SOC603 – Sociology of Development: This course is a critical consideration of social processes of development within the contemporary world. The different approaches to major theoretical understanding of development are carried out actively and critically in light of the way in which the social, economic, political, and cultural factors either drive or impede a country’s developmental outcomes. This is to show how the global, national, and local forces influence the societal development when discussing both the macro and micro issues.
Throughout the book, SOC603 shall be comprehensively studying topical issues such as poverty and inequality, globalization, international organizations, and their role in shaping development policies. This basically involves those social structures that influence development, including gender, class, ethnicity, and environment; discussions shall also involve sustainable development, modernization effects, and problems developed nations face in attaining equitable development.
Besides that, SOC603 introduces the student to the development theories, such as dependency theory, world-systems theory, and postcolonial perspectives, thus giving the student a broad framework to understand the intricacies of development in a globalizing world. Students should, by the end of this course, have a critical understanding of development processes and be capable of engaging with contemporary debates relating to development policy and practice.
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