Centre for Online Education - MSO-003: Sociology of Development

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MSO-003: Sociology of Development
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Overview

Equip students with the ability to critically evaluate different approaches to development and their potential consequences

Duration	16 weeks
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Mode of learning	Online
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MSO-003: Sociology of Development
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Course details

Who should do this course?

Undergraduate and graduate students studying sociology, social sciences, or development studies
Professionals working in international development organizations, NGOs, and government agencies
Development workers involved in projects related to poverty alleviation, education, healthcare, infrastructure, and sustainable development

What are the course deliverables?

Explore different theoretical frameworks used to understand development, examining its goals, measurements, and criticisms
Analyze the relationship between social change and development, exploring how social structures, institutions, and inequalities influence development processes
Introduce the concept of sustainable development, emphasizing the need to consider social, economic, and environmental factors in development strategies
Examine the impact of development on social inequalities, considering how different social classes and groups are affected by development processes
Analyze the role of gender in development, exploring how development policies may impact women and men differently

More about this course

The growth of capitalist, socialist and the mixed models of developments are also discussed in this course
It has discussed in length the limitations of the growth model of development and the alternatives to it in the form of human, social and sustainable development
Verities of new strategies of development like those of the micro, ethno, people centric and the civil society and state engagement with development have been part of this course
The developmental imbalances, those are encountered by the society in its transitions from agricultural to industrial, industrial to knowledge society and their social ramifications are elaborated in this course

MSO-003: Sociology of Development
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Swayam
Curriculum

Week 1-2: BLOCK-1

Unit-1 Development and Progress:Economic and Social Dimensions

Unit-2 Change, Modernisation and Development

Unit-3 Social, Human and Gender Development

Unit-4 Sustainable Development

Week 3-4: BLOCK-2

Unit-5 Modernisation

Unit-6 Liberal Perspective on Development

Unit-7 Marxian Perspective on Development

Unit-8 Gandhian Perspective on Development

Week 5-6: BLOCK-3

Unit-9 Dependency Theory of Underdevelopment

Unit-10 Social and Human Development

Unit-11 Gender Perspective on Development

Week 7-8: BLOCK-4

Unit-12 Micro-Planning

Unit-13 Ecology, Environment and Development

Unit-14 Ethno-Development

Unit-15 Population and Development

Week 9-10: BLOCK-5

Unit-16 India

Unit-17 Canada

Unit-18 Zimbabwe

Unit-19 Brazil

Week 11-12: BLOCK-6

Unit-20 Economic, Social and Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation

Unit-21 Liberalisation and Structural Adjustment Programme

Unit-22 Globalisation, Privatisation and Indigenous knowledge

Unit-23 WTO, GATT, GATS: Capital and Human Flows

Week 13-14: BLOCK-7

Unit-24 Dimensions of Knowledge Society: Issues of Access and Equity

Unit-25 Critique of Knowledge Society

Unit-26 Changing Roles of Media and ICTs on Employment

Week 15-16: BLOCK-8

Unit-27 Dam and Displacement

Unit-28 Green Peace Movement

Unit-29 People Science Movement

Unit-30 Civil Society Movements and Grassroots Initiatives

MSO-003: Sociology of Development
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Swayam
Faculty details

Dr. Deepak Paliwal

Dr. Deepak Paliwal presenting working as an Associate Professor (Sociology),School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. He worked as a Joint Director (Behavioral Science), in one of the prestigious Administrative Training Institute of India, Dr.R.S.Tolia Uttarakhand Academy of Administration, Nainital ,Uttarakhand(15.12.2018-12.08.2021). He joined the Higher Education Department in the year 2007 and from the year 2008 to 2011 he worked as Lecturer in different Government Degree Colleges of Uttarakhand. He joined the Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Uttarakhand Open University as Assistant Professor in August 2011. Apart from academic he worked in the different capacities as, I/C (Regional Service Directorate), Assistant Director (Research), Assistant Director (Training & Placement) and Assistant Registrar (Administration) in the University. He is the recipient of the prestigious UGC Research Award (2014-16). Dr. Paliwal completed the research project entitled “Open Schooling in Hilly Areas: A Critical Analysis of its Reach and Responsiveness” in the year 2016 funded by NIOS (Ministry of Human Resource Development, India). He has organized various Conferences, Seminar and workshop fully funded by various national and international organizations i.e. University of Sains Malaysia, ICSSR, National Commission of Women New Delhi and Uttarakhand Open University). His research interests include Research Methodology, Women Health an