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The Political Economy of Development

2025/2026
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
4
ECTS credits
Delivered at:
School of Sociology
Course type:
Compulsory course
When:
2 year, 3 module

Instructors

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Why are some nations rich, while others are poor? The course ‘Political Economy of Development’ is dedicated to deal systematically with this oldest question of political economy. The course aims at introducing the academic study of development for general social scientists. The course presents major trends and changes in development theory and their bearings on development policy and practice, critically discussing emergence and evolution of theories, concepts, paradigms in political economy of development.