This unit focuses on the interrelated nature of power, poverty and development in the contemporary world with a view to understanding what makes places poor, what the on-the-ground consequences are, and what is being done about it. Students are introduced to the concepts, definitions and discourses of international development. Thematic foci include famine, land reform, colonisation, urbanization, population, natural resources, and identity. Unit concludes with investigation of institutional and community responses and alternative development strategies. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Agnes Babugura
Prerequisites: First year Geography sequence
