Lecture abstract for AAU-DIR students.... "Development:

1. 7th Semester, 2011 DIR Lecture Abstract
Development: Theories, Policies, and Strategies in Critical,
Historical, and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Parts I, II, III)
Lecturer: Bonn Juego
Dates: Part I: 3 October 2011 (Time: 12.30 – 14.15)
Part II: 5 October 2011 (Time: 08.15 – 10:00)
Part III: 12 October 2011 (Time: 14.30 – 16.15)
Room: Fibigerstraede 2, room 1 – Aalborg University, Denmark
The lecture will be composed of three interrelated parts and will be held in three
different sessions—on 3, 5, and 12 October.
The first and second parts will give a comprehensive survey and review of the
classic debates—both old and contemporary—that have shaped development theory
and policy in the last 500 years. The scope ranges from the political economy of
capitalist development under conditions of imperialism to the particularities of state-
market relations in the epoch of neoliberal globalisation. It will investigate the causes
of the wealth and poverty of nations, examining varying factors (such as culture,
institutions, geography, disease, technology, and economic activities) identified and
promoted in development thought and practice from the 17th century to the present.
The third part will give an overview of political-economic development strategies
that have made rich countries rich, from England to continental Europe and the
United States of America in the 17th-20th centuries, and East Asia since the late 20th
century. At the same time, it will discuss why poor countries stay poor and why it has
been difficult to create middle-income countries at this historical juncture with
reference to the centuries- and decades-old tragedies in major parts of Africa, Asia,
Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Special attention is given to policy success and
failures in specific contexts, history of colonialism, theory of uneven economic
development, the crisis of neoliberalism, ‘welfare colonialism’ in the development aid
system, and the material and ideological interests in the politics and economics of
development.
The three lecture sessions will be discussed in an interdisciplinary approach derived
from the fields of critical political economy, development economics, and economic
history. Particular emphasis is given not only on the ‘history of development thought’
(i.e., what theorists said must happen) but on the seemingly non-existent academic
discipline: the ‘history of development policy and strategy’ (i.e., what policies and
strategies were/are actually followed).
Students are very much encouraged to read the references before the lecture sessions.
Lecture slides are not substitutes for the reading references. Active participation in the
debates and discussions is most earnestly sought.

2. REFERENCES:
Ha-Joon Chang (2003) Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical
Perspective, London: Anthem Press.
Justin Lin and Ha-Joon Chang (2009) ‘Should Industrial Policy in Developing
Countries Conform to Comparative Advantage or Defy it? A Debate Between
Justin Lin and Ha-Joon Chang’, in Development Policy Review, Vol. 27, No. 5,
pp. 483-502.
Ben Fine, Costas Lapavitsas, and Jonathan Pincus (eds) (2001) Development Policy in
the Twenty-First Century: Beyond the post-Washington Consensus, Oxon:
Routledge.
David Harvey (2005) A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
David Harvey (2011) The Enigma of Capital: And the Crises of Capitalism, London:
Profile Books.
Ronaldo Munck and Denis O’Hearn (eds) (1999) Critical Development Theory:
Contributions to a New Paradigm, London: Zed Books.
Erik Reinert (2007) How Rich Countries Got Rich ... And Why Poor Countries Stay
Poor, London: Constable.
John Toye (1987) Dilemmas of Development: Reflections on the Counter-Revolution
in Development Theory and Policy, Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
DOWNLOADABLE READING MATERIALS:
Ha-Joon Chang (2011) ‘Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark: how development has
disappeared from today’s “development” discourse’, in Shahrukh Rafi Khan and
Jens Christiansen (eds) Towards New Developmentalism: Market as means rather
than master, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 47-58.
David Harvey (2011) The Enigma of Capital: And the Crises of Capitalism, London:
Profile Books. Chapter 5 – ‘Capital Evolves’, pp. 119-139.
Justin Lin and Ha-Joon Chang (2009) ‘Should Industrial Policy in Developing
Countries Conform to Comparative Advantage or Defy it? A Debate Between
Justin Lin and Ha-Joon Chang’, in Development Policy Review, Vol. 27, No. 5,
pp. 483-502.
Erik Reinert (2006) ‘Development and Social Goals: Balancing Aid and Development
to Prevent “Welfare Colonialism”’, DESA Working Paper No. 14, United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, January.