Development Theories and Policies - 2nd semester
Code
711041052
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Geografia e Planeamento Regional
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Gonçalo Manuel Antunes, Maria Regina Salvador
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To deliver a set of development-connected knowledge, both theoretical and empirical;
b) To assess, qualitatively and quantitatively, the underdevelopment;
c) To enforce analytical methodologies that allows characterising activities, wealth, human development and poverty spatial logics;
d) To master economic models explaining models;
e) To evaluate development policies.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1) The Development concept
2) Development criteria and indicators
3) Development factors
4) Population and development
5) Rural development
6) Urbanisation and development
7) Environment and development
8) Development aid and the EU Cotonou agreement
9) Poverty alleviation policies
10) The Portuguese-Speaking Countries Community.
Bibliography
Dicken, P. (2014). Global Shift. Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy (7th ed.). London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Johnston, R.J., Taylor, P., Watts, M. (2002). Geographies of Global Change: Remapping the World (2nd ed.). London: Blackwell.
Knox, P. & Agnew, J. (2014). The Geography of the World Economy (6th ed.). London and New York: Routledge.
McCann, G. & McCloskey, S. (2015). From the Local to the Global. Key Issues in Development Studies (3rd. ed.). London: Pluto Press.
Potter, R., Binns, T., Elliott, J.A., Smith, D. (2008). Geographies of Development: an Introduction to Development Studies (3rd. ed). Pearson Prentice Hall.
Teaching method
Expositive and participative teaching; discussion of case-studies; field work.
Evaluation method
Written essay with oral presentation,followed by open discussion (40% of the final grade) at the practical classes.
Written test (60% of the final grade).
[According to the assessment of FCSH rules, the proposed evaluation elements introduced to students in the first class may suffer readjustments, namely in the weight of each element].