Power/Practice in Development

Catalog description

Power and Practice in Development (3) This multi-disciplinary course examines development on both macro and micro levels. It introduces key stakeholders impacting and impacted by development processes and discusses the problems and issues they face. The course uses case studies and identifies best practices with special attention to what works for addressing problems of vulnerable social categories. Students think critically about the social categories and stakeholders across which power is distributed and that impact development processes and programs within countries. Social categories considered include class, ethnicity, caste, gender, differences based on culture and religion, and ability/disability. Stakeholders considered include elites, bureaucrats, elected officials, traditional authorities, NGOs and other civil society actors, citizens, and development professionals. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Recommendation: SIS-637.