International relations
Global Politics of Food
Module code: 011IRS
Level 6
30 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Seminar
Assessment modes: Coursework, Essay
Why – when there is enough food produced to feed the world’s population – are close to 800 million people hungry?
What is the environmental impact of the world’s food system, and how can it be re-designed to combat climate breakdown?
On this module, you will learn:
- about the formation, functioning and contemporary transformation of the global food system
- how an intersectional political economy approach – which places class, race and gender relations at its core – can help approach the above questions.
Module learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a systematic understanding of key aspects of the global politics of food production, distribution and consumption.
- Demonstrate conceptual understanding that enables the student to devise and sustain arguments upon particular aspects of current research in the global politics of food.
- Demonstrate an appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge through accounting for some of the methodological difficulties in engaging in a global politics of food analysis.
- Demonstrate an ability to use data (that may be incomplete), to make judgments, and to frame appropriate questions to achieve a solution to a problem, relating the global politics of food.
- Apply the methods and techniques that they have learned to review, consolidate, extend and apply their knowledge and understanding by analysing the importance of the global politics of food production,