Contemporary trends in development studies(a discussion seminar) - MZ340M11Z

• Title: Contemporary trends in development studies (a discussion seminar)
• Czech title: Současné trendy v rozvojových studiích (diskuzní seminář)
• Guaranteed by: Department of Social Geography and Regional Development (31-340)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2021 to 2021
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, C [HT]
• Capacity: 0
• Min. number of students: 5
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Is provided by: MZ340M11
• Explanation: v akademickém roce 21/22 nebude vyučován!!!
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Josef Novotný, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Biruk Getachew Mamo; PhDr. Dagmar Milerová Prášková, Ph.D.; Takuya Nakagawa; Mgr. Aneta Seidlová; Bc. Michaela Šrámková
• Incompatibility : MZ340M11
• Is incompatible with: MZ340M11

Annotation

Last update: prof. RNDr. Josef Novotný, Ph.D. (11.02.2023)

The aim of the seminar is to complement the Development Studies course and other related courses taught at Department of Social Geography and Regional Development. Students participating in the seminar will be provided an insight into the current debates on selected topics in development. The seminar will be as interactive as possible, maximizing student’s participation. The course will introduce the students to the recent theoretical and methodological developments in crucial issues such as: Food Security, Resources and Conflict, Development and Media or Gender and Development, among other topics. All teachers of the seminar have experience in working abroad and can offer their own practical insights into many issues challenging the developing countries. Seminar will be concluded by a model conference, where students will present their semestral work and thus practice and improve their presentation skills. Students will choose between a presentation of their written essay or a video-essay presentation of their work. Both Czech and international students (primarily but not exclusively master level students) interested in current trends in development are invited to participate in this course. The language of the course is English.

The course will not be taught in the academic year 2021/2022.

Literature

Last update: prof. RNDr. Josef Novotný, Ph.D. (30.10.2019)

The specification of literature is provided in syllabus.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: prof. RNDr. Josef Novotný, Ph.D. (11.02.2023)

Active participation in classes including the preparation for particular classes (see readings in syllabus) and final presentation.

Syllabus

Last update: prof. RNDr. Josef Novotný, Ph.D. (12.02.2023)

Due to long-distance teaching because of COVID-19 measures in Czechia, the seminar has been moved online to https://dl2.cuni.cz/. Sign up with your SIS log in details and search for "Contemporary trends for development studies". There you will find literature and other materials for each lecture, plus assignments that count as attendance during the period of lonf-distance learning.

Google doc. for registering your essay topics: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qG_iL6dIArCiRxUlJ3tZ4_z3Kr1Ei1tigRUgX7oZXkE/edit#gid=0

 

1.  Introduction to Development (Feb 19, 2020, Aneta, Biruk, Míša)

• Introduction, who are we, who are you
• Course structure
• Requirements: attendance 70%
• Presentation

 

2.    MDGs and SDGs (Feb 26, Biruk)

• Background of MDGs – Success and missed opportunities
• SDGs – Opportunities and obstacles to achieve SDGs 2030 goals
• Reflections and arguments on the 2030 agenda

Mandatory reading:

• Kothari, A.(2015): Why sustainable Development and Radical Alternatives are not Compatible: https://www.degrowth.info/en/2015/12/why-sustainable-development-and-radical-alternatives-are-not-compatible/

Recommended:

• Year of Living Sustainably: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/yols/
• UN´s sustainable development agenda 2030: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sustainabledevelopmentgoals

 

3.    Sustainable Tourism (March 4, Míša)

• Principles of sustainable tourism and its future
• Approaches to destination analysis
• Corporate social responsibility in tourism, case study: Cape Town after the water crisis
• The cultural dimension of tourism (commodification, staged authenticity, post-colonialism)

Mandatory reading:

• Daniel Scott & Stefan Gössling (2015) What could the next 40 years hold for global tourism?, Tourism Recreation Research, 40:3, 269-285, DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2015.1075739 

Recommended:

• Freya Higgins-Desbiolles (2006) More than an “industry”: The forgotten power of tourism as a social force, Tourism Management, 27:6, 1192-1208, DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2005.05.020
• Mark Camilleri (2014) Advancing the Sustainable Tourism Agenda Through Strategic CSR Perspectives, Tourism Planning & Development, 11:1, 42-56, DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2013.839470
• C. Michael Hall (2013) Framing behavioural approaches to understanding and governing sustainable tourism consumption: beyond neoliberalism, “nudging” and “green growth”?, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 21:7, 1091-1109, DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.815764

 

4.    Governance & Policy Coherence (March 11, Aneta)

• The „good governance“ in the development agenda
• Policy coherence for development (PCD) concept, the role of sector policies in global development
• Barriers for achieving coherence, the policy implementation gap

Mandatory reading:

• Carbone, M., Keijzer, N., 2016. The European Union and Policy Coherence for Development: Reforms, Results, Resistance. European Journal of Development. Res. 28, 30–43.
• Vanheukelom, J., Mackie, J., Ronceray, M. (2018): Good enough coherence? Six lessons from good governance for policy coherence and the 2030 Agenda (short summary)
  (https://ecdpm.org/publications/good-enough-coherence-six-lessons-from-good-governance-for-policy-coherence-2030-agenda/)

Further readings:

• Picciotto, R. (2005) The evaluation of policy coherence for development. Evaluation 11(3): 311–330.
• Young, A.R. and Peterson, J. (2013) ‘We care about you, but …’: The politics of EU trade policy and development. Cambridge Review of International Affairs 26(3): 497–518.
• Andrews, M. 2008. ‘The Good governance agenda: beyond indicators without theory’, Oxford Development Studies 36(4): 379-417.

