Arts and Humanities. Political and Cultural Studies Postgraduate Taught Masters Module Information

Arts and Humanities Political and Cultural Studies Postgraduate Taught Masters Module Information www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/artsandhumanities/

Welcome to Political and Cultural Studies in the College of Arts and Humanities at Swansea University. Our exciting and innovative teaching and research enrich our Postgraduate Taught Masters programmes. For information on the course and the structure of our programmes, please read this module information booklet. MA DEGREE STRUCTURE Each programme is divided into two parts. Part One consists of 120 credits of core and optional modules. Full-time students study these over two semesters, part-time students over four. Part Two consists of the Dissertation worth 60 credits. It is undertaken following the successful completion of part one. Each programme contains compulsory and optional modules. Visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/the-university/world-class/semesterandtermdates/ for information on term dates. DISCLAIMER The Department has made all reasonable efforts to ensure that the information contained within this publication is accurate and up-to-date when published but can accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions. The Department reserves the right to revise, alter or discontinue programmes or modules and to amend regulations and procedures at any time, but every effort will be made to notify interested parties. It should be noted that not every module listed in this handbook may be available every year, and changes may be made to the details of the modules. 2

MA Schemes offered in PCS, 2017-18 MA and Human Rights Convenor: Dr Gerard Clarke Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students TB1 TB2 Summer PO-M63 Rights-Based Approaches to PO-M32 Conceptual Issues in the Theory and Practice of Social Sciences PO-M37 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention LAAM00 International Human Rights Law* PO-M33/PO-M25 The Research Process Dissertation Recommended Optional Modules (select two in Teaching Block 2) HUP-M04 War, Identity and Society HUP-M04 War, Identity and Society PO-M47 Politics and Public Policy in the New Wales PO-M56 State of Africa PO-M60 Critical Security PO-M62 Civil Society and International PO-M66 European Union Governance and Public Policy PO-M67 The Policy-Making Process PO-M70 Postcolonialism, Orientalism and Eurocentrism PO-M84 Gender and the Social Sciences *Offered by the College of Law *An extended version of this MA is also offered, with students spending a semester abroad at the University of the Philippines Diliman. 3

MA Schemes offered in PCS, 2017-18 MA Gender and Culture Convenor: Dr Ekaterina Kolpinskaya Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students TB1 TB2 Summer PO-M32 Conceptual Issues in the Theory and Practice of Social Sciences ML-M08 Gender and Culture PO-M84 Gender and the Social Sciences Dissertation PO-M33/PO-M25 The Research Process Arts and Humanities Pathway EN-M80 Practising Ideas: Advanced Research Skills in English* ML-M08 Gender and Culture PO-M84 Gender and the Social Sciences Dissertation PO-M33/PO-M25 The Research Process Recommended Optional Modules (select three, one from the first and two from the second teaching blocks) Make sure that of the three elective modules, two are from your chosen pathway. Social Science Pathway TB1 TB2 Dissertation PO-M35 Approaches to IR PO-M79 Gender, Society and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa PO-M64 Violence, Conflict & PO-M36 Approaches to Political Theory PO-M62 Civil Society and International PO-M37 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention HUP-M03 War, Technology and Culture PO-M70 Postcolonialism, Orientalism and Eurocentrism PO-M63 Rights-Based Approaches to PO-M46 Politics in Contemporary Britain PO-M85 Democracy and Constitutional Design HUP-M03 War, Identity and Society PO-M56 State of Africa PO-M80 Governance, Globalization and Neoliberal Political Economy 4

ML-M25 Gender in Contemporary European Culture EN-M47 The Unsexed Females: Women Writers and the French Revolution Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students Arts and Humanities Pathway CL-M76 Explorers, Travel and Geography in the Ancient World EN-M75 Modernist writing in London, Paris and New York Dissertation EN-M50 Women Writing India EN-43 American Wales : writing the Transatlantic EN-M70 Fin Amor and Marriage in the Medieval English Secular Lyric EN-M42 Welsh Identities: literature and nationhood EN-M69 The Modernist novel: James Joyce EN-M49 Women Writers of the 1940s EN-M67 Angela Carter *Offered by the Department of Languages, Translation and Communication *An extended version of this MA is also offered, with students spending a semester abroad at the University of Regensburg. 5 5

