2021-2022 / SOCI2243-1

International co-operation sociology

Duration

45h Th

Number of credits

 Master in political sciences : general (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS)6 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences)6 crédits 
 Master in public health (120 ECTS) (Transitional programme)5 crédits 
 Master in education (120 ECTS)6 crédits 

Lecturer

Gautier Pirotte

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course proposes an analysis of the actors and institutions in charge of development policies. It deals with the main topics and strategies deployed by cooperation programs since the end of the Second World War.
To familiarize students with actors, institutions and issues of development policies and programs, currently deployed inside the so-called 'international development complex'. To analyse the different topics and objectives supported by these actors and institutions since the end of the Second World War and the colonial era.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The student will be able to understand and analyse the international cooperation's field and to develop a critical glance on its actors (from international institutions to grassroots organisations, NGOs, etc.) and its past and current stakes (from the colonial era to nowadays).

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

If face-to face : ex-cathedra course.
If, for sanitary reasons, we need to organize hybrid of remote courses: 
Short video vignettes, Google form quizzes and question and answer sessions.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

During the academic year 2021-2022, the course "Sociology of International Cooperation" will be organised in "co-modality".
This means that if the course is officially organised as a face-to-face course, students who would be unable to follow the course in person for health or professional reasons (mainly Public Health or Education students) can follow a remote course via the video clips and quizzes that are proposed here on this following platform:
https://preview.online.jobsatskillscampus.be/courses/course-v1:ULiege+CS23+2021/course/


Read this tutorial prior inscription : https://youtu.be/9GikGl1hWm4  
 
Students can therefore choose the pedagogical formula that corresponds to their learning context.

Recommended or required readings

Course support: 
Required:
PIROTTE Gautier,(2021),  Sociologie de la coopération internationale. Acteurs, enjeux et débats, DeBoeck, 272p.
+ Powerpoint files
Recommended: 
PIROTTE Gautier (2021), La Fabrique de l'aide internationale, Presses Universitaires de Liège. 193p.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Gautier Pirotte
Gautier.Pirotte@uliege.be 
Phone  : 04/366.27.80
 
Pierre Beaulieu (assistant)
Pierre.Beaulieu@uliege.be 
Phone : 04/366.52.69
 
Secretariat :
Nathalie Pulgar
npulgar@ulg.ac.be
Phone : 04/366.36.18