| 1 | History: Colonialism and Imperialism | |
| 2 | History: Ideas and Ideologies of Progress and Modernization | |
| 3 | Concepts: Pro versus Anti-Development | |
| 4 | Concepts: The question of Ethics | |
| 5 | Economic Development Theories: Neoclassical and Dependency | |
| 6 | Economic Development Theories: State Intervention and the East Asian Miracle | |
| 7 | Economic Development Theories: New Institutionalism and Law | |
| 8 | Alternative Development Theories: Human Rights and Development | |
| 9 | Development theories today in the context of global crisis | |
| 10 | Actors: State | |
| 11 | Actors: Markets and Marketization | |
| 12 | Actors: Civil Society: NGOs and Social Movements | Group project presentation |
| 13 | Actors: Informal Economy and Illegality | |
| 14 | Actors: Global Actors and Institutions | |
| 15 | Multi-level planning and Scale | |
| 16 | Key Issues: Governance of complexity in a globalized world | |
| 17 | Key Issues: Urban-Rural linkages and tradeoffs | |
| 18 | Key Issues: Migration and Development | |
| 19 | Key Issues: Participatory development | |
| 20 | Key Issues: Corruption and reform of public institutions | |
| 21 | Key Issues: Trade, Outsourcing, and labor standards | |
| 22 | Key Issues: Aid and development | |
| 23 | Key Issues: Global Poverty | |
| 24 | Key Issues: Security and post-conflict development and Review | Final paper due |
