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Understanding
Development
MDG
5121B
Chakib
Zouaghi
Fall,
2010
Course
outline
Study
of
leading
theories
and
debates
concerning
the
meaning,
challenges
and
possibilities
of
development.
Analysis
and
discussion
of
the
different
aspects
of
development,
including
its
social,
cultural,
political,
economic,
security,
legal
and
territorial
implications.
Interdisciplinary
approach,
with
a
focus
on
discussion
and
evaluation
of
key
texts
and
thru
the
analysis
of
various
cases.
This
seminar
will
engage
participants
in
discussing
the
context,
processes,
actor,
and
interests
of
change
in
the
Third
World
countries.
The
course
will
first
map
out
the
various
concepts
and
theories
of
development.
In
order
to
understand
contemporary
and
complex
issues
of
development,
participants
will
then
examine
the
milestones
of
such
change:
the
expansion
of
European
capitalism,
transitions
from
agrarian
to
industrial
societies,
globalization,
and
the
rise
of
a
post-‐industrial,
knowledge-‐based
economic
model.
This
will
constantly
be
done
through
the
political-‐economic
lenses
of
the
processes
and
actors
of
change:
institutions,
state,
international
relations,
growth,
geopolitics,
territorial,
sustainable
development.
This
will
provide
the
context
and
the
tools
to
then
look
at
the
contemporary
reality
of
Third
World
countries,
ongoing
efforts
to
address
development
problems,
and
the
limits
of
national
actors
and
the
international
‘development
industry’
that
both
inexorably
remain
constrained
by
the
discourses
and
power
relations.
Lastly,
the
course
will
consider
current
trends
and
their
likely
impact
on
development
issues:
the
eventual
decline
of
liberalism,
the
rise
of
identity-‐
based
contestation,
structural
crises,
environmental
issues
and
sustainable
development.
o Critically
understand
various
views
of
the
process
of
development,
along
with
their
respective
proponents,
motivations,
implications,
stakes,
and
outcomes;
o Have
a
broad
knowledge
of
the
context
and
structures
in
which
development
actors
have
and
continue
to
operate;
o Map
out
the
main
actors
of
development,
and
critically
understand
the
process
by
which
those
relate
to
one-‐another
and
to
other
global
actors,
and
the
implications
theses
relations
have;
o Be
able
to
critically
assess
complex
and
emerging
developing
strategies
implications.
TEACHING METHODS
The
course
will
be
based
on
seminars,
with
short
topical
introductions
by
the
professor,
comprehensive
inputs
from
students,
and
extensive
debating
of
issues.
ASSESSMENT METHODS
All
required
readings,
and
most
of
the
additional
readings,
are
available
at
the
Morisset
Library
Reserve,
or
online
through
e-‐books
and
e-‐journals.
For
those
students
who
would
prefer
to
buy
those
books
that
we
will
extensively
use
in
the
course,
the
following
titles
are
recommended:
• James
M.
Cypher
and
James
I.
Dietz
(3rd
edition),
2009,
The
process
of
Economic
Development,
New
York,
routledge.
• Tim
Allen
and
Alan
Thomas
(eds),
2000,
Poverty
and
development
into
the
21st
Century,
Oxford,
New
York,
Open
University
in
association
with
Oxford
University
Press.
• Malcom
Gillis,
Dwight
H.
Perkins,
Michael
Roemer,
Donald
R.
Snodgrass,
Économie
du
développement,
(4e
ed.)
1998,
Belgium,
Nouveaux
Horizons,
De
Boeck
Université.
2
• Serge
Michailof,
Les
apprentis
sorciers
du
développement:
Mythes
technocratiques
face
à
la
pauvreté
rurale,
(2e
ed.)
1987,
Economica.
• Relevant
web
links
global
policy
forum:
http://www.globalpolicy.com
• International
Institute
for
Sustainable
Development
(IISD):
http://www.issd.org/climate
ASSESSMENT METHODS
(20 minutes)
30 Minutes
SCHEDULE
3
September
15
Theory:
Development
thru
Presentation
and
discussion
Brooks
-‐
207
complexity
lenses
September
22
Case:
1
Developing
Countries
Reading
report,
presentation
and
Brooks
-‐
207
challenges
discussion
including
20
minutes
reading
report
presentation
October
6
Case
2:
Economic
growth
and
Reading
report,
presentation
and
Brooks
-‐
207
development
discussion
including
20
minutes
reading
report
presentation
October
20
Case
3:
International
institutions
Reading
report,
presentation
and
Brooks
-‐
207
of
development
discussion
including
20
minutes
reading
report
presentation
October
27
Case
4:
Development
and
Reading
report,
presentation
and
Brooks
-‐
207
sustainable
development
discussion
including
20
minutes
reading
report
presentation
November
3
Case
5:
Regional
development
Reading
report,
presentation
and
Brooks
-‐
207
and
territories
discussion
November
10
Case
6:
Ethics
and
development
Reading
report,
presentation
and
Brooks
-‐
207
discussion
November
17
Case
7:
Women
and
development
Reading
report,
presentation
and
Brooks
-‐
207
discussion
November
24
Presentation
–
individual
essay
30
minutes
presentation
and
30
Brooks
-‐
207
minutes
discussion
x
3
December
1st
Presentation
–
individual
essay
30
minutes
presentation
and
30
Brooks
-‐
207
minutes
discussion
x
3
December
1st
Presentation
–
individual
essay
30
minutes
presentation
and
30
Brooks
-‐
207
minutes
discussion
x
3
December
8
Presentation
–
individual
essay
30
minutes
presentation
and
30
Brooks
-‐
207
minutes
discussion
x
3
4
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