Development Studies – Economics – Open Elective – Bangalore City University – NEP Syllabus 2021
December 1, 2021Development Studies – Economics – Open Elective – Bangalore City University – NEP Syllabus 2021
Unit 1: Development: Meaning and Current Challenges
Chapter 1: Meaning of Development
• The concept of development,
• Growth and Development
• Transition from quantitative to qualitative indices
Chapter 2: Modern economic growth
• Characteristics of modern economic growth
• Regional and global disparities
• Common characteristics and dissimilarities among developing countries.
Chapter 3: Current Development Challenges
• Inequality
• Migration
• Conflicts
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Unit 2: Approaches to Development
Chapter 4: Development Ethics
• Concept and meaning
• Principles and importance of Development Ethics
Chapter 5: Assessing Development
• Per capita income
• PQLI
• Choice and Capabilities
• HDI
Chapter 6: Approaches of Development
• Adam Smith
• Marx
Unit 3: Theories and Current Issues in Development
Chapter 7: Theories of Development
• Theorizing Development – Modernization Theory, Dependency Theory
• Capitalist World System
• The evolution of thought on poverty reduction
• Colonial Regimes and Their Legacies
Chapter 8: The Industrial Revolution
• Genesis and Spread
• International specialization of Labour/Industry
• Industrial Labour
• ILO and its activities to promote labour standards
Chapter 9: Environment and development
• Increasing degradation of natural environment – water and air pollution and deforestation
• Depletion of global commons
• Sustainable development – concept and measures
• SDGs
• Climate Change – Causes, Impact, Measures of Mitigation and Adaptations
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