Political Economy of Development

Catalog description

This course is designed to examine the comparative political economy of development. This course addresses the following questions: What is development? How have our ideas of development and its causes changed historically? Why do some countries achieve development, while others do not? How have the living standards of people living in developing countries improved or worsened? Why even after a half century of development do many people in developing countries suffer from poverty, inequality, ill health, and powerlessness? What are the relationships between development and poverty/inequality?