Comparative Political Economy of Development

Catalog description

The course focuses on how political institutions affect economic outcomes, and how economic factors influence political institutions. We will study this by comparing how this is done in various countries and regions throughout the world within the context of development, that is, how societies achieve prosperity and well-being. We will examine the relationships between democracy, inequality, and development; the role of foreign aid and natural resources in political and economic development; the legacies of colonialism; and economic theories of civil conflict, among other things