5.    Food Security (March 18, Biruk)

• Why some countries are food insecure? What matters?
• Risk of hunger in cash crops exporting country
• We want to map debate from food security to food sovereignty 

Mandatory:

• FoodFirst (2015): World Hunger: Ten Myths, https://foodfirst.org/publication/world-hunger-ten-myths/

Recommended:

• Oakland Institute (2016): Miracle or Mirage? Manufacturing Hunger and Poverty in Ethiopia, https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/sites/oaklandinstitute.org/files/ethiopia-miracle-mirage.pdf   
• Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2009): Food security: definition and measurement. Food Security, Vol. 1. No. 1, p. 5-7.
• Borras, S., Hall, R., Scoons, I., White, B., Wolford, W. (2011): Towards a better understanding of global land grabbing: an editorial introduction. The Journal of Peasant Studies, Vol. 38, No. 2, p. 209-216.

 

6.  Gender and Development (March 25, Aneta)

• Role of women (and men) in development, gender inequality
• Gender in the international development agenda (past to present)
• The issue of “women’s empowerment” (agency vs. structure)
• case studies: Tanzania (access to land; women's seats in parliament)

Mandatory reading:

• Kabeer, N. (2015): Gender, poverty, and inequality: a brief history of feminist contributions in the field of international development, Gender & Development, 23:2, 189-205.

  +Browse through:
  Four Reasons Why Gender is an essential part of sustainable development: https://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/news/four-reasons-why-gender-essential-part-sustainable-development
  The Feminization of Poverty: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/session/presskit/fs1.htm

Further readings:

• Cornwall, A & Rivas, A (2015) From ‘gender equality and ‘women’s empowerment’ to global justice: reclaiming a transformative agenda for gender and development, Third World Quarterly, 36:2, 396-415.
• Cornwall, A., (2016). Women’s empowerment: What works? Journal of International Development. 28, 342–359.
• Hickel, J., (2014) The ‘girl effect’: liberalism, empowerment and the contradictions of development. Third World Q. 35, 1355–1373.

7.    Aid Effectiveness (Apr 1, Biruk)

• Stereotypes
• Sachs, Easterley - White Man's Burden, main arguments

Mandatory reading:

• W. Easterly (2009): The Ideology of Development. Foreign Policy, http://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/13/the-ideology-of-development/

Recommended:

• P. Collier: The Bottom Billion: TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion/transcript
• R. Mweninguwe: When funding is discontinued. D+C: http://www.dandc.eu/en/article/malawi-knows-what-it-means-when-donors-discontinue-budget-support
• J. Sachs (2014): The Case for Aid. Foreign Policy, http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/01/21/the-case-for-aid/

 

8.  Community-Based Initiatives (Apr 8, Míša)

• Community-based tourism
• Community-based natural resource management
• Identification, planning and implementation of beneficiation initiatives
• Case study: wildlife and biodiversity industry in South Africa

Mandatory reading: 

• Tazim Jamal & Dianne Dredge (2014) Tourism and Community Development Issues in R. Sharpley and D. Telfer, Tourism and Development, pp.178-204, DOI: 10.21832/9781845414740-008

Recommended: 

• Chasca Twyman (2000) Participatory Conservation? Community-based Natural Resource Management in Botswana, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 166, No. 4, pp. 323-335, https://www.jstor.org/stable/823034
• Paul Andre De Georges & Brian Kevin Reilly (2009) The Realities of Community Based Natural Resource Management and Biodiversity Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sustainability 2009, 1(3), 734-788; https://doi.org/10.3390/su1030734

 

9.    Conflict and Development (Apr 15, Biruk)

• Conflicts, fragility, and Poverty: Case studies from Africa: Ethiopia & Sierra Leone
• The impact of conflict and fragility on development
• Development responses to conflict, fragility and underdevelopment

Mandatory reading:

• Comparing the Roots of Conflict in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa: http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1390/comparing-the-roots-of-conflict-in-europe-the-middle-east-and-africa#.XiHOqKtQWM4.email 

Recommended:

• Zeric Kay Smith: The Impact of Political Liberalization and Democratization on Ethnic Conflict in Africa: An Empirical Test of Common Assumptions: https://www.jstor.org/stable/161950?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

• Yonas Adaye Adeto: Preventing violent extremism in the Horn: The case of ethnic extremism in Ethiopia: http://www.eip.org/sites/default/files/Ethnic%20extremism%20in%20Ethiopia%20-%20policy%20paper%20July%202019.pdf  

 

10. Migration and Development (Apr 22, Aneta) 

• Contemporary discourse/trends in migration and development
• The relationship between aid and migration
• Case study

 

11. Climate Change Adaptation (Apr 29, Míša)

• Introduction to climate change concepts (vulnerability, resilience, adaptation capacity, maladaptation)
• Planning for climate change (assessing risk and choosing planning tools to make adaptation plans)
• The topic of focus: water security and adaptation to changes in water supply
• Case studies: Africa, climate change strategies at a regional level

 

12. Sustainable Cities (May 6, Míša)

• Sustainable vs resilient vs smart cities
• Sustainable consumption and production
• The transition toward urban sustainability
• City´s systems and structures, a closer look at some innovations
• Case study: Copenhagen

 

13. Post-Development & Global movements (May 13, Aneta)

• Mainstream development discourse and its evolution/alternatives
• Degrowth
• Global social&alternative movements – Fair trade case study 

 

Mandatory:

• Escobar, P: Other Worlds Are (Already) Possible, World Social Forum, 2009: http://www.unc.edu/~aescobar/text/eng/escobar.2009.WSF.pdf

Recommended:

• Current research on economic degrowth: http://degrowth.org/
• Web of Transition Networks: https://www.transition.com/

 

14. FINAL PRESENTATIONS (May 20)