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The Political Economy of Development

2024/2025
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
4
ECTS credits
Delivered at:
School of Sociology
Course type:
Compulsory course
When:
2 year, 3 module

Instructors

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Why are some nations rich, while others are poor? The course ‘Political Economy of Development’ is dedicated to deal systematically with this oldest question of political economy. The course aims at introducing the academic study of development for general social scientists. The course presents major trends and changes in development theory and their bearings on development policy and practice, critically discussing development concepts and the emergence and evolution of paradigms in development thinking.Knowledge of economics or political science is not required to attend the course. The language of instruction is English.