SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT (BS 3)

 

                                                                                                 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

                                                                                                UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN.

                                                                                                            SOC 611(MAJOR)

   SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                                 Credit Hours: 03

Course Objectives:

Concepts and terms related to the issues of development shall be learnt. The students will learn about relevant theories about change and progress. Models of development related to local, regional, and global levels will be examined. Comparisons will be drawn among political, social, and economic factors of development in a variety of perspectives.

COURSE OUTLINE:

1. INTRODUCTION

a. Change, development, and progress

b. Development and underdevelopment

2. DETERMINANTS OF DEVELOPMENT

a. Social

b. Cultural

c. Economic

3. THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT

a. Marxist and Socialist Models

b. Structural Adjustment

c. The Modernization School

d. Development and Underdevelopment-Dependency

4. TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT

a. Technology

b. Adoption of technology

c. Role of technology in development

 

5. SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

a. The Politics of Development: Economy, Policy, Culture

b. Corporations, Classes and Consumerism

c. Gender and Development

d. Transitional Practices in the Third World

6. THE ROLE OF AID IN DEVELOPMENT

a. The Role of Non-government Organizations in Development

b. Development in Pakistan: A Case Study

SUGGESTED READINGS/BOOKS

1. A.P Thirlwall (1999) Growth and Development (6 th Edition) Macmillan ;

2. Adams, W.M., (1990), Green development: Environment and Sustainability

in the Third World, London, Routeledge.

3. Auty, Richard M. (1995), Patterns of Development Resources, Policy and

Economic growth, London, Edward Arnold.

4. Boas, Morten. 2004. Global Institutions and Development: Framing the

World? London: Routledge.

5. Booth, David (1994), Rethinking Social Development. Theory, Research and

Practice. England, Longman Scientific and Technical.

6. Chambers, Robert. 2005. Ideas for Development. London: Earthscan.

7. Danne M waddell (2007) Organization Thoms G Cummings Christopher G

Worley Development and Change Asia Pacific

8. Debora heade (2005) Development NGO and Civil Society Rawat

Publications Jaipur New Delhi

9. Epstein, T.S. (1962) Economic Development and Social Change in South

India. Manchester University Press.

10. Etzioni, Amitai and Etzioni Eva (1964 eds.). Social Change - Sources,

Patterns and Consequences, New York: Basic Books, Inc.

11. Gardez, Hassan N. (1991), Understanding Pakistan the Colonial Factor in

Social Development, Lahore, Maktab-e-Fikr-O-Danish.

12. Ghimire, K.B. and Pimbert, M.P, (1997), Social Change and Conservation,

London, Earthscan.

13. Gouldner, Alvin W and Miller S.M. (1965 eds.). Applied Sociology;

Opportunities and Problems, New York: Free Press.

14. Griffiths, Robert j. 2004. Developing World. Guilford: McGraw-Hill.

15. Hunter, G. (1969). Modernizing Peasant Societies, London: Oxford

University Press.

16. Katie Willis. 2005. Theories and Practices of Development. London:

Routledge.

17. Kothari, Uma. 2002. Development theory and Practice: Critical Perspectives.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

18. Laxmi Devi (1998) Encyclopedia of Women Development and Family weare

Institute of Sustainable Development Lukhnow, Anmol Publications Pvt .

 

19. Pietese, Jan Nederveen. 2001. Development theory:

Deconstruction/Reconstruction New Delhi: Vistaar Publishers.

20. Sahni, Pardeep. 2003. Governance for Development: Issues and Strategies.

New Delhi: Prentice Hall.

21. Schech, Susanne. 2002. Development: A cultural Studies Reader. Australia:

Blackwell Publishing.

22. Sharma, N.K. 2000. Economic Growth and Development. Jaipur: RBSA

Publishers.

23. Singh, Sita Ram. 2005. Poverty Alleviation in the third world. New Delhi:

APH Publishing Corporation.

24. The World Bank. 2007. World Development Report 2007. Development and

the next Generation. Washington, D.C: The World Bank.

25. Thirlwall, A.P. 2006. Growth and Development with special reference to

developing economies 6 th ed.

26. Webster A. (1990) Introduction to the Sociology of Development. Hong