MA Schemes offered in PCS, 2017-18 MA International Security and Convenor: Dr Krijn Peters Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students TB1 TB2 Summer PO-M64 Violence, Conflict & PO-M32 Conceptual Issues in the Theory and Practice of Social Sciences PO-M60 Critical Security PO-M37 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention PO-M33/PO-M25 The Research Process Dissertation Optional Modules (select two; one from each teaching block) PO-M35 Approaches to IR HUP-M03 War, Technology and Culture PO-M63 Rights-Based Approaches to PO-M79 Gender, Society and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa PO-M85 Democracy and Constitutional Design PO-M70 Postcolonialism, Orientalism and Eurocentrism PO-M36 Approaches to Political Theory PO-M62 Civil Society and International MSD-M03 The Digital edge: themes and issues in digital media HUP-M04 War, Identity and Society PO-M66 European Union Governance and Policy Making PO-M84 Gender and the Social Sciences PO-M56 State of Africa PO-M80 Governance, Globalization and Neoliberal Political Economy * An extended version of this MA is also offered, with students spending a semester abroad at the University of Oklahoma. 6

MA Schemes offered in PCS, 2017-18 MA Politics Convenor: Dr Bettina Petersohn Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students TB1 TB2 Summer PO-M32 Conceptual Issues in the Social Sciences PO-M66 European Union Governance and Policy Making Dissertation PO-M85 Democracy and Constitutional Design PO-M36 Approaches to Political Theory: The Challenge of Democracy PO-M33/PO-M25 The Research Process Recommended Optional Modules (please select two; one from each teaching block) PO-M35 Approaches to International Relations PO-M63 Rights-Based Approaches to PO-M46 Politics in Contemporary Britain PO-M64 Violence, Conflict and PO-M79 Gender, Society and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa HUP-M04 War, Identity and Society PO-M60 Critical Security PO-M62 Civil Society and International PO-M37 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention PO-M47 Politics and Public Policy in the New Wales PO-M84 Gender and the Social Sciences PO-M80 Governance, Globalization and Neoliberal Political Economy *An extended version of this MA is also offered, with students spending a semester abroad at the University of the Philippines Diliman. 7

MA Schemes offered in PCS, 2017-18 MA International Relations Convenor: Dr Emel Akcali Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students TB1 TB2 Summer PO-M35 Approaches to International Relations PO-M32 Conceptual Issues in the Theory and Practice of Social Sciences PO-M70 Postcolonialism, Orientalism and Eurocentrism PO-M80 Governance, Globalization and Neoliberal Political Economy Dissertation PO-M33/PO-M25 The Research Process Optional Modules (select two; one from each teaching block) HUP-M03 War, Technology and Culture PO-M63 Rights- Based Approaches to PO-M64 Violence, Conflict and PO-M79 Gender, Society and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa PO-M85 Democracy and Constitutional Design PO-M46 Politics in Contemporary Britain PO-M53 War in Space HUP-M04 War, Identity and Society PO-M36 Approaches to Political Theory PO-M47 Politics and Public Policy in the New Wales PO-M56 The State of Africa PO-M60 Critical Security PO-M62 Civil Society and International PO-M37 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention PO-M66 European Union Governance and Policy- Making PO-M67 The Policy-Making Process PO-M84 Gender and the Social Sciences * An extended version of this MA is also offered, with students spending a semester abroad at the Bush School at Texas A & M. 8

MA Schemes offered in PCS, 2017-18 MA Public Policy Convenor: Dr Dion Curry Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students TB1 TB2 Summer PO-M32 Conceptual Issues in the Theory and Practice of Social Sciences PO-M66 European Union Governance and Policy Making PO-M67 The Policy Making Process Dissertation PO-M33/PO-M25 The Research Process Optional Modules (select three, one from the first and two from the second teaching block) PO-M35 Approaches to International Relations PO-M46 Politics in Contemporary Britain PO-M63 Rights-based approaches to development PO-M64 Violence, Conflict and HUAM03 War, Technology and Culture PO-M53 War and Space PO-M79 Gender, Society and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa PO-M85 Democracy and Constitutional Design HUP-M04 War, Identity and Society PO-M36 Approaches to Political Theory PO-M37 Human rights, Humanitarian Intervention PO-M47 Politics and Public Policy in the New Wales PO-M60 Critical Security PO-M62 Civil Society and International PO-M70 Postcolonialism, Orientalism and Eurocentrism * An extended version of this MA is also offered, with students spending a semester abroad at the Bush School at Texas A & M. 9

