This course will focus on certain important and current concepts in development policy and practice, and explore their background in the social sciences. We will examine the rise of discourses of development, including ideas of modernization, development and underdevelopment, and the North-South (or First-Third World) divide; relationships between people in local communities and the state; concepts of civil society and community; participation and empowerment; the rise of the framework of `social capital'; gender; poverty and basic needs; justice and human rights; the place of notions of indigeneity; and views of sustainability and appropriate technology in development. In examining some of the background to development concepts in the social sciences, we explore the relationships and tensions between their uses there and in forms of development, trying to identify pitfalls and positives.

Students who satisfy the requirements of this course will:

• Understand the background to key development concepts and
• Be able to evaluate their use in development projects, policy, and practice

Essay 30%, participation 10%, annotated bibliography 20%, major project 40%.

This course is a required course for the Master of Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development Program and therefore is generally available each year