Midterm review
WEEK 1: Introduction
Introduction
Development as freedom? (human development)
WEEK 2: Theories of development I
Colonial legacies
Modernization and dependency theories
WEEK 3: Theories of development II
Neoliberalism and the developmental state
WEEK 4: Emerging critiques
Post-development discourse
Emerging critiques: aid dependency
WEEK 5: Politics of territoriality
Indigenous justice (Dr Deer)
Politics of territoriality
WEEK 6: Development actors and values
Responsibility to protect
Civil society
WEEK 7: Gender
Gender and contested development
Feminization of labor and remittances
WEEK 8: Midterms + review
WEEK 9: Transitional justice
Transitional justice
Statelessness
WEEK 10: Health
Reproductive health and culture
Health and justice
WEEK 11: Environmental protection
Natural resource conflicts and governance
Mining and indigenous justice (in Latin America)
Environmental protection
WEEK 12: Humanitarianism
, Refugee crises and the role of the UNHCR
Humanitarianism
WEEK 13: Conclusion
Whose hunger?
Politics of water
Midterm review
Identification question
- 3 specific development concepts
- Significance
- Key contexts
- Main ideas/determinants
- scholas/theorists
- Specific roles played by certain development actors
How to structure:
- Macro → broader interconnections between the three concepts (overarching issues,
similarities, differences, contestations)
- Micro → specific implications of three development concepts
- NEED TO SHOW UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ALL THE CONCEPTS ARE
CONNECTED
Modernization = internal causes vs. dependency = external causes vs. neoliberalism =
Neoliberalism reduces state influence BUT dependency theory does not agree with this → state
directed development
All support industrialization → HOW/METHOD of achieving this industrialization differs
- These three theories look into economic development
,
, WEEK 1: Introduction
Introduction
Economic indicators of development (dominant):
- Income
- GDP
Other examples of indicators:
- Child mortality rate
- Literacy rate
Development issues:
- Climate change/droughts
- Poverty
- Displacement
- Food insecurity
- Health
- Gender inequality → power, vulnerability
- Conflicts
- Human rights abuses
International development:
- Interdisciplinarity
- Multidimensional approaches
- Interconnections of issues and actors
- Contestations → critiques
- Dilemmas → power disparity, biases, gaps, disconnections
Development assumptions:
- European Enlightenment:
- Human progress defined by modernity
- Evolutionary worldview of “progress”
- Oversimplified binary between “bad” (traditional society) and “good” (modern society)
- based on a EUROPEAN concept
- Strong emphasis on catching up with the West
- Ignores contextual/regional/multifaceted variables that shape contemporary
development outcome
Theory (macro) vs practice (micro)
Human Rights
Mobility (opportunities) vs immobility (vulnerability)
WEEK 1: Introduction
Introduction
Development as freedom? (human development)
WEEK 2: Theories of development I
Colonial legacies
Modernization and dependency theories
WEEK 3: Theories of development II
Neoliberalism and the developmental state
WEEK 4: Emerging critiques
Post-development discourse
Emerging critiques: aid dependency
WEEK 5: Politics of territoriality
Indigenous justice (Dr Deer)
Politics of territoriality
WEEK 6: Development actors and values
Responsibility to protect
Civil society
WEEK 7: Gender
Gender and contested development
Feminization of labor and remittances
WEEK 8: Midterms + review
WEEK 9: Transitional justice
Transitional justice
Statelessness
WEEK 10: Health
Reproductive health and culture
Health and justice
WEEK 11: Environmental protection
Natural resource conflicts and governance
Mining and indigenous justice (in Latin America)
Environmental protection
WEEK 12: Humanitarianism
, Refugee crises and the role of the UNHCR
Humanitarianism
WEEK 13: Conclusion
Whose hunger?
Politics of water
Midterm review
Identification question
- 3 specific development concepts
- Significance
- Key contexts
- Main ideas/determinants
- scholas/theorists
- Specific roles played by certain development actors
How to structure:
- Macro → broader interconnections between the three concepts (overarching issues,
similarities, differences, contestations)
- Micro → specific implications of three development concepts
- NEED TO SHOW UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ALL THE CONCEPTS ARE
CONNECTED
Modernization = internal causes vs. dependency = external causes vs. neoliberalism =
Neoliberalism reduces state influence BUT dependency theory does not agree with this → state
directed development
All support industrialization → HOW/METHOD of achieving this industrialization differs
- These three theories look into economic development
,
, WEEK 1: Introduction
Introduction
Economic indicators of development (dominant):
- Income
- GDP
Other examples of indicators:
- Child mortality rate
- Literacy rate
Development issues:
- Climate change/droughts
- Poverty
- Displacement
- Food insecurity
- Health
- Gender inequality → power, vulnerability
- Conflicts
- Human rights abuses
International development:
- Interdisciplinarity
- Multidimensional approaches
- Interconnections of issues and actors
- Contestations → critiques
- Dilemmas → power disparity, biases, gaps, disconnections
Development assumptions:
- European Enlightenment:
- Human progress defined by modernity
- Evolutionary worldview of “progress”
- Oversimplified binary between “bad” (traditional society) and “good” (modern society)
- based on a EUROPEAN concept
- Strong emphasis on catching up with the West
- Ignores contextual/regional/multifaceted variables that shape contemporary
development outcome
Theory (macro) vs practice (micro)
Human Rights
Mobility (opportunities) vs immobility (vulnerability)