MA Schemes offered in PCS, 2017-18 MA War and Society Convenor: Dr Steve McVeigh Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students TB1 TB2 Summer HUP-M03 War, Technology and Culture HUP-M04 War, Identity and Society HUA-M01 Research Portfolio HUAM02 Dissertation Optional Modules (select three; two in Teaching Block 1, and one in Teaching Block 2) PO-M64 Violence, Conflict & PO-M63 Rights-Based Approaches to PO-M53 War in Space PO-M32 Conceptual Issues in the Theory and Practice of Social Sciences PO-M46 Politics in Contemporary Britain PO-M35 Approaches to International Relations PO-M85 Democracy and Constitutional Design HI-M81 Power, Conflict and Society in the Modern World* PO-M60 Critical Security PO-M56 State of Africa PO-M36 Approaches to Political Theory: the challenge of democracy PO-M37 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention PO-M84 Gender and the Social Sciences PO-M62 Civil Society and International PO-M70 Postcolonialism, Orientalism and Eurocentrism PO-M67 The Policy Making Process PO-M80 Governance, Globalization and Neoliberal Political Economy *Offered by the Department of History and Classics **Offered by the Department of Languages, Translation and Communication 10

Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students MA Modules offered by PCS* *Please note, due to staff availability, not every module will be offered in every academic year. HUP-M03 War, Technology and Culture (Dr Eugene Miakinkov) This module seeks to understand not only the methods by which different societies have conducted war, but also the social, political and philosophical frameworks within which they have done so. Throughout, the emphasis of the module is on providing an understanding of the historical continuities between the meaning and practice of war in the past and its more recent manifestations. HUP-M04 War, Identity and Society (Dr Eugene Miakinkov) This module is the companion module to HUPM03. It takes a pluri-disciplinary approach to understanding the impacts of war on society and vice-versa. The module evaluates the ways in which conflict changes and reshapes society and analyses the problems of war, its representations and its social outcomes. War in thus not viewed solely in terms of military history, but rather through a broader context of changing social, economic and cultural trends both as a motor for change and as part of those broader changes. The module places emphasis on the following: race, ethnicity and conflict; cyborg identities & cyberwar; social media and contemporary conflict; war-induced displacement; the aftermaths of war; masculinity and childhood in war. PO-M25 Research Process TB1 + TB2 (Dr Matthew Wall) (Non-credit-bearing) This module equips students with the skills for needed the postgraduate study of politics and international relations. Firstly, the module provides a thorough training in collecting scholarly information sources, essay-writing skills, referencing and the avoidance of plagiarism and presentation skills. Secondly, the module provides a series of workshops in which students can develop research proposals for the MA dissertation. Students will have the opportunity to share their proposals with colleagues and will receive feedback from academic staff. Thirdly, the module includes a series of workshops in which international researchers share their own personal experience of the research process. This includes their experiences of interviewing political elites and conducting case studies. PO-M32 Conceptual Issues in the Theory and Practice of Social Science (Dr Matthew Wall) Conceptual Issues helps students navigate a way through some of the challenges presented by all kinds of social scientific research. Whether you are studying the causes of war in a particular region or the kinds of values that might justify changes to the delivery of welfare you will need to think about the way you shape your research questions, formulate hypotheses, gather appropriate evidence and present your findings. On this course you will learn about quantitative approaches to the study of politics and societies, case-study and comparative methods and forms of textual and cultural interpretation. You will debate the advantages and disadvantages of each and start to think through some of the big questions about social research: how far can we draw on the scientific method? Should we seek to establish general laws and principles in the manner of physical science? How can we interpret, understand and explain the complexities of human cultures? What is the relationship of facts to values in political science? As part of the module staff will demonstrate aspects of their own research methodology. This includes Rhetorical Political Analysis of political speech and debate; a comparative case-study analysis of different pension welfare regimes in Europe; how quantitative methods help research electoral systems; and textual and interpretive methods in studying the war on terror and US foreign policy. 11

