Semester: IV Course: Development Studies Faculty: Dr William Nunes & Prof. (Dr.

) Ranita Nagar

Gujarat National Law University

Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India)

Course Outline

of

Development Studies

For

BA. LLB

Semester: IV (Batch: 2020-2025)

Session: January – June 2022

Faculty Members:
Dr. William Nunes & Prof. (Dr.) Ranita Nagar

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Sr. No. Contents Page No.

1.0 Objectives of the course 03

2.0 Proposed teaching schedule 03

3.0 Detailed course-outline 04-05

4.0 Prescribed/Recommended readings 05-07

5.0 Teaching methodology 07

6.0 Evaluation pattern 07

7.0 Tentative dates for test/submission of project/GD, etc 07

8.0 Important instructions to students 07-08

9.0 Contact hours 08

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1.0 Objectives of the Course

This paper is an introductory course in Development Studies. Development is a universal

phenomenon, universal in the sense that it is a world-wide concept which means differently in different
context. There are many new social challenges and problems as well as old ones, including persistence
of poverty and unfulfilled basic needs, occurrence of wide spread hunger, violation of freedom, basic
liberties, and worsening threats to our environment and to the sustainability of economic and social
lives. Many of these deprivations can be observed, in one form or another, in rich countries as well as
poor ones.

Overcoming these challenges is a central part of the exercise of development studies. The course
covers wide range of issues of development studies in its historical context thereby proceeding to
highlight several of its categories, which have developed administrative salience and capabilities to deal
with the process to change. The recent development studies, particularly, the emergence of sustainable
development and environmentalism are incorporated within the larger paradigm of democratic
legitimacy. The importance modernism and globalization is also highlighted. This course with above-
mentioned perspectives, in view comprises about 55 Lectures of fifty five minutes duration.

2.0 Proposed Teaching Schedule

No. of Sessions
Module No. Modules
(Classes)
IV.4.1 Understanding Development: An overview 05
IV.4.2 Development: Concept and Paradigms 05
IV.4.3 Economic Growth and Development 08
IV.4.4 Approaches to the Study of Development 07
IV. 4.5 Subaltern and Development 05

IV.4.6 Security, Conflict and Development 05

IV.4.7 Dynamics of Development-I 07

IV.4.8 Economic Systems, Development and Impacts 07

IV.4.9 New Institutional Economics and Development 07
IV.4.10 Governance and Development 04

Total = 60

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3.0 Detailed Course Outline

Module- IV.4.1 Understanding Development: An overview Sessions: 05

o A brief History of Development Studies

o Purpose of Development Studies
o Future of Development Studies
Cases

Module- IV. 4.2 Development: Concept and Paradigms Sessions: 05

o Human Development
o Political Development
o The Global South
o Social and Cultural Dynamics to Development
o The East Asian ‘miracle’
o Development State Theory

Module- IV. 4.4: Economic Growth and Development Sessions: 08

o COVID-19 & Health : Efficacy of Lockdown; Incomplete Information;

Deterrence Theory/Efficient Precaution Theory during COVID-19
o Quantitative Data Analysis: Correlation and Regression
o Theories of Growth & Theories of Economic Development

Module- IV. 4.5 Approaches to the Study of Development Sessions: 07

o Neo-Liberal Theories
o Dependency Theories
o Human Capabilities Theories
o Gandhian Theories
Cases
➢
Module- IV. 4.6 Subaltern and Development Sessions: 05

o A Brief history of subaltern development

o Women and Development
o Gender and Development
o Sexual Identity and Development
Cases
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Module-IV.4.7 Security, Conflict and Development Sessions: 05

o The Merging of Development & Security

o Conflict, Security and Development
o Post Conflict Development

Module-IV.4.8 Dynamics of Development-I Sessions: 07

o Social Exclusion and Discrimination

o Marginalization
o Development and Displacement
o Inclusive Development
o Freedom, Entitlement and Human Rights
o Dalit and Development: Critical Debates

Module-IV.4.9 Economic Systems, Development and Impacts Sessions: 07

o Economic Systems and Development

o Constitution, Amendments and Development
o India and Development (Select Sectors)

Module- IV.4.10 New Institutional Economics and Development Sessions: 07

o Evolution of Institutional Economics

o Impact of Institutional Economics in Property Law
o Experimental Economics and Institutions

Module-IV.4.11 Governance and Development Sessions:04

o Governance: An Overview
o Participatory and Decentralized Governance
o E-Governance and Development
Cases
➢

