SOSC 2800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dependency Theory, Conflict Theories, Modernization Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2800
• Professor: Merouan Mekouar

Document Summary

Sosc 2800 - development in comparative and historical perspective october 3rd, 2016. Inequality, poor infrastructure, unemployment, sub-standard housing, poor health (cid:272)are : co(cid:374)sidera(cid:271)le (cid:448)ariatio(cid:374) (cid:894)i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)e, gro(cid:449)th (cid:895, 2. 1 billion people living on less than 3. 1$ a day (2012) Social under-development: human development index, school enrollment, adult literacy, life expectancy, and gdp. Impacted by government policies: over vs. under-achievers, generally in progress but still much to be done. Political under-development: economic development may or may not be accompanied by democratic institutions, democracy matters for economic development, more stability, more accountability, less violence. The causes of under-development: modernization theory, developing countries should follow the path established by western countries, need to acquire modern values and get rid of traditional ones. Importance of education, urbanization, and media: too optimistic, simplistic, conflict theory. Sosc 2800 - development in comparative and historical perspective october 3rd, 2016: the reconciliation approach.