Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2400H1S L0101
Core Course: Theories and Issues in the Politics of Development
Themes
This course focuses on the seminal studies in /development studies since World War II. Following a session on the criteria for evaluating social-scientific theories, each successive week will involve a critical analysis of a key book (in whole or in part) that represents a major school of analysis. The course is designed to prepare Ph.D. students for the field examination in the development studies area.
Texts
A selection of books and articles available through short-term loan.
Format and Requirements
In this seminar course, students will be evaluated on the basis of one presentation,2 critical reflections on required books/schools of analysis, one essay relating to the themes in the course, and class participation.
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the...
June 14, 2021
Great news from the Canadian Political Science Association, which held its annual awards ceremony (online) over the weekend of June 12 & 13: Professor Stefan Rencken’s book "Private Governance and Public...
April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...