Question 1

Post-development theories stress the importance of culture in development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

New definitions of culture are still not fully devoid of the Eurocentric assumptions of the evolutionary and elitist concept of culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

How has the "American dream" acquired an ideological form?

Accepted Answer

An example of how certain ideas gain uni

Question 4

Since one of the most distinctive features of humans is language, the study of culture should be focused on progress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Explain the early connections established between culture and development? Why have these connections been problematic?

Accepted Answer

The adoption of modernization and scient

Question 6

Which of the following development phenomena has culture assumed significance in explaining?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poverty 
B)  Economic growth 
C)  Violence 
D)  None of the above 
E)  All of the above 
A)  Poverty 
B)  Economic growth 
C)  Violence 
D)  None of the above 
E)  All of the above

Question 7

Social justice can still be achieved without an appeal to universalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Postmodernism is a grand unifying theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What provides the cultural underpinnings of a dominant mode of development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cultural elites 
B)  Symbolic objects 
C)  Traditions 
D)  Homogeneity 
E)  Socio-economics 
A)  Cultural elites 
B)  Symbolic objects 
C)  Traditions 
D)  Homogeneity 
E)  Socio-economics

Question 10

An elitist definition of culture can suggest that culture belong only to a few people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The experience of colonialism led to a questioning of the value of "reason."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Why has the perceived failure of "development" led to the "cultural turn"?

Accepted Answer

Recourse to explanations based on cultur

Question 13

According to Amartya Sen, culture can be both a means to, and an end of, development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

James Scott researched the significance of which of the following in Malaysian society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Symbolic resistance 
B)  Culture 
C)  Materialism 
D)  Capitalist resistance 
E)  Dominant cultural ideologies 
A)  Symbolic resistance 
B)  Culture 
C)  Materialism 
D)  Capitalist resistance 
E)  Dominant cultural ideologies

Question 15

What concept is embodied by Apple's release of a new product every few months?

Accepted Answer

A)  Predatory corporatism 
B)  Planned obsolescence 
C)  Poor planning cycles 
D)  Green technology 
E)  Postmodern sensibilities 
A)  Predatory corporatism 
B)  Planned obsolescence 
C)  Poor planning cycles 
D)  Green technology 
E)  Postmodern sensibilities

Question 16

The recent effort by Hindu fundamentalists to define Indian nationalism as Hindu is an illustration of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cultural divisiveness 
B)  Cultural relativism 
C)  Culturally-based power dynamics 
D)  The myth of nationalism 
E)  The strength of nationalism 
A)  Cultural divisiveness 
B)  Cultural relativism 
C)  Culturally-based power dynamics 
D)  The myth of nationalism 
E)  The strength of nationalism

Question 17

How did the definition of culture change from the sixteenth century onward?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was extended to the cultivation of the mind. 
B)  It dealt with the high arts of music, poetry, and theatre. 
C)  It equated refinement as juxtaposed to barbarism. 
D)  It took its meaning from the golden age of the Roman Empire. 
E)  It was rooted in the idea of cultivation of animals or crops. 
A)  It was extended to the cultivation of the mind. 
B)  It dealt with the high arts of music, poetry, and theatre. 
C)  It equated refinement as juxtaposed to barbarism. 
D)  It took its meaning from the golden age of the Roman Empire. 
E)  It was rooted in the idea of cultivation of animals or crops.

Question 18

Efforts to justify colonialism by labelling colonized people as "children" who needed to be looked after seriously damaged Indigenous ways of life and knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Discuss the myth of homogeneous cultures in the context of nationalism.

Accepted Answer

The myth of a homogeneous culture promot

Question 20

How has the symbol of Che Guevara been appropriated by capitalism?

Accepted Answer

One of the best examples of the appropri

Exam 25: Culture and Development

Post-development theories stress the importance of culture in development.

New definitions of culture are still not fully devoid of the Eurocentric assumptions of the evolutionary and elitist concept of culture.

How has the "American dream" acquired an ideological form?

Since one of the most distinctive features of humans is language, the study of culture should be focused on progress.

Explain the early connections established between culture and development? Why have these connections been problematic?

Which of the following development phenomena has culture assumed significance in explaining?

Social justice can still be achieved without an appeal to universalism.

Postmodernism is a grand unifying theory.

What provides the cultural underpinnings of a dominant mode of development?

An elitist definition of culture can suggest that culture belong only to a few people.

The experience of colonialism led to a questioning of the value of "reason."

Why has the perceived failure of "development" led to the "cultural turn"?

According to Amartya Sen, culture can be both a means to, and an end of, development.

James Scott researched the significance of which of the following in Malaysian society?

What concept is embodied by Apple's release of a new product every few months?

The recent effort by Hindu fundamentalists to define Indian nationalism as Hindu is an illustration of which of the following?

How did the definition of culture change from the sixteenth century onward?

Efforts to justify colonialism by labelling colonized people as "children" who needed to be looked after seriously damaged Indigenous ways of life and knowledge.

Discuss the myth of homogeneous cultures in the context of nationalism.

How has the symbol of Che Guevara been appropriated by capitalism?

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Theories of Development Economics

The Critical Political Economy of Development

Post-development and Alternatives to Development

Gender and Development: Theoretical Insights and International Commitments

Globalization and Development

State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development?

National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid

The International Financial Institutions

The United Nations and Multilateral Actors in Development

Private Enterprise and Development

Civil Society and Development

China and the Emerging Economies

Debt and Development

Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South-South Trade

Democracy

Climate Change, Environment, and Development

Rural Development

Urban Development: Cities in the Global South

Development and Health

Conflict and Development

Refugees and International Development Policy and Practice

Indigenous Community Economic Resilience

Measuring and Evaluating Poverty

Inequality and Social Policy

Planning and Appraising Development Projects

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