SOC130 Development studies

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Alice Navrátilová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 exP24
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course offers insights, basic analytical tools and concepts of the challenging field Development studies. The course offers multidisciplinary approach to problems of development; the entity in question being geographically and politically labelled as 'Third World' or the South. The emphasis is laid on the critical understanding and readings of development as economic, political and cultural practices of late modernity. The course offers overview of the basic approaches to development that have evolved during the last half a century but tackles also sector problems such as access to health care and education or poverty alleviation and inequality reduction. It offers basic economic concepts influential within the field of Development studies as well as cultural critique of development from the perspective of post-colonial studies, sub-altern studies and gender perspective among others. The basic practice of development – development assistance as implemented via the project cycle management is critically looked into and alternative method of modelling generated within the complex system theory paradigm are critically dealt with.
Syllabus
  • ) Four projects of Western dominations: Projects of colonialism, modernity, development and globalization; The Birth of the Discourses – modern institutions and narrative spaces, systems of classification. Assigned readings: CARMEN, R. (1996): Autonomous Development, Humanizing the Landscape. London, Zed Books, 1996.P. 1-40. ALLEN, T.; THOMAS, A (2000).: Poverty and Development into the 21st century, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Recommended readings: NAVRÁTILOVA, A. (2008): Shaping of Modernity in the First World. In Approaching the Other: Four Projects of Western Domination. Olomouc : 2008. ISBN 978-80-244-2046-2, s. 61-70. NAVRÁTILOVÁ, A. (2008): Dispositif of Development and the Post-Impasse Debate. In Migration and Development. Ostrava : 2008. ISBN 978-80-7368-442-6, s. 110-123. 2) Project of Development, basic macro-approaches to development I Assigned readings: BROHMAN, J.(1995): Popular Development, Basil Blackwell, 9-70. GRILLO, R. (1997): Discourses of Development, The View from Anthropology, Oxford. ESCOBAR, A.: Development Planning, in: SACHS (ed.) (1992): The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power, London, Zed Books. 3) Project of Development, basic macro-approaches to development I Assigned readings: THOERBECKE, E.: The Evolution of the Development Doctrine, 1950-2005, in: Mavrotas, (2007): Advancing Development, United University Press, New York. TISCH, S.; WALLACE. M.B. (1994): Dilemmas of development assistance: The What, Why and Who of Foreign Aid. Westview Press. Recommended readings: SHANIN, T. (1997): The Idea of Progress, in: Rahnem, M. (ed.): The Post-development Reader. Zed Books, London. 1997. 4) Theory of international trade – basic concepts Assigned readings: SALVATORE, D. (2006): International Economics, 8th edition. John Wiley, New Jersey. pp.. 1-109; 115-224. Recommended readings: CYPHER, J.M. DIETZ, J.L.: The Process of Economic Development, Routledge, London. 5) Critique of the Free Trade, Alter-global Alternatives, Global Civil Society I. Assigned readings: DUNKLEY, G. (2004): Free Trade, Myth, Reality, and Alternatives, Zed Books. Keane, MCMICHAEL, P. (1996) : Social change and development, Pine Forge Press, London, 1996. Human Development Report 2005. United Nations Development Programme, 2005. 6) Critique of the Free Trade, Alter-global Alternatives, Global Civil Society II. ANEHIER,, H.; GLASIUS, M.; KALDOR, M.: Introducing Global Civil Society, in: Global Civil Society Yearbook, accessible on: www.lse.co.uk. GEORGE, s. (2004): Another world is possible, Verso, London. 7) Micro-approaches to Development: basic needs approach, people-centred approach, rights based approach. Assigned readings: NYAMU-NUSEMBI, CORNWALL, A.(2004): What is rights-based approach all about? Working Paper, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. BROHMAN, J.(1995): Popular Development, Basil Blackwell. p. 201-250. 8) Participatory development Assigned readings: CARMEN, R. (1996): Autonomous Development, Humanizing the Landscape. London, Zed Books, 1996. UFFORD, P.G.; GIGI, K.A. (2003): A Moral Critique of Development, Routledge, London. 9) Post-colonial studies Assigned readings: SAID, E.(1978): Orientalism, Vintage Books, p. 1-72;, 201-225. Gandhi,L.(1998): Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction, Columbia University Press. Recommended readings: Young, R.: White Mythologies. Routledge, London. 1990. 10) New Institutional Economics and Third World Development Assigned readings HARRISS, J.; HUNTER, J.; LEWIS, C.M. (1995): The New Institutional Economics and Third World Development Routledge, London. 11) Critique of Project Cycle Management Approach; Complex system theory alternative. Sterman, J. D. (2000): Business Dynamics: System Thinking and Modelling for a Complex World, Boston: McGraw-Hill. BYRNE, D.: Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: an introduction. London, Routledge, 1998. Assigned readings: Cornia, G.A.; Menchini, L.: Health Improvements and Health Inequality during the Last 40 Years, in. in: Mavrotas, (2007): Advancing Development, United University Press, New York. 12) Knowledge-development-power axis; WED, Millenium Development Goals. Assigned readings: Chamber, R.(1983): Rural Development, Putting the Last First, Longman Group. Braidotti, R,; Charkiewitzc, E. (1994): Women, the Environment and Sustainable Development. Towards a Theoretical Synthesis. Zed Books-INSTRAW, London. Millenium Development Goals Report, 2006. United Nations Development Programme.
Literature
  • Escobar, A.: The making and Unmaking of the Third World through Development, in: Rahnem, M. (ed.): The Post-development Reader. Zed Books, London. 1997
  • SHANIN, T. The Idea of Progress. London, 1997. The Post-development Reader. info
  • DANĚK, Petr and Alice NAVRÁTILOVÁ. Introduction. In Approaching the Other: The Four Projects of Western Domination. Olomouc: Palacký University, 2008, p. 15-23. Monographs. ISBN 978-80-244-2046-2. info
  • NEDERVEEN PIETERSE, Jan. Development theory : deconstructions/reconstructions. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 2001, xii, 195. ISBN 0761952934. info
  • BROHMAN, John. Popular development :rethinking the theory and practice of development. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1996, 398 s. ISBN 1-55786-316-4. info
  • PIETERSE, Jan Nederveen. White on black :images of Africa and blacks in western popular culture. 1st pub. New Haven: Yale university press, 1992, 259 s. ISBN 0-300-06311-3. info
Assessment methods
1hour lesson + 1hour seminary perform paper examination- writen exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
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