Development and Change

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course is a critical introduction to development studies. It focuses on the meanings of development and the debates surrounding the definition and measurement of progress or good change in very challenging times. We start by examining different priorities for development, critically challenging mainstream economistic growth perspectives with alternative, ethical, feminist, humanistic and ecological approaches. In current times of multiple crises and challenges, this course suggests that ideas about global progress and development still matter a lot and urgently need to be debated.