GEOG 2201

Poverty, inequality and injustice are widespread throughout the contemporary developing world. This course will examine how this situation came to be. It begins by analyzing the different meanings of the term “development” and then examines the major approaches that have shaped practical development initiatives on the ground in the Global South over the past 60 years. The course also examines the legacies of history for contemporary development efforts in the Global South through specific case studies.