INTL DV 140Decolonizing Political Economy: Colonialism and Development

Introduction to approaches and intellectual traditions of critical development studies. Violence of colonization and struggle for decolonization were two of defining processes of 20th century. Consideration of how development as global good can be reconciled with its origins in colonialism, and how development became hegemonic way of imagining decolonization. Particular focus on voices of critique and special emphasis to models of development that emerged from Africa, Middle East, and South Asia. Discussion of relationship between rival notions of development and competing ideas of international relations.

Letter grading.