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• Poverty and Migration • AIDS and other epidemics affecting urbanization • Socio-spatial segregation • Policy and polity, governance • Privatisation policies • Informal sector • Community initiatives • NGOs, CBOs and foreign aid • Urban social movements • Minorities and cultural identities 6 Learning outcomes At the end of the course, the students will Better understand sociological, historical, political and ethological interrelations • Know about the difference in social relations in cities and urban life around the world. • Be familiar with some important theories and approaches that social scientists have used to try to make sense of these complex places and interactions. • Be able to relate this understanding to urban diversity and the interaction of race, class and gender and issues of equity, safety, housing, and quality of life. • Be prepared to maintain a global vision that looks at urban life in global context and understands local issues in this broad light. • Understand the common challenges of cities around the world and the particular forms this takes on each continent. • May be able to contribute to plans and models for remaking cities and urban life into more satisfying communities. 7 Instructional methods Students will complement the information obtained in the lectures through own reading, which they will reflect in form of short literature reviews. They will demonstrate their understanding of the subject in form of a written exercise. 8 Course Form Lecture and Exercise 9 Mandatory / elective Mandatory 10 Language English 11 Key words Culture & urbanization, globalization, poverty reduction, minorities, conflict management, healthy cities etc. 12 Duration 1 semester 13 Credits 2 ECTS 1.3 Page 2
14 Examen Written exercise 15 Comments 16 Recommended reading Baiocchi, G., 2004, ‘Porto Alegre: The dynamism of the unorganised’, pp. 37-66 in D. Chavez and B. Goldfrank (eds.), The Left in the City - Participatory local governments in Latin America, London: Latin American Bureau. Ballard, R. Social movements: Unoffical opposition or voice of the poor? In Jones, P. and Stokke, K.(2005): Democratising development: The politics of socio-economic rights Ballard, Richard (2005 forthcoming): Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa in Jones, Peris and Kristian Stokke (eds.): Democratising Development Beetham, D. (1999): “Human Rights and Democracy: A Multifaceted Relationship” ch.5 in David Beetham: Democracy and Human Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press. Black, Richard and Khalid Koser (1999): “The End of the Refugee Cycle?” ch. 1 in Black & Koser: The End of the Refugee Cycle? Refugee Repatriation ad Reconstruction. NY/Oxford: Berghahn Books. (15 p) Bull, Benedicte (2005): “Privatization Puzzles”, ch. 1 in Benedicte Bull: Aid, Power and Privatization. Edward Elgar. (17 p) Carothers, Thomas: Critical Mission: Essays on Democracy promotion, Carnegie Endowment, 2004. (pp 145-226) Coomaraswamy, R. (2003): “The Politics of Institutional design: An Overview of the case of Sri Lanka, in S. Bastian and R. Luckham (Eds.), Can Democracy Be Designed? The Politics of Institutional Choice in Conflict-torn Societies. Zed, London. Crook, R.C., 2003, ‘Decentralisation and poverty reduction in Africa: The politics of local-central relations’, Public Administration and Development, Vol. 23, pp.77-88. Eriksen, S.S,, J. Naustdalslid and A.Schou, 1999, Decentralisation from above’, pp.13-45., NIBR’s Pluss Series 4-99. Oslo: Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research. Habib, A. The politics of economic policy-making: Substantive uncertainty, political leverage, and human development Harriss, John (2005a):”Political Participation, representation and the Urban Poor. Findings from a Research in Delhi” in Economic and Political Weekly, March 12: 1041-1054. Harriss, John (2005b)‘Politics is a dirty river’: but is there a ‘new politics’ of civil society? Perspectives from global cities of India and Latin America. Paper. 16p. Harriss, John (2005c): The ‘New Politics’ of the Urban Poor in Contemporary India. Paper. 14 p. Harriss, John, Stokke, Kristian, Törnquist, Olle: Introduction: The New Local Politics of Democratisation, in (Eds.) Harriss, Stokke and Törnquist Politicising Democracy: Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. (26 pp) 1.3 Page 3
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