Fall/Winter Timetable
POL201H1F L0101
Politics of Development
Themes
This course seeks to introduce students to the politics of development of the Global South from WWII to the present. It attempts to provide a balanced mix of current issues and structural problems of developing countries and theoretical and practical approaches to development that have shaped development strategies and outcomes. As part of that, it will examine specific issues such as the role of foreign aid and neo-liberal reforms as well as structural challenges including the politics of regime change, democratization, civil/ethnonational conflicts, environmental sustainability, and globalization.
Texts
Library course readings accessed through Quercus.
Format and Requirements
Test, exam, research essay and participation/participation.
Prerequisites
4.0 credits or 1.0 POL credit
Exclusions
POL201Y1/POLB90H3/POLB91H3
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June 3, 2021
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May 21, 2020
Congratulations to undergraduate student Cheryl Cheung who has received a University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA). Going into her third year majoring in political science, with minors in visual studies...
January 29, 2020
Congratulations to all our amazing undergraduate students who picked up one the department’s twenty-three awards and scholarships at our annual undergraduate awards ceremony. In attendance were Dean of Arts &...