1. Prescribed/Recommended Readings

Prescribed Readings

1. Hussain A & M Dubey, Democracy Sustainable development and peace (Oxford

University Press 2014)
2. Pattanaik, B. K. Introduction to Development Studies (Sage 2016)
3. Sen A, Development as freedom (Oxford University Press 2000)

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4. Paul H, Understanding Development (Polity Press 2018)

5. Orford A & Beard J, Making the State Safe for the Market: The World Bank’s World
Development Report 1997 (Melbourne University Law Review 1998)
6. N Douglass, Institutions, Institutional change and Economic Performance (Cambridge
University Press 1990)
7. Duflo E & Banerjee A, Poor Economics (Public Affairs 2011)
8. Thirlwall, A. P., Growth and Development: With Special Reference To Developing: with
Special Reference to Developing Economies (Macmillan International Higher Education
1994)
9. Pistor K, How the Law creates wealth and inequality ( Princeton University Press 2019)
10. Ginsburg T & Melton, Does the Constitutional amendment rule matter at all? Amendment
cultures and the challenges of measuring amendment difficulty, (International Journal of
Constitutional Law, Vol.13, 2015)
11. Piketty T, Capital in the Twenty First Century (Harvard University Press 2013)
12. Chandrashekhar C.P & Ghosh J, Indian Banking Current Challenges and alternatives for
the future ( Economic Research Foundation 2018)
13. Jhingan, M. L., The Economics of Development and Planning (Vrinda Publications 2011)

Recommended Readings

1. Stiglitz J E, Globalization And Its Discontents (W W Norton 2002)

2. Arora N D, Political Theory (Har Anand Publication 2001)
3. Sunjoy Joshi and Marlies Linke (eds), Sustainable Development and Climate Change (
Academic Foundation 2011)
4. Kothari, U. (ed), A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals,
Institutions and Ideologies
5. Allen, T and Thomas, A., Poverty and Development into the 21st Century ( Oxford
University Press 2000)
6. Beer De Frik and Swanepoel, H., Introduction to Development Studies. (Oxford
University Press 2000)
7. Potter, B Robert and Desai, V., The Companion to Development Studies ( Oxford
University Press 2000)
8. Rist, G., The History of Development-from Western Origin to Global Faith ( Zed Books
London 2002)
9. Rapley, J., Understanding Development- Theory and Practice in the Third World ( UCL Press
Limited 1997)
10. Bogumil, Terminski, Development Induced Displacement and Resettlement: causes,
consequences and socio-legal context (Stuttgart, Germany: Ibidem Press 2015)
11. Pieterse, Jan Nederveen, “The Development of Development Theory: Towards
Critical Globalism”, in Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 541-
564, 1996
12. Jindra, Michael, “The Dilemma of Equality and Diversity”, in Current Anthropology,
Vol. 55, No. 3. 316-334, 2014
13. Smith, B.C., Good Governance and Development (Palgrave Macmillan 2007)

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14. Goel, S L, Good Governance –An Integral Approach (Deep and Deep Publications New
Delhi 2007)

NB: The above is the non-exhaustive list of reading references. Additional reference will be
given by the faculty members from time to time. Nevertheless, students are advised to
explore further reading references independently.

4.0 Teaching Methodology

 Lecture Method
 Case Analysis wherever required.
 Classroom Participation

Evaluation Pattern
Evaluation: Marks

Continuous Evaluation…………………………………………….……… .50

Project and Viva:
(Mid Semester: details will be discussed in consultation with Examination)
End-Semester Examination………………………………………………....50

Total 100

Continuous Evaluation: (Instruction by the faculty-members)

5.0 Tentative Dates for Continuous Evaluation Test/ Submission of Project/

GD, etc.,

 Project Registration: : 07 February 2022

 Project Submission: : 05 March 2022
 Viva-Voce : 21 March 2022

6.0 Important Instructions to Students

 Active class participation of the students is highly desired to facilitate better

understanding of the subject.
 The given course outline is tentative. The faculty member may modify it while preparing
the reference material and engaging the classes.

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 Both faculty-member and students may mould the course-outline according to needs as
and when it arises for better and progressive understanding of the subject in a flexible
way;
 The teaching methodology of the subject will not necessarily be bound by the parameters
shown here.

7.0 Contact Hours

Days: Thursday and Friday
Timings: 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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