Politics and Global Development

About this course

Politics and global development is a combination that addresses the most pressing questions of our time: how power is organised and exercised, how wealth and poverty are distributed across and within nations, and what development means and whether it can be achieved. Politics provides the conceptual tools to understand how governments work, how international institutions are structured, how conflicts arise and are resolved, and what drives policy change. Global development engages with the causes and consequences of inequality, poverty, humanitarian crises, and social change in the global south, drawing on economics, sociology, and political science in equal measure. At the School of Oriental and African Studies this three-year programme, which includes a foundation year, is shaped by SOAS's distinctive and world-leading expertise in the politics and development of Africa, Asia, and the

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 42% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 8% of graduatescards →

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