POL 3115 Comparative Politics of Development

3 units
Political Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
Comparative political analysis of development in various regions of the world (Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America & the Caribbean). Theories of political and economic development. The role of international organizations, states, and non-state actors in the politics of development. Effects on societies of their incorporation into the global economy. Study of selected issues such as self-determination, state-society relations and democracy, sustainable development and social justice. Case studies drawn mainly from countries having adopted different approaches to development. (COMP)

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisite: POL 2103 or POL 2104 .

Previously Offered Terms:

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Saul M. Rodriguez

Winter 2024 - A00

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Jan Claudius Völkel

Winter 2023 - A00

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Keith Haysom

2 sections from Summer 2019 to Fall 2019

A- Average (7.775)
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Golrokh Niazi

Fall 2018 - A00

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Tyler Attwood

Fall 2017 - A00

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Tamara Kotar

Summer 2017 - A00

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