Insights into Caribbean social structure and the advent of the colonists from the 16th to the 20th centuries are offered, allowing students to understand the relationship among ethnicity, race, class and colour in West Indian societies, and how the historical legacy of slavery and indentureship produce cultural traditions and customs impacting on social structure and society.
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This course examines: the role of government in the economy especially in developing countries and the Caribbean; taxation (both direct and indirect) and its impact on the economy; the theory of public sector pricing and production; the design of public policy and the scope and limitations of public economic policy.
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This course introduces the use of statistical analysis on economic data. It also focuses on the techniques used to compile indices, national income accounts and other reported economic statistics.
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This course is a sub-field of Political Science. It focuses on the relationship between politics and economics. More specifically, it is the interaction of the market and powerful state and non-state actors. The course seeks to address two overarching questions: Why is there a need to study international economic issues from a political perspective? What is the relationship between the political and economic order? The course is divided into three parts. Part I discusses the nature of and contending approaches to IPE. Part II examines global governance, global finance, regionalism and international trade. The final part of the course focuses on the case of China in the global political economy.
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This course prepares students for investigating and applying a rigorous approach to research in economics in a professional setting and a real-life context. This course aims at developing students’ skills in theoretical and empirical analysis relevant to one or more areas in economics.
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This course begins by examining a number of competing definitions of the Caribbean and the approaches to regionalism that have been derived from them. It looks at the various implications of small size for survival in the international system. It will also examine Caribbean regional organisations and evolving approaches to regionalism and multilateralism in the 21st century. The course continues by analysing the Caribbean’s changing political and economic relations with the rest of the world. Students will discuss the challenges and opportunities posed by globalization, the rise of new major powers (China, India, Brazil etc.) and by a changing international system for Caribbean states, and their range of foreign policy responses. They will also explore the dynamics of the deepening economic and political links among actors within the Caribbean Basin and between themselves and the rest of Latin America. We study the principal issues and trends in Caribbean – US relations and Caribbean-EU relations.
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This course is designed to provide an important set of skills for persons who work in the area of social policy and programming. The course will provide an overview of monitoring and evaluation models and designs. It will provide a systematic introduction to the steps involved in planning a programme evaluation, and in designing instruments, establishing samples, analysing and interpreting data, and preparing a report.
