Source: University of California, Davis
Program: Community & Regional Development
Course: CRD180 - Transnational Community Development
Instructor: Dr. Parul Baxi
Description
This course examines the theories, institutions, and practices of international development. International development is conventionally associated with economic growth and rural poverty alleviation. A dominant perspective presents development as a top-down, economic-centered process managed by state actors, international development organizations, and aid agencies. While an economic focus dominates the field of development studies, current perspectives emphasize alternative dimensions that include political participation, democratization, and social inclusion. Diverse sets of actors including international non-governmental organizations, transnational community networks, and transnational activists networks carry out the work of promoting development today.
Syllabus - CRD180: Transnational Community Development