Polit Economy of Development · Political Science
Learned about political economy of development: how development was first studied to various theories of development that arose based on the timing of history, then the class ended with how knowledge is produced.
Theories and debates in economic development from economics, political science, and historical perspectives.
I have learned major debates on development theories in political economy.
The course provides students with a very comprehensive overview of the literature on the political economy of development. I personally learnt a lot about development as the concept, the importance of background information about the author and the time when the research was conducted, and possible approaches to development based on the experience of various countries.
I learned a lot about how to read economic development literature beyond the empirical evidence critically.
An array of topics in the field of development, from institutions to underdevelopment to modern trends such as AI. Some regional studies in Asia as well.
I learned about political economy of development and the political economy of knowledge production, why different theories become popular.
Assign fewer readings so we can focus more on them during class.
Loved that this course encouraged careful critique of major literature in the canon of development
very critical discussion of those salient papers and themes in CP.