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 (Un)Making the Third World: History & Global Development A - HIST2061
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School:  Dept of Spanish & Latin Amer
 
   
 
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
 
 
Equivalent: COMD2020, GLST2102, INST2000, SPAN2429
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Explores the history of underdevelopment and development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries from the vantage point of the early twenty-first century. Themes include: colonialism, nationalism, decolonisation and post-colonial states; the history and politics of development in the Cold War and post-Cold War era; the state and economic development; the role of international organisations such as the World Bank and the IMF; and the question of globalisation. In geographical terms, the focus is on sub-Saharan Africa, especially the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the Middle East, especially Egypt; South Asia, especially India; Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia; and Northeast Asia, especially South Korea.

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