During this unit, you'll be introduced to the foundational principles and practices of development on a local and global scale. Explore the relationship between international and community development principles and practices and investigate historical developments in the way that development has been undertaken. Conceptualise and measure poverty and investigate and think critically about how people can be empowered to be free. Interrogate the politics of aid, conflicts, rights and development. Examine developments issues related to gender, equity and sustainability.
5 courses
Deakin University is Australia’s eighth largest university with more than 53,000 students from more than 100 countries studying online and on-campus. With world-class teaching and research, Deakin produces sought-after graduates poised to make a real difference in the world.
Yamini Narayanan is a Senior Lecturer in International and Community Development at Deakin University, interested in South Asian urbanism; feminism, religion and development; & animals and development
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