GLBL 250

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Development

Credit: 3 hours.

An interdisciplinary introduction to the theory and practice of international development. Topics include: defining development, how ideas have changed over time, and the interventions used in development work and their impacts.

Prerequisite: GLBL 100.

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GLBL 250 class schedule data for fall 2014
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	63405	Lecture-Discussion	A	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	329 Davenport Hall	Grim-Feinberg, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of international development. The course examines geopolitical interests and social scientific trends that have impacted changing concepts of development. We address the questions: What is development? How have our ideas about development, its causes, and its objectives changed over time? Why after more than 60 years of development, are so many people still suffering from poverty, economic decline, ill health, political insecurity, repression, and powerlessness? Which development interventions have been more or less successful? Which development actors have been more or less successful? What are the possibilities and limits for particular actors in stimulating development? Where should we focus our development efforts now and in the future? This course prepares students to work for international aid and development organizations in the non-profit, private, and public sectors (including governmental and intergovernmental organizations).