IDSA01H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Neocolonialism, Developmentalism
11 Dec 2018
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Dev studies emphasizes a nuanced and critical approach that challenges students to qsn conventional wisdoms, particularly the established verities of the development enterprise. Don"t be critical for the sake of being critical, do better for the sake of doing better. Don"t want to tear up the whole system of development. Let"s think differently there"s other ways we could make a different system work better. Don"t just accept what"s talk to you qsn it! Understanding who has power and who doesnt as a window to understanding development process critical development studies (who is influencing our understanding of issues and whose opinions are being ignored?) Understanding who has power and who doesn"t as a window to understanding development processes. Hence understanding politics, history and colonialism are particularly important. We in theory have the power to select or elect the ppl to represent us. That"s a form of citizen power in democratic society we are lucky to have.
