Theories of Modernity and Development

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The classes are lecture-based. They offered an analytical, substantial and critical framework based on the bibliographic references. The conducting intellectual line underpinning the program will be stressed throughout the classes to guarantee the coordination of its different parts. The students will be stimulated to participate in the critical debate and reflection around the themes under analysis in the program as well as the respective research topics.

Learning Outcomes

1) The first considers the nature of de- velopment studies as a scientific field and its inclusion in the domain of Economics and other social and human sciences beginning in the second half of the 20th Century onwards.
2)The second focuses on Understan- ding how the question of modernity came to be closely associated with the idea of Change of so-called modern so- cieties.
3) The third, we Analyse the line of thinking about development and deve- lopment studies as a (multi)disciplinary field, from its emergence in post-World War II, when "Development Economics" becomes autonomous as a sub-discipline of Economics, through to the present day.
4) To conclude, to Reflect in-depth in the age of globalisation and crisis about the conditions that determine.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introduction: Development Studies as scientific field
2. Modernity or Modernities: theories and history: 2.1 The question of change in modern societies: “The Great Transformation”; 2.2 The debate regarding the conditions that determine The Great Transformation: economics, politics, society, and religion; 2.3The historical construction of modernity: the controversy on the origins of North-South inequalities; 2.4 Critical approaches to Modernity. 3.Trajectories of Development Thought: 3.1The context of the emergence of the problematic post WWII; 3.2 The paradigm of modernisation and structuralism; 3.3 Dependency theories; 3.4 The emergence and consolidation of Neoliberalism; 3.5 Basic-needs – Human Development and Sustainable Development; 3.6 Neoinstitutionalism and Institutionalist Political Economy; 3.7 Post-colonialism and Post-development.
4. Rethinking Development in times of globalisation and crisis

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Arndt, H.W. (1987), Economic Development: The History of an Idea, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Clark, David A. (ed.) (2006), The Elgar Companion to Development Studies, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Chang, Ha-Joon (ed.) (2003) Rethinking development economics. London: Anthem Press. Currie-Alder, B., Kanbur, R., Malone, D.M., Medhova, R. (eds) (2014), International Development: ideas, experience and prospects. Oxford University Press

Norel, Philippe (2009) l’Histoire économique globale, Paris, Ed du Seuil.

Polanyi, Karl (1944) A grande Transformação, Ed portuguesa, Lisboa Ed 70, 2012.

Rist, Gilbert (2011) The history of development: from Western origins to global faith, Third Impression, London: Zed Books. /

Sen, Amartya (2001) Development as freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (nota: existe edição em português).

Ziai, Aram (ed.) (2007) Exploring post-development: theory and practice, problems and perspectives. London and New York: Routledge.