Development Studies: The Emergence of Underdevelopment - COMD1001

   
   
 
Contact: Ross,Peter John
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Excluded: COMD1000
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 

Description


Introduces and analyses the emergence in the pre and post industrial world of notions of progress and development and relates them to the emergence of a modern world characterised by poverty, conflict, and socio-economic inequalities. Examines the transformation of the modern world via an analysis of different and often overlaping modes of production including hunter/gatherer, tributary (agricultural) and capitalist modes. Examines the emergence and characteristics of contemporary debates around issues of 'development', 'imperialism' and 'globalisation'.