SOC 737 - CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

College of Arts & Sciences

Credits: 3

This seminar explores the interrelationships between social processes, development and the environment. It provides the graduate student with the necessary theoretical and analytical tools to examine the social and cultural processes of environmental degradation and change. Topics include political ecology, health impacts of development, deforestation, resource tenure systems, environmental grassroots movements and large-scale development organizations.

Prerequisite(s):
Prereq: Consent of instructor.
Crosslisted with: ANT 736