308188 (v.1) Human Rights and Development 507

Area:

Faculty of Education, Language Studies and Social Work

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0

Seminar:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Ideas of development - economic development and social development. Critiques of conventional development models. The relationship of human rights to development issues and development practice. Colonialism and anti-colonialist practice . Human rights abuses of Indigenous populations in the name of 'development'. Indigenous understandings of human rights and Indigenous challenges to colonialist development. Community Development and human rights. Human rights and world poverty. Human rights and environmental issues. Human rights and business, especially in the developing world.

Unit Outcomes:

On completion of this unit students will have - A basic understanding of development issues and how they relate to human rights. They will be able to also apply principles of human rights to development settings - within both community development and social development traditions.

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:

Brysk, A (ed) (2002), Globalization and Human Rights, Berekely, University of California Press. Human Rights Council of Australia, (1995), The Rights Way to Development: A Human Rights Approach to Development Asistance, Sydney, HR Council of Australia. Ife, J. (2001) Community Development: Community-based Alternatives in an Age of Globalisation, Melbourne, Longman. Ife, J. (2001), Human Rights and Social Work: Towards Rights-based Practice, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Pogge, T. (2002); World Poverty and Human Rights, Cambridge, Polity Press. UNDP, (2000), Human Development Report 2000: Human Rights and Human Development.

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Essay 80%, Presentation 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

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