Source: University of California, Davis
Program: Department of Human & Community Development
Course: CRD 142: Rural Change in the Industrialized World
Instructor: Ryan E. Galt, Associate Professor, Department of Human Ecology
Description
The objective of the course is to help students understand important social, economic, political, agricultural, and environmental issues in rural areas and rural communities in the industrialized world, and their interconnected nature. While the study of rural areas is vast, this course gives special emphasis to (1) historical and recent transformations in rural areas (commonly referred to as “rural restructuring”); (2) the ideas and practices of alternative economic arrangements, including a consideration of “the commons” and its role in rural areas and modern society; and (3) people and groups who have commonly been marginalized and/or oppressed in wider society and within rural areas.