Learning objectives
The course provides students with the basic intellectual framework to understand and analyse local development. Students are expected to gain knowledge of the mayor theories for explaining local development, to learn methods that are used in the study of a local economy, to understand the importance of the inter-institutional co-operation, and the links between theory and local development practice. Students who master this topics will be able to work in and make contributions to institutions involved in local development issues.
Course unit content
<p> 1) Ways of conceptualizing local development; 2) Major theories of local development; 3) Theory in practice: local development in developed and less developed countries.</p>
Bibliography
1. Sforzi, F. 2005, Dal distretto industriale allo sviluppo locale (it. trans. from: R. Rosales Ortega, coord., Desarrollo Local: Teoria y Practicas Socioterritoriales, Porrua, Mexico D.F.). <br />
2. The World Bank 2003, Local Economic Development. LED Quick Reference, Urban Development Unit. The World Bank, Washington DC.<br />
3. Garofoli, G. 2002, Local development in Europe. Theoretical models and international comparisons, “European Urban and Regional Studies”, vol. 9, n. 3, pp. 225-239.<br />
4. Trigilia, C. 2005, Sviluppo locale, Laterza, Roma (Ch. 1).
Teaching methods
Assessment is by way of written submissions. Each student is required to submit a critical essay of approximately 5,000 words. The reference list to be used includes all readings of the module together with an article on a linked topic (typically relating to a case study) agreed between teacher and student, according to the interests of the individual.
