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136-292 Economics of Tribal, Peasant and Developing Societies | |
Note | Available as 136-392 at 3rd-year level. |
Availability | Not offered in 1998. |
Credit Points | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year |
Coordinator | Dr Tim O'Meara |
Prerequisites | One first year subject in Anthropology, Economics, Economic History or Development. (12.5 points). |
Contact | Two hours of lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week |
Subject Description | The ethnology of economic and political systems with an emphasis on non-Western and localised societies. Students who complete this subject should: have gained an understanding of the economic and political organisation of people in traditional tribal and peasant societies and those societies that are moving toward modernisation and development; have examined the interrelationships of subsistence economies, politics and acculturation in non-Western and localised societies; and have an acquaintance with anthropological techniques of analysing economic and political behaviour in non-Western societies. |
Assessment | Essays totalling 3000 words and tests totalling 2 hours. |
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