301556 (v.2) Anthropology 324 - Approaches to Development

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Contact Hours:

3.0

Credits:

50.0

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Workshop:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

9912 (v.4) Anthropology 317 - Applied Anthropology
9914 (v.4) Anthropology 217 - Applied Anthropology
11544 (v.3) Geography 320 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World
11545 (v.2) Geography 220 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World
301557 (v.2) Geography 223 - Approaches to Development
301558 (v.2) Geography 323 - Approaches to Development
301561 (v.2) Anthropology 225 - Development Policy in Practice

An introduction to discourses of development that have underpinned development policy and practice over the past 100 years. Among the discourses examined are colonial development thinking, modernisation theory, dependency and world-systems theory, marxist and neo-marxist approaches, neo-liberalism, and post-colonial development theory. Students must produce a major research project.

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

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