POL2401H: Regions and Methods — Development Studies

The course will serve as the second half of the PhD core course requirements in Development Studies. More specifically, it is designed to complement POL2400H Theories and Issues in the Politics of Development. This course will focus on regional, methodological, and empirical perspectives in development. Its pedagogical goal is three-fold: 1) To provide students with grounding on core development issues in select regions of the world; 2) To survey select methodological approaches to the study of the Global South; 3) To focus on key empirical issues that complement the theoretical focus of POL 2400H. This will be a team taught course, led by a scholar who will both coordinate and provide overarching intellectual leadership in the course throughout the term. The bulk of the course, however, will be built around a series of modules led the department’s numerous scholars that will introduce students to core literature related on select regions, empirical, and methodological perspectives. Regions covered will include Africa, Latin America, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Asia, with additional foci on comparative indigenous perspectives.

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