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This module explores the current crisis of international development. Why
is it so difficult to assist developing societies? Why it seems that
differences among people cannot be or should not be bridged? Why is there a
deep skepticism and pessimism regarding the recuperative powers of
developing societies? In order to address these questions, the module
engages with changing perspectives in international development. First it
discusses the invention of development after the Second World War. Second
it examines how in the 1990s development came to be linked to an
institution-building and state-building process. Third it explores how
development is increasingly becoming an individualist process of removing
unfreedoms that is detached from social and political contexts. It is
crucial to understand this trajectory to grasp the current crisis of
international development and rethink forms of international assistance.
There is no core reading for this module. There will be specific readings
and audiovisual material (films, documentaries or songs) for each class
(max 25 pages). In the first class (April 19), for example, students are
expected to listen to the song: ‘Fanfare for the Common Man’, New York
Philharmonic, James Levine. They also need to read pages 18-42 from the
following article:
Fritz, Charles (1996), *Disasters and Mental Health, *Disaster Research
Center, University of Delaware. (Read only pages: 18-42). Access at:
http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/bitstream/19716/1325/1/HC%2010.pdf
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