PO-M35 Approaches to International Relations (Dr Emel Akҫali) This module introduces students to the advanced study of International Relations by examining the historical evolution of the contemporary global system; security and foreign policy issues; and the various theories used to comprehend the relations between states and other political and economic bodies. It is suitable both for those who already have a bachelors degree in International Relations, and for those whose first degree is in another discipline. Regional and policy-specific case-studies, for example on nuclear proliferation, are used to highlight key features of the contemporary international system. All the staff teaching on the module have published widely on the subject for many years. PO-M36 Approaches to Political Theory (Prof. Roland Axtmann) The module will explore the fundamental questions that animate political theory and philosophy in their engagement with democracy as an idea and a regime type. Whether democracy is desirable and how it could be justified are questions that have exercised thinkers since Plato and Aristotle. This course will review a wide range of such philosophical arguments across the centuries, paying particular attention to positions in defence of liberal democracy but also to its critics. Recent decades have seen the formulation of a wide array of rival conceptions of democracy which emerged out of the rise of feminism, identity politics, multiculturalism and environmentalism. The transformations of the modern state and the global system have led to debates about global or cosmopolitan democracy. What form(s) must democracy take in the 21st century for its idea to survive? PO-M37 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention (Dr Mark Evans) One cannot help but confront and utilise specific moral claims and principles when considering international politics. They underpin the aspirations of international law, the policies discharged in its name, and much of the criticism of the actual behaviour of states. This module will introduce students to the critical analysis of these moral arguments, taking up certain key problems - such as the foundation of universal human rights claims, the legitimacy of humanitarian intervention, and the moral significance of state sovereignty - and explore possible means of their resolution via discussion of key texts in the normative philosophy of international relations. PO-M46 Politics in Contemporary Britain (Prof. Jonathan Bradbury) This module in the first part addresses the political science of British politics; approaches to the analysis of the recent UK Governments; and the study of the UK as part of the European Union and in the context of globalization. In the second part the module takes note of students interests in addressing specific topics in British Politics. These may range widely from the study of the core executive and the role of the premiership to the politics of Thatcherism, New Labour, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, the current Conservative Government and the politics of Labour under the Corbyn leadership. We can also address specific issues such as the politics of devolution, foreign policy or the welfare state. 12

Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students PO-M47 Politics and Public Policy in the New Wales (Prof. Jonathan Bradbury) This module seeks to address key questions about the nature, purpose and consequences of decentralised representation and government, with specific reference to the case of devolution in Wales since 1999. It explores questions concerning the impact of devolution on elections, parties and representation, the policy making process and the nature of public policy; inter-governmental relations and the role of Wales in the UK and the EU; and the politics of constitutional development and debates about further powers for the Assembly. The module seeks to encourage both a detailed understanding of political and policy devolution in Wales as well an ability to place analysis of devolution in Wales into theoretical and comparative context. PO-M53 War in Space (Prof. Mike Sheehan) This module addresses the development of concepts and theories of international relations and security in relation to the development of new technologies and man s interventions in Outer Space. This covers both explicitly hard security developments, including defence systems, spy satellites and weapons capabilities; as well as the securitisation of ostensibly non-security areas of development. It explores how to include Space within conventional frameworks of analysing conflict and conflict resolution, and addresses how global accords can be reached that limits the future possibility of war in space. PO-M56 The State of Africa (Dr Krijn Peters) Africa is the world s second-largest and second most-populous continent. It is the cradle of mankind and gave birth to one of history s first large civilizations. But despite its early start and its abundant natural resources, Africa remains the world s poorest and most underdeveloped continent. According to the 2009 United Nations Human Report 21 out of the bottom 23 ranked nations (159th to 182nd) were in Africa. This course will provide an overview of the continent s historical developments as well as of its more contemporary challenges, such as corruption, the HIV/AIDS epidemic and armed conflict, and uses a number of case-studies to illustrate these. PO-M60 Critical Security Studies (Dr Emel Akcali) This module explores theoretical debates over the meaning and definition of the concept of security itself and various theoretical (primarily critical, broadly understood) approaches to the study of security (including the Welsh School of Critical Security Studies, the Copenhagen School, poststructuralist approaches, feminist approaches). In addition, the module will use these theoretical lenses to debate prominent security issues: these will include war, conflict and violence; but also a number of issues increasingly seen to form part of the broadened security agenda (such as the environment, migration and identity, gender, and human security). Staff teaching on the module, draw on their international research expertise in these areas. 13

