CSPS 7331 - The Theory and Practice of Global Development

Three credit hours.

This course provides an overview of three intersecting institutions, which will be useful when conducting public service in the global south, and democratizing societies. These institutions include the State, the market and civil society. Discussions begin with a lively debate between scholars over what development means and then moves on to explore the theories of why some countries are rich and some poor. The course examines the interventions from colonialism to globalization assessing the efforts of northern states, multi-laterals and non-governmental organizations as they attempt to solve the challenges of poverty, disease, conflict, famine, and gender inequality in the global south.