MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Graduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
DSM5000
Development studies and development planning in an era of global crisis
John McKay and Peter Marden
12 points + 2 hours per week + First semester + Clayton
Synopsis The subject will consider the implications for the study of
development and of development theory of a number of the global crises of the
1990s. The major topics include the end of the Cold War, militarism in the
third world, population growth, third world debt, gender and development,
ethnicity and nationalism and religious fundamentalism.
Assessment Report (3000 words): 33.33% + Research essay (6000 words):
66.66%
Recommended texts
- Apthorpe R and Krahl A Development studies: Critique and renewal 1986
- Blomstrom M and Hettne B Development theory in transition 1984
- Emmerij L (ed.) Development policies and the crisis of the 1980s 1987
- Hettne B Development theory and the three worlds 1990
- Porter D, Allen B and Thompson G Development in practice: Paved with
good intentions 1991
- Spybey A Social change, development and dependency: Modernity,
colonialism and the development of the West 1992
- Toye J Dilemmas of development: reflections on the counter revolution in
development theory and policy Basil Blackwell, 1987
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