ANTH 251 - Progress and Poverty

3 Credit(s)

Did you ever wonder why there are such disparities between rich and poor countries when many of the raw materials used in industry are found in those poor countries? What is the relationship between the richer “developed” (First World) countries and poorer “underdeveloped” (Third World) countries? This course introduces students to the historical roots of the crisis of underdevelopment and looks critically at what development agencies are doing to solve it. Students examine the nature of world-wide economic systems at the root of these disparities and how these disparities have lead to broad trends of unemployment, poverty, disease, and political instability in the developing world and, increasingly, in the developed world as well.
Prerequisite(s): No prerequisite.

Formerly: (FORMERLY ANTH 304)