DVM 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: International Development, Statism, Extreme Poverty
13 Jan 2017
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Development as economic progress: main stream approach--harry truman. Has roots in the enlightenment movement: focus on rational/ intellectual movement, separation of church and state, fundamental transformation of peoples understanding of themselves. Beyond the neutral nature of development theory. Extreme poverty is shrinking worldwide, but is still widespread in africa. Mainstream international development: truman"s proposal: a new era, modernization theories, normative frameworks in western perspective, development as morality to help. A dichotomous structure in international political economy. A contradiction between development and the market economy. Development from within, but depends on external forces. A reductionist view of ethics of development. Mastery and control in the moral outlook. Ethics mean morality to help and not a duty for justice. A short review of the history of development ethics. Need for a humanist view of economy. Development is the task of forging new values and new civilizations in settings, where most existing institutions contradict human aspirations. Development must be grounded on human"s values.
