POG 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rio Declaration On Environment And Development, Human Development Index, Direct Democracy
21 Jan 2018
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Cause of underdevelopment: exclusive focus on economic growth: failure to focus on people directly, neglect of education, health, problems of inequality and discrimination, violations of human rights. Development strategies: starting with people not things, e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)di(cid:374)g people"s (cid:272)apa(cid:271)ilities/(cid:272)hoi(cid:272)es/rights-vast spectrum of possibilities including improving healthcare, nutrition, reducing inequalities, empowering women, ending discrimination, promoting democracy, human rights etc. Agents of development: national, regional, and local governments/private sector/csos/multilateral/bilateral aid agencies, no explicit preference for state over market. Intellectual roots: brundtland report, rio declaration, context: grounded in critique of conception of human development which fails to take into consideration future generations and significance of non-human animals and non-animal nature. What is development: well-being of future generations as well as present generations. Development indicators: human sustainable development index and carbon emissions, un sustainable development goals sdgs. Causes of underdevelopment: exclusive focus on economic growth: neglect of people-centered dimensions of development, violations of human rights but also neglect of future generations.
