Monash University Handbook 2010 Postgraduate - Unit
ASM4430 - The third world
12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL
Synopsis
The social consequences of economic development. The emergence of industrial capitalism and how through colonialism the seeds of capitalism and underdevelopment were sown in the Third World. The response of the Third World to these transformations. Debates about famine, debt-crisis, ecology, gender, and their connections with development processes.
Assessment
Written work: 70%
Test: 20%
Class participation: 10%
Chief examiner(s)
Dr Max Richter
Contact hours
2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week
Prohibitions
ANY3430
