipped content delivered as short online videos.
weekly challenges and feedback will be given on two.
Acemoglu, Daron and James Robinson, Why Nations Fail, Crown Books, 2012; Besley, Timothy and Torsten Persson, Pillars of Prosperity: The Political Economics of Development Clusters, Princeton University Press, 2011
10% - Class Participation 10% - Lecture Attendance 80% - Final Essay (1,500 Words)