PO-M62 Civil Society and International (Dr Gerard Clarke) This module examines the role of civil society organisations in the development process at national and international level and at the nature of civil society as a distinctive institutional counterpart to the state and market. It looks in particular at the role of non-governmental organisations, faith-based organisations, social movements and global civil society and at the academic and policy debates to which these give rise. PO-M63 Rights-Based Approaches to (Dr Gerard Clarke) This module examines the incorporation of human rights concerns into international development discourse and policy and at the opportunities and challenges that arise. It examines the conceptual underpinnings of rights-based approaches, their legal underpinnings and at the work of official donors, governments and non-governmental organizations in operationalising these approaches and embedding them in their programmes. It is compulsory for Diploma & MA and Human Rights students and available as an optional module to other taught postgraduate students. PO-M64 Violence, Conflict & (Dr Krijn Peters) The module examines violence, conflict and development across three main themes. Firstly it looks at causes of violence and factors that shape the nature of the conflict. Secondly the module explores the impact of violence on society and economies, and the implications of violent conflict for social development. Finally the module examines the humanitarian and international response to conflict, asking what types of intervention have occurred, and how successful they have been in ending and resolving conflict. It looks at what challenges face those operating in the conflict zone, and the difficulties of moving from a relief- to a development-oriented mandate. Case-studies from Africa, Latin America and Asia are used to further illustrate the impact of violence and challenges for peace-building and post-war reconstruction. PO-M66 European Union Governance and Policy-Making (Dr Dion Curry) This module introduces or reintroduces students to policy and governance in the European Union to develop understanding of the institutions and actors responsible for how policy is made and implemented at the European level. It will outline the theory underpinning EU policy-making, and the basic structures, institutions and actors involved in the process, as well as locating EU policymaking in a comparative perspective and in relation to EU member states. Then, the module will look at how policy is made and implemented in different policy areas, including areas of traditional EU strength, such as the single market and competition, as well as areas where the EU does not have binding powers, but still acts as a coordinating body, such as social policy. PO-M67 The Policy Making Process (Dr Dion Curry) This module introduces or reintroduces students to the policy-making process and the major strands of thinking and models for understanding the policy cycle over the last twenty years. It makes use of case studies and analytic perspectives in order to understand the complexities of managing policy and government at local, regional, national and supra-national levels within the context of changed and changing ideas about governance. 14

Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students PO-M70 Postcolonialism, Orientalism and Eurocentrism (Robert Bideleux) Modern thinking and discourses about culture(s), civilization(s), continents, international relations and global politics have been pervaded by binary thinking (simplistic dichotomies) and by geocultural and geopolitical constructs such as the West, the Middle East, the Arab/Muslim world, East Asia, South Asia, Africa, (Latin) America, and Eastern Europe. This module examines the powerful roles played by cultural constructs, stereotypes and representation in global power-relations. It undertakes critical evaluations of the ways in which the modern Euro-West has constructed, imagined, represented, exoticized, Orientalized, racialized, caricatured, stereotyped and essentialized most parts of the non-west, amid longstanding Euro-Western endeavours to know, dominate, control and exploit the known world (the world as known to Europeans and Westerners) and to structure it in ways that Euro-Western elites think will best serve elite-driven perceptions of Euro-Western interests and dominance. PO-M79 Gender, Society and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa (Dr Emel Akҫali) The subject of gender relations in the Middle East and North Africa is probably one of the most widespread themes in western popular culture. Women s rights in the Middle East often stimulate curiosity in the West although there is at the same time a high level of ignorance concerning the lives, struggles and achievements of Muslim/Arab women. This course examines hence what the obsession with gender relations in the Middle East and North Africa tells us about the power relations in contemporary world politics. To this end, this module will scrutinize the gender and the societal politics in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa, including the Arab countries, Iran, Israel, and Turkey. This course will have three components: theoretical, historical, and political. During the seminars students will learn about Middle Eastern history in relation to gender via and early Islamic, Ottoman, colonial and recent histories. It will particularly look at women s involvement in politics, monarchical government, and resistance movements; state intervention into questions of gender, including family law, inheritance and citizenship rights, laws regulating sexuality, and state feminism; masculinities and women s and feminist movements, including peace movements, Islamist feminisms, pro-democracy activism, etc.. In particular, it will analyze the gender perspective of the recent and current revolutionary transformations in the Middle East and North Africa. PO-M80 Governance, Globalization and Neoliberal Political Economy (Robert Bideleux) In recent decades, many theorists of governance, the state and international relations have been discussing the de-centering and hollowing out of the state, as tasks previously performed by national governments have increasingly been taken up or shared with by other tiers of governance and a wide range of non-governmental actors. These have included international associations or organizations such as the European Union, NAFTA, Mercosur, ASEAN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, numerous UN agencies, the World Trade Organization (WTO), national or international regulatory bodies, and major national or international financial institutions (especially central banks, the IMF, the World Bank, and the various [macro-]regional development banks), as well as wide range of organizations or corporations in the private sector. Consequently, new forms of governance are continually emerging, which have been transforming the ways in which rules, institutions and democracy are understood, interpreted, formulated and implemented. What have been the reasons for these changes? Are they inevitable? What are the factors at play in the shift from government to governance? And how transparent, accountable, 15

