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UPCD 401 - Comparative Models in Community Development


Formerly CDVCTR 401
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
Comparative Models in Community Development explores Community Development in societies beyond the US. To frame the comparison we terrace the idea of development and the way Community Development in the US integrated key ideas from Development Theories arising during the post-WWII period of decolonization mandated by the United Nations. During the same period Community Development in the US and other advanced industrial nations arose in response to economic, social, political, and cultural transformation(s) of post-industrial societies. Concentrating their “concern” on rising poverty in the midst of wealth, although not new, “poverty knowledge” (O’Connor 2001) gave rise to an “anti-poverty industry” with massive government involvement. New and unequal landscapes of prosperity (suburbanization) and decay (“inner-cities”); massive demographic displacements, from south-to-north (migration of African-Americans to northern cities); and increased migration(s) from the Caribbean, South and Central America, Asia, and other places, led to the idea that these communities presented equivalent “development gaps.” Through a series of city and/or national case studies, the course examines models in developed and developing nations. The study of best practices in Community, Economic, and Human Development across the Globe may provide a better understanding of a rapidly changing world.

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: PCSCOR 200  and PCSCOR 220  

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