Defining development; theories of development: modernization and globalization, dependency and world systems; Issues in development: Environment, Population, Poverty, Urbanization, gender, ethnicity, identity, possibilities of localism, economic development, conflict, fundamentalism and insurgency.
Texts:
1. R. Klitgaard, Adjusting to Reality: Beyond "State Versus Market" in Economic Development,
2. Hage and Finsterbusch, Organizational Change as a Development Strategy
3. N. Uphoff, M. Esman and A. Krishna, Reasons for Success: Learning from Instructive Experiences in Rural Development
4. J. Isbister. Promises Not Kept. Kumarian Press.
5. J. T. Roberts and A. Hite (editors).From Modernization to Globalization. Blackwell Press