participatory, democratic, effective and robust are the emerging or evolving forms of governance? These are amongst the key questions addressed in this module, which will induct students into the study of governance, political participation and accountability at four main levels: national, subnational, macro-regional, and global. It will also give particular attention to the emergence and evolution of differing patterns of governance in various parts of the world. Students will be familiarized with key theories, issues and debates concerning the state, political economy, neoliberalism, globalization, and the emerging/evolving forms of national, regional and global governance, and with various ways in which older forms and conceptions of politics, political participation, regulation, transparency and accountability are being challenged and/or transformed in these rapidly changing environments. PO-M84 Gender and the Social Sciences (Dr Ekaterina Kolpinskaya) Gender in the Social Sciences is a key introductory module. Through different disciplines and case studies the module offers an assessment of the impact of feminism on the social sciences and the implications of gendered analysis for society more generally. It provides a thorough introduction to gendered perspectives and their implications for social enquiry. It invites an overview of the political project of gender studies from feminism to masculinity studies and intersectionality - and also considers cultural interpretations and accommodations of gender. Cross-disciplinary issue areas including violence, work and the media help illustrate the complexities of interpreting women s roles and the practices of responding to gender in a globalised world. PO-M85 Democracy and Constitutional Design (Dr Bettina Petersohn) Constitutions and institutional design provide the foundation on which democratic governance rests but they also have consequences on performance of democratic regimes. The course covers the principles and processes of constitutional design, the basic governing institutions of states, and compares processes of institutional choices and their consequences for welfare, democratic rights, peace and stability. In particular, it will address the following questions: How do processes and goals of constitutional design compare across cases? What mechanisms of institutional design can be implemented to strengthen accountability, participation or representation? What consequences do institutional choices have for good governance and the quality of democracies? Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of theoretical debates about as well as practical implications of institutional choices. During the course, we will situate debates about importing democratic institutions or reforming existing institutions into a broader theoretical and comparative context. NB. The Department reserves the right not to run any module for which there is a very low level of enrolment. 16

Undergraduate modules available to Visiting Students The Andrew Lochhead Prize The Andrew Lochhead Prize in International, consisting of a certificate, books and a cheque for 150, will be awarded to a student on the basis of their Part One performance on one of the following MA schemes: and Human Rights; International Security and ; The prize will be awarded for work which contributes to the sub-discipline of development studies. Nominations, from PCS academic staff, will be accepted in exceptional circumstances for students on other MA programmes in the Department of Political and Cultural Studies where a substantial portion of their assessed work falls within the field of development studies. It will be awarded primarily on the basis of academic performance but the awarding committee may take account of additional factors, such as overall contribution to the programme or the overcoming of exceptional difficulties. The result will be announced after the Part One exam board. The prize is named after the founder of the former Centre for Studies in Swansea University and funded by a bequest from his family. 17