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TI 332 - Local Development: Theory and Practice

Course Convenor:		Dr. Louise Weir
Room:		tbc
Phone:		00 353 91 49 tbc
E-mail:		louise.weirnuigalway.ie
Lectures:		Mon 10 - 11 AC 215; Mon 2 - 3 IT125 Ground Floor
Office hours:		tbc

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Content

Theory and practice of local development (a territorial based approach to meeting local development challenges) are explored in diverse geographic settings, including advanced economies, post-socialist east European member states of the EU and other developing countries.  In addition to enabling the local productive system to compete successfully in an increasingly globalised environment, local development is shown to encompass the promotion of economic, social and cultural well-being in an inclusive and sustainable fashion.  Strategic planning at the local territorial scale to facilitate a considered and coordinated approach to local development is explored and new governance arrangements to facilitate local development are assessed.

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Learning Outcomes

• Critical understanding of theoretical constructs informing local development.
  
• Critical awareness of the challenges associated with local development in practice
  
• An appreciation of why places matter or why geography is not history!

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Course Credit and Assessment

• 5 credits
  
• 2 hour written final examination (70%)
  
• 1 research essay on topic to be agreed with course instructor, due week 10 (30%)
  
  

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Course Outline

Week 1: Introduction to course including readings and assessments
Week 2: Exploring the defining features of LD
Week 3: How places differ or why geography matters
Week 4: Endogenous LD
Week 5: Exogenous LD
Week 6: Sustainable LD
Week 7: Governance issues
Week 8: LD planning
Week 9: Making LD strategies
Week 10: Making LD strategies work
Week 11: LD in various settings including east European post-socialist states, Mexico
Week 12: Overview and conclusions

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Course Readings

Pike, A. et al (2006). Local and Regional Development. Routledge

Blakely, E. and Bradshaw, T. (2002) Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice, Sage

Giguere, S and Considine, M (2008).  The Theory and Practice of Local Governance and Economic Development, Palgrave

Students will be referred to several other readings in academic journals and other outlets that are accessible electronically through the university library.

N.B. Active participation in class is required; course notes will not be accessible electronically

    

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