Welcome to

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Welcome to

• SO205 Sociology of Resource Management and
  Development
• Coordinator Dr Steven Ratuva

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Development

• Enhancement, improvement of human conditions
• Global---regional---local
• Economic, political, social, psychological,
  cultural, IT,

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Course rationale

• Need to understand how development shape our
  lives
• Know consequences of development
• Alternative development strategies

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Aims and objectives
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• To examine and understand some of the major
  thinking, discourses, debates and assumptions
  associated with the notion of development

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• To understand the linkages between global and
  local development processes

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• To appreciate some of the alternative strategies
  to development

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• To understand the complex economic, political,
  cultural, ideological and technical aspects of
  development

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• Better understand the development processes and
  thinking in Pacific countries

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• Critically examine various development paradigms
  and help formulate alternatives

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Outcomes/Expectations
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• Developed a critical and open mind about
  development thinking and options
• Understood the complex interactions and dynamics
  between economic, political, social and cultural
  components of development

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• Developed a critical appreciation of the complex
  links between global and local development
  processes
• Developed an open and critical mind about various
  development alternatives

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Outline

• Week 1 History of the Development discourse
• Weeks 2-4 Local and participatory development
• Week 5 Development and environment
• Week 6 Globalization and development
• Week 7 State, civil society and development
• Weeks 8 and 9 Development and marginalization
• Weeks 10 and 11 The Pacific in the Global
  economy
• Weeks 12 and 13 Conflict and development

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Assessment

• Coursework 60 and Exam 40
• Tutorial 20 (10 presentation/10 written)
• Tutorial attendance and participation 10
• Field trip 10
• Major essay (2,000 words) 20-Due Oct 1

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Lecture and tutorial times

• Lectures Tues 12 Friday 3
• Tutorial Wed 10 (093-003)

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See you on Friday 3pm