PSC 246 - Developing Nations

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR (students beginning prior to Fall 2024): Meets general academic requirement SL and DE.
A study of the politics of developing nations, their struggles to overcome poverty and underdevelopment, their efforts at nation-building, and their impact in the world. The challenges and dilemmas of modernization and contending theories about the causes of underdevelopment and appropriate development strategies will be discussed.