Course: Development Theories

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Course title Development Theories
Course code MRS/GRT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jochim Vojtěch, Mgr.
  • Nováček Pavel, doc. RNDr. CSc.
  • Dluhý Radovan, Mgr.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Escobar, A. (2011). Encountering Development. Princeton University Press.
  • Ferguson, J. (2007). Global Shadows: Africa in the neoliberal order. Duke University Press.
  • Harvey, D. (2014). Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism. Oxford University Press.
  • Klein, N. (2007). The Shock Doctrine. Metropolitan Books.
  • Kothari, A. et al. (2019). Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary. Tulika Books.
  • Moore, J. (2017). A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things. University of California Press.
  • Rahnema, M. (1997). The Post-Development Reader. David Philip.
  • Roy, A. (2015). Capitalism A Ghost Story. Verso.
  • Sachs, W. (2009). Development Dictionary. Zed Books.
  • So, Alvin Y. (1990). Social change and development: modernization, dependency, and world-system theories. London: Sage Publications.
  • Soderbaum, S. and Sorensen, J. (2012). Beyond the Development Security Nexus. Development Dialogue.
  • Wallerstein, I. (2004). World-Systems Analysis. Duke University Press.
  • Zuboff, S. (2019). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. Public Affairs.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in Transition to Sustainability (2024) Category: Geography courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in International Development (2024) Category: Geography courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter