SO205: Lecture 2

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SO205 Lecture 2
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Contextualizing development today
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1. Multiple approaches and definitions

• Growth and competition
• Wealth creation
• Sustainability
• Poverty alleviation
• Redistribution and equality
• Universal
• Help disadvantaged Affirmative action

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2. Socio-economic aspects of development

• Production
• Redistribution
• Market
• Poverty alleviation

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3. Political and ideological considerations

• Shape development philosophy
• Formulation of development policies
• Production and redistribution
• Use of force War, revolution, coup

Before
Communism
Capitalism
Now
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4. Cultural aspects

• Associated with values
• Changes cultures
• Cultural hegemony (domination)
• Cultural diffusion
• Cultural integration

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5. Multi-layered
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6. Multi-disciplinary

• Economics/Econometrics Use of formulas and
  figures
• Sociology Birth of Development Studies as
  critique of economics
• Political science Power dimension

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7. Changing conception and debates
(1940s
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Next lecture we look at the major development
theory debates

• Any questions?
• Have a nice weekend