IDSA01H3 Midterm: Notes on development theories and readings
11 Oct 2017
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Define: the idea that cultures are progressing along a linear scale, with western countries considered the most advanced. Defines development as industrialization, intensive agriculture, scientific/technological solutions and economic liberalism, and seeks to apply these concepts to the global. Rostow (5 stages of economic growth 1959) Context: based on the european experience of development during the industrial revolution (without acknowledgement of colonization), and the successful rebuilding of infrastructure following the second world war. Plan: us president truman"s initiative to provide us aid to countries in exchange for them adopting liberal ideology (democracy/free trade). Influenced by the ideological conflict between the liberal west and communist east during the cold. Embraces many of the idea of neo-liberalism. Dependency theory is a response to the blind spots or modernization (ignoring colonialism) Path dependence - the idea that decisions we are faced with depend on past knowledge trajectory and decisions made, and are thus limited by the current competence base.
