Final exam 2022 DUP
Across
- 2. Many scholars, such as Robert Putnam, who study social ___ (useful resources inherent in social relationships that typically emerge from civil society) are criticized for ignoring social power (Harris, Week 7).
- 5. Chambers argues that measuring and assessing poverty is best done through a ___ approach, such as ___ rural appraisal, or PRA (Chambers, Week 9).
- 8. Escobar argued that the main problem facing most poor countries was that they were being colonized not by armies but by development d____ [leave out the initial letter “d”] (Escobar, Week 10).
- 9. Evans argues that countries like Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are examples of developmental states characterized by being both ___ within society as well as autonomous of it (Evans, Week 5).
- 12. Bonilla-Silva argues against an i____ [leave off the initial ‘i’] view of racism which argues that racism is a set of beliefs that lead individuals to discriminate against minority races. Instead, Bonilla-Silva favors a view of racism that is structural.
- 13. W.W. Rostow’s fourth stage of modernization is the Drive to ____, in which imports are replaced by domestic production and new industries emerge and accelerate as they apply new technology (Rostow, Week 3).
- 18. In Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck focuses on a confrontation between a poor person and someone sent to take away his ____. (Steinbeck, Week 10)
- 19. Scott argues that, when faced with more powerful forces, peasants such as those he studied in Malaysia, can use what he calls “W____ of the Weak” [Leave out the initial letter ‘w’] to resist (Scott, Week 13)
- 22. The approach that Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen is most associated with is the ___ [hint: singular] deprivation approach to understanding poverty (Ehrenpreis, Week 2).
- 23. Amartya Sen argues that ___ is important to development for several reasons, including that it constitutes part of development, is helpful for promoting economically remunerative activities, and influences economic behavior and political participation (Sen, Week 7).
- 25. The economist who loomed large over the Bretton Woods meeting that established the World Bank and IMF and became a blueprint for the postworld capitalist economy (Ripley, Week 3)
- 26. DiJohn criticizes the theory of the ___ curse, arguing for instance, that the theory cannot explain the long-run variation and change in economic growth in ___-rich countries (DiJohn, Week 10).
Down
- 1. Sen rejects the idea that South Korea’s superior record of development compared to Ghana can be based on culture, charging the argument is an example of an explanation based on cultural d____ [leave off the initial ‘d’] (Sen, Week 7).
- 3. Sen advocates democracy for three primary reasons: its intrinsic, its constructive and its i____ [leave off the initial ‘i’] value—the last referring to democracy’s practical value, such as facilitating people’s ability to raise their economic needs as a political issue (Sen, Week 6)
- 4. Kanbur discusses fundamental disagreements related to poverty between two groups: Group A, which he dubs the “____ Ministry,” and Group B which he labels “Civil Society”. (Kanbur, Week 2).
- 6. One issue that Group A and Group B do not disagree about – and in fact is called a ‘red herring’ is the issue of economic ___. One key point of disagreement is instead about distribution. (Kanbur, Week 3).
- 7. Among the best professors you’ve ever had – smart, punctual, and with incredible, inimitable handwriting [rhymes with “Schmonaldson,”] (Donaldson, entire sem).
- 10. Leftwich argues that ___ and development often require incompatible institutions, in part because ___ [same word] is inherently conservative, whereas development requires radical changes (Leftwich, Week 7).
- 11. Mellor argues that in order for industrialization to be more effective in promoting development and poverty reduction, countries should initially focus on promoting a____ [leave off the initial ‘a’]. This idea has not had a central place in development economics (Mellor, Week 9).
- 14. One way of understanding poverty, was the idea that certain individuals or groups of people are excluded from taking part in key activities of life. This is known as ___ exclusion (Ehrenpreis, Week 2)
- 15. because of natural ____ of the finite resources of the planetary system, we should pay attention to issues that are often ignored by development scholars, including how scarce resources should be allocated, and who should make choices about their distribution.
- 16. Ha-Joon Chang rejects the understanding (held by most neoliberal economists) that the relationship between the ___ and the market is a simple dichotomy in favor of understanding how institutions mediate the relationship between the two.
- 17. Collier argues that because of its destructive nature, as well as its economic and social costs, ___ [hint: two words, leave out the space] is actually “development in reverse” (Collier, Week 13).
- 20. Economist Waring criticizes the way that the value of w___ [leave off the initial ‘w’] is counted in the modern economic system (Waring, Week 11)
- 21. Pearson and colleagues reject the concept of “women in development” in favor of “____ and development” (Beneria, Week 11)
- 24. A famous address in 1949 laid out the concept of a “fair deal” for the entire world to solve the problems of underdevelopment. This served to lay the foundations of the T____ [leave out the initial letter “T”] doctrine, a foundation of the ideas of development. (Week 4; Escobar, Week 10)