This course provides a survey of issues related to socioeconomic development and health from a historical, social and economic perspective. Issues to be discussed include the concept of socioeconomic development as viewed by different schools of economic thought, as well as hypothesized relationships and links between development and health. Measurements and indices of development and health will be examined and their significance discussed in relationship to concepts such as economic welfare and economic growth. The concept of "human development" and the human development index, as well as gender aspects of development and health will be also discussed. The role of international organizations, national governments, NGOs and social movements in development and health will be considered. The goal of the course is to provide a general framework to understand the major issues involved in current ideas regarding the relationship between socioeconomic development and health and to outline the different approaches to these problems in social science.
| Semester: | Winter 2008 |
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| Instructor: | Tapia Granados, Jose A. |
| U-M Class #: | 23820 |
| Program Type:
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Program Type describes the program in which you are pursuing, i.e., residential or online part-time.
At this time, residential students may not directly enroll in online program courses, rather a course enrollment petition is required.
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Residential |
| Credits: | 3 Credit Hours |
University of Michigan
School of Social Work
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