International Development Theories Compared

How do international development theories help us understand and conceptualize development? How do we define development, anyway? Here, our new host Miss E will lead you through different international development theories, from Modernization Theory, Dependency Theory, Neoliberalism, Critical theories, to the more contemporary expressions of development, such as Amartya Sen's Human Development and more recently, the UN's Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. Which one best explains the international development situation today? Do any of them do a good job - or is development too complex of a concept to neatly fit into a single box.

Thanks again to Miss E for the exceptional job hosting this one! Hopefully you'll see more of her in future videos!

Sources:

Global Politics Guide, 2017, International Baccalaureate.

Heywood, Andrew. Global Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Murphy, Robert, and Charles Gleek. Global Politics: Supporting Every Learner across the IB Continuum. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited, 2016.

Sen, Amartya (1999). Development as Freedom. New York: Oxford University Press.

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[nominlee]

I am writing an essay about the development of the global south at that period. This video help me to figure out the relative theories better. Thanks a

[Ziddiiq]

Really loved the way you breezed over such a wide and complex topic with clarity and coherence .... Thank You

[olivefigg]

Amazing video! Please post more content on development!!!!

[matthewfellows]

There's no such thing as gender equality. That's what I learned in this class.

[yassineelboujadaini]

thanks for this vedeo, it"s great .

[Existential_Indian]

By the way, Amarta Sen is from my city of Calcutta, once the capital of British colonial empire. ) So you see, i also have some interesting stories to tell you girl... 🙂✌