301557 (v.2) Geography 223 - Approaches to Development

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Workshop:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

9912 (v.4) Anthropology 317 - Applied Anthropology
9914 (v.4) Anthropology 217 - Applied Anthropology
11544 (v.3) Geography 320 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World
11545 (v.2) Geography 220 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World
301555 (v.2) Anthropology 224 - Approaches to Development
301556 (v.2) Anthropology 324 - Approaches to Development
301558 (v.2) Geography 323 - Approaches to Development

Syllabus:

Main ideas and approaches in the study of development; development thinking from the eighteenth century to today; colonial, post-colonial and post-development theory, globalisation and development, and indigenous notions of development, environment and development; management of development in Asia and elsewhere, main actos in development (World Bank, NGOs, states).

Unit Outcomes:

To provide students with an understanding of the theories and approaches that have guided development thinking from colonial to postcolonial times. To provide a conceptual and theoretical basis for the examination of development policies and practices inspecific development programs and projects. To examine new postcolonial development discourses which challenge/provide alternatives to dominant approaches.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Arce, A and Long, N. (eds). (2000), Anthropology, development and modernities. London, Routledge. Escobar, E. (1995), Encountering development: the making and unmaking of the third world. Princeton, Princeton University Press. Gardner, K. and Lewis, D. (1996), Anthropology, development and the post-modern challenge. London, Pluto Press. Held, D., McGrew, A., Goldblatt, D. and Perraton, J. (1999), Global transformations: Politics, economic and culture. Stanford, Stanford University Press. McMichael, P. (2000), Development and social change: a global perspective. Thousand Oaks, California, Pine Forge Press. Newell, P. (2001), Environmental NGOs, TNCs, and the question of governance. In D Stevis and V J Assetto (eds): The international political economy of the environment. Boulder, London, Lynne Rienner Publishers. Scott, J. (1998), Seeing like a state: How certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed. New Haven, Yale University Press. Scudder, T. (1999), The emerging global crisis anddevelopment Anthropology: can we have an impact?. Human Organization, vol 58, no. 4: 351-364

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

One major assignment 50%, One minor assignment 30%, Participation 20%. OR Final take-home examination: 30%, One major assignment 50%, Participation 20%.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y