The course is designed to help students: 1. To enhance the ability to identify and analyze vital issues and problems associated with the process of developmental social and political change. 2. To enhance the ability to articulate ideas for problem solving through policy recommendations. 3. To enhance the capability to develop coherent and documented opinions on public issues.
Development as a Unit of Analysis Defining Development Criteria Competing Definitions Theorizing Development Criteria Contrasting Theories Processes and Stages of Development Pre-industrial Industrializing Post-industrial Global Problems of Underdevelopment and Maldevelopment Identification Analysis Remedies