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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
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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). |
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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. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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. |
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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%. |
Field of Education: | 90309 Human Geography | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Fully Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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