Development Studies. Introduction

2021/2022

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Кафедра демографии (Институт демографии имени А.Г. Вишневского)

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Преподаватели

Вереземская Полина Сергеевна

Козлов Владимир Александрович

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The disciplines is devoted to the basic components of development studies: - population growth and it connection with the social transformation and economic development - human development indicators - the role of international organizations in development - climatic factor. The educational program was prepared in the framework of a research grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (grant ID: 075-15-2020-978)».

Learning Objectives

• To understand the basic theories of development and logic under them To calculate the basic indexes of development To distinguish the responsibility of international organizations and local actors To estimate the role of climatic factor in development

Expected Learning Outcomes

• The students can measure and compare the development
• To know the basic principes of economic development, the triggers and traps for development. Understand the examples and formulate the development policy
• To know the basic role of population in development, the role of international organizations and the principles of sustainable development goals
• To understand the roots and the posibilities of solution for the global problems

Course Contents

• Introduction. Population growth and development.
• Indicators of development
• The concept of sustainable development
• The role of international organizations in development
• Ecological factors of development

Assessment Elements

• Hometask
• Activity
• Project
• Exam (final)

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 2nd module
  0.25 * Exam (final) + 0.3 * Hometask + 0.2 * Activity + 0.25 * Project

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Advancing human development : theory and practice, Stewart, F., 2018
• Baker, B. (2011). World Development : An Essential Text. Oxford: New Internationalist. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=420203
• Daron Acemoglu, & James A. Robinson. (2019). Rents and economic development: the perspective of Why Nations Fail. Public Choice, (1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-019-00645-z
• Economic development : what everyone needs to know, Giugale, M. M., 2014
• Economic development, Todaro, M. P., 2015
• Essentials of human development : a life-span view, Kail, R. V., 2014
• Explaining long-term trends in health and longevity, Fogel, R. W., 2012
• Global problems, smart solutions : costs and benefits, , 2013
• Handbook of theory and practice of sustainable development in higher education, , 2017
• How much have global problems cost the world? : a scorecard from 1900 to 2050, , 2013
• The changing body : health, nutrition, and human development in the Western World since 1700, Floud, R., 2012
• The creative wealth of nations : can the arts advance development?, Kabanda, A., 2018
• The institutions curse : natural resources, politics, and development, Menaldo, V., 2016
• The politics of technological progress : parties, time horizons, and long-term economic development, Simmons, J. W., 2016

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Dinc Mustafa Introduction to Regional Economic Development [Book]. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.
• The future of world religions [Elektronische Ressource] : population growth projections, 2010-2050 / Pew Research Center. (2015). Washington/D.C: Pew Research Center. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.449000877
• V. V. Perskaya. (2019). The World Economic Forum in Davos: Poverty and Inequality of Income Distribution as Evil Phenomena of Modern World Development. Экономика. Налоги. Право, (2), 49. https://doi.org/10.26794/1999-849X-2019-12-2-49-58