Deck 1: Development

Question 1

Development, as a project, had its origin in the colonial era because ______.

A) European powers once depended on the colonies for resources and markets
B) the global south needed a leader, which can only be found in Europe
C) Europe is the largest continent in the world
D) Europe survived most development crisis in the past

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The advantage of the Human Development Index (HDI) over the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is that it (HDI) focuses more on ______.

A) composite economic indicators
B) composite assets
C) composite of life expectancy and literacy
D) composite of morbidity and mortality

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The development paradox refers to the extent to which participatory methods reproduce ______, and renew development's legitimacy as poverty adversary.

A) class equality
B) class conflict
C) income
D) inequalities

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The colonization of African, Asian, and Latin American countries by European powers is driven mainly by one of the following notions of development. Which is it?

A) development as a social process
B) development as a moral right
C) development as a political intervention
D) development as operation freedom

Question 5

Development extended many forms of social engineering to colonies in order to help them develop like the Europeans. These include, all of the following EXCEPT:

A) forced labor schemes
B) schooling
C) segregation
D) annihilation

Question 6

While ______ produced new class inequalities within colonized societies, ______ racialized international inequality.

A) colonialism, industrialism
B) industrialism, colonialism
C) racism, industrialism
D) colonialism, racism

Question 7

The English factory-model called "Lancaster School" was established in ______.

A) Lancaster
B) Ghana
C) Egypt
D) Sudan

Question 8

One implication of Walt Rostow's work, "Stages of Economic Growth" is that ______.

A) development is not an evolutionary process
B) development should follow Western model of free enterprise
C) development should create a society in which all are equal
D) development should lead to underdevelopment

Question 9

The theorization of development as a series evolutionary, linear stages is most associated with the work of ______.

A) Walt Towsrow
B) Walt Rostow
C) Walt Veigen
D) Immanuel Wallestein

Question 10

Although the Rostow's "Stages of Growth" represent development as a series of evolutionary stages, its success depended on ______.

A) political struggle between the Rostow and Marx
B) political alliance between the West and the Soviet Union
C) political context and a development state willing to create and protect free enterprise
D) political leaders unwilling to fight terrorism and other global wars

Question 11

______ stages of growth include the traditional stage, the take-off stage, the drive to technological maturity, and the high mass consumption stage.

A) Wallerstein's
B) Durkheim's
C) Marx's
D) Rostow's

Question 12

Dependency analysis posits that development of the ______.

A) First World occurred at the expense of the underdevelopment of the Third World
B) Third World was delayed because of religious beliefs
C) First World was solely responsible for the underdevelopment of the Third World
D) Third World was spurred by environmental conditions

Question 13

All of the following are associated with dependency analysis, except ______.

A) Hans Singer
B) Raul Prebisch
C) Andre Gunder Frank
D) Edward Said

Question 14

In World Systems and Dependency analysis model, the ______ or ______ countries, typically extract resources from ______ or ______ countries.

A) semi-periphery or First World, core or First World
B) core or First World, peripheral or Third World
C) periphery or Third World, core or First World
D) core or Second World, peripheral or First World

Question 15

The "development project" and "globalization project" are similar in all of these respects, except that ______.

A) both projects focus on the relations between First and Third World
B) both projects are consequences of post-colonialism
C) both projects are examples of idealistic contracts
D) both projects emphasized the important role of the market

Question 16

The effect of technology 'decoupling' from nature is known as ______.

A) ecological paradox
B) globalization paradox
C) environmentalist paradox
D) sustainability paradox

Question 17

The sustainability project is a response to the development and globalization projects in the sense that it addresses the ______.

A) benefits of development
B) social and environmental crises caused by globalization
C) challenges posed by climate change only
D) political power vacuums caused by development

Question 18

The fact that North Americans consume fast foods that may include chicken diced in Mexico or hamburger beef from cattle raised in Costa Rica illustrates the fact that we have become ______.

A) global consumers
B) global citizens
C) global clients
D) global capitalists

Question 19

Which of the following are consequences of large-scale farming?

A) increasing greenhouse emissions
B) disruption of agrarian cultures
C) dependency on fossil fuels
D) investment in oil production

Question 20

Eduardo Galeano observation, "advertising enjoins everyone to consume, while the economy prohibits the vast majority of humanity from doing so...", implies that ______.

A) access to the world's material wealth is extraordinarily uneven
B) global consumers are a minority
C) advertising is biased
D) global consumerism is not necessarily a universal aspiration

Question 21

Development, today, is increasingly about how we survive the future, rather than how we improve on the past.

Question 22

Development ends justify its means, regardless of how socially and ecologically disruptive the process maybe.

Question 23

Dependency was meant for non-European nations to become developed.

Question 24

The "Stages of Growth" represent development as a reversible, natural, and spontaneous process.

Question 25

Dependency analysis arose as a critique of Weberian theory.

Question 26

World division of labor focuses on local labor markets around the world.

Question 27

The main advantage of "Human Development Index" over conventional measures such as "Gross National Product" is its focus on ecological consequences of development.

Question 28

The development, globalization, and sustainability projects have the same goals.

Question 29

Briefly explain the statement: "Development's ends justify its means".

Question 30

What is the difference between development as a "social process" and development as "political intervention"?

Question 31

What is the relationship between "White Man's Burden" and development as a project?

Question 32

Explain the statement: "Development involved a relation of power."

Question 33

What function did the "colonial division of labor" serve, during the colonial era, and in shaping the terms of reference of the development project?

Question 34

Explain how development theory is challenged by social change.

Question 35

Briefly explain the "environmentalist's paradox":

Question 36

Briefly explain each of these: development project, globalization project and sustainability project.