POLS 2080 Chapter Notes -Neocolonialism, Social Capital, Walt Whitman Rostow
9 Jul 2014
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Chapter 1: meaning, measurement, and morality in international development. International development studies aims to explain both the diversity evident in the world in relation to human well-being and the common patterns that emerge when comparing people, social groups, nations, economic and political systems, and regions of the world. Relationship among nations: critical theorists note that. Shape future policy making: history of labeling help track the progression of important concepts and approaches, modern concept of development" is traced back to us president harry. This concept implies universal measurement of development and that nations can be assessed against this standard. Inadequate food: disease, primitive economic life, poverty, scientific advancement, skill and technical knowledge. 150 years: prior to truman"s speech the terms underdeveloped was rarely used, instead the terms backwards areas" or economically backwards areas" were more common. Backwards term was seen as derogatory and verging on supremacist.
