Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2018

     

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GLBL 502 002 (CRN: 14529)

INSTITUTIONS & DEVELOPMENT

Long Title: INSTITUTIONS & DEVELOPMENT
Department: Global Affairs
Instructor: Jones, Mark P.
Meeting: 6:00PM - 9:00PM R (10-OCT-2018 - 30-NOV-2018) 
Part of Term: 2nd Half of Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 1.5
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
 
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Section Max Enrollment: 25
Section Enrolled: 19
Enrollment data as of: 16-APR-2024 8:38AM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: GR Course-Dept Schedules Exam
 
Description: This course will explore a broad, multidisciplinary range methodologies and requisite analytical tools needed to identify, measure, and assess the determinants and effects of international development, the nature of change in the development process, and of the associated role of policy and institutional design. This will include the normative analysis of change (applying various concepts of well-being, efficiency, social justice and poverty), the application of economic concepts (to the interpretation of household and firm behavior, strategic interactions and economy-wide patterns), and the role of political, governmental and social behavior in shaping the possibilities for, drivers of and resistance to change. This will be undertaken through a mixture of discussion of overall patterns backed by a strong focus on case studies in particular country settings. Master of Global Affairs students only.