GEOG207 Precarious States Development Geopolitics

Question:

“Poor medicine for poor people? Assessing the impact of neoliberal reform on health care equity in a post-socialist context

1) gives an overview of the assigned tutorial reading for that week

2) provides a general context of the issue raised in the reading and the relevance of the reading to contemporary events and issues and

3) a critical overview of the reading identifying both its conceptual and empirical weaknesses and strengths.

Assessment criteria:

Students provide a clear and concise summary of the tutorial reading in their own words and are able to answer questions from the class.  25% Students are able to relate the content of the reading to contemporary issues and events and examine these issues through concepts and perspectives developed in the reading. 25%

Students can relate the reading and its relevance to lectures and identify how the reading fits into the broader aims, perspectives and concepts built up in lectures. 25%

Students can critically examine the reading noting its weakness and strengths in terms of relevance to current events and issues, conceptual clarity and depth and empirical evidence.  25%