IDST 1000Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Postdevelopment Theory, Social Inequality
15 Dec 2016
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For example, in the congo, there is a struggle over the resources necessary to create cellphones it is the worst war in the world and has been fought since. There is a huge amount of inequality due to poverty in the world. Colonization, decolonization, globalization, urbanization, population growth, and contemporary international development. Development is moving towards the full potential, or something that is deemed to be better. The idea of development" is a contested concept. Allan thomas had three doctrines of development. Understanding, improvement, intervention (a more thorough explanation is on the slides) Capitalism is where everything is made to be sold. What we in north america need is not the same as what others do. Understanding what poverty and social inequality mean can help change it for the better. Transformation is when every individuals potential is realized. Actions create platforms from which future improvements might be witnessed.
