Development and Modernity - SOCA3211

   
   
 
Contact: Davidson,Andrew Parks
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 

Description


Investigates the parameters of contemporary development and the ways they affect our lives and the lives of others. Takes a historical approach to examine how the 'development project' arose out of the decline of colonialism and the rise of the Cold War, and how this 'project' was eventually supplanted by a quite different set of processes. Covers various topical areas including population pressures, urbanisation, the world food crisis, women and the international division of labour, foreign aid and NGOs, sustainable development, and the ethics of intervention.