EDS387 Stat og sivilt samfunn i utvikling og miljøforvaltning i India

The course is aimed at providing overall understanding of development and enviromental issues in India including disaster risk reduction and management. The candidates will get advanced knowledge of the interconnected nature of environment and development issues.

The candidates will develop knowledge and skills to work with rural and urban issues in development and environmental governance, advanced understanding of the synergy between state and civil society organisations in India in implementing development and environmental policies and programmes, developing skills in field work in a developing country context.

The candidates will be able to understand field issues, and communicate it to both researchers and civil society in general.

Masternivå innen Miljø- og utviklingsstudier, internasjonale relasjoner, eller agroøkologi.

Master level in Environmental Studies, Development Studies, International Relations, Economics, and Agroecology, Landscape Architecture, Public Health, or other relevant fields; or advanced Bachelor level in International Environment and Development Studies.

Fra Institute of Development Studies IDSJ), Jaipur: Mottilal Mahamallik, Kanchan Mathur, Varsha Joshi, Mohana Kumar, K.N. Joshi, Kanchan Mathur, Purnendu S. Kavoori, Shobhita Rajagopal, Varinder Jain, Jai Singh Rathore.

From Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Tivandrum: Parameswaran, M. Praveena Kodoth, Devika, J., Vinoj Abraham, K. N. Harilal, K.J Joseph, Sunil Mani, Jayaseelan Raj, Abhilash T.

From ATREE/CERC Alappuzha: Jojo T.D, Priyadarsanan Dharmarajan and others

Fra Noragric: Darley Kjosavik

The course is a cooperation between NMBU and the partner institutions in India and is offered in India for 4 weeks.

Students apply for the course to the department in autumn.

1. 80% attendance in the lectures, seminars and field visits

2. Submission of field notes

3. Group work including literature/data collection and anaysis, report writing and presentation.

The literature includes the following: (Supplementary literature may be handed out by relevant teachers when necessary. Students are actively encouraged to search for relevant literature while in India)

Chamola, S.D., 2012, Introduction, In: Bharati, A. and Chamola, S.D. (eds), Agriculture and Rural Development in India: Some Emerging Issues, New Delhi: Global Vision Publishing House, P-1-22.

Dharma Rajan, Priyadarsanan, 2008, Elixir of Life, Editorial, Vembanad, ATREE Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1.

Gopa Kumar, G., 2013, Civil Society-Politics Interface: The Kerala Experience, New Delhi: Manak Publications, Chapter 1: Civil Society: A Theoretical Debate, Page 1-51 and Chapter 2, page 52-119: Towards Building a Civil Society in Kerala.

Iyengar, Sudarshan, Rethinking Human Behavior in Modern Economics: A Gandhian Perspective, Chapter 5, In:

Kannan, K P. 2018. Kerala in Transition: Essays in Economy, Polity and Society. Thiruvanananthapuram: Laurie Baker Centre for Habitat Stuides and Centre of Science and Technology for Rural Development.

Kannan, K.P. and Jain, Varinder, 2013, Historic Initiative, Limited by Design and Implementation: A National Overview of the Implementation of NREGA, In: Kannan, K.P and Bremen, Jan, The Long Road to Social Security, Chapter 2: New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Krishna Kumar, K and Dharma Rajan, Priyadarsanan, 2012, Fish and Fisheries in Vembanad Lake: Consolidated Report of Vembanad Fish count 2008- 2011, Community Environment Resource Centre (CERC), Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Alappuzha.

Omkarnath, G., 2012, Economics: A Primer for India, Delhi: Orient Blackswan

Parameshwaran, M., 2011, Financial Crisis and Kerala Economy, CDS Working paper No. 441.

Patterson, Cody, 2010, ¿Matsyathavalam¿ or ¿Home of Fishes¿: A democratic approach towards conserving fishes and livelihoods, http://www.atree.org/matsyathavalam

Singh, S., Joshi, V. and Joshi, K.N, 2013, Working of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in Rajasthan: Some grassroots experiences, Chapter 6, In: Pankaj, A.K. (ed), Right to Work and Rural India: Working of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS), New Delhi: Sage.

Verma, H. L., 2012, India¿s Growth Vision: Liberalized Economy and People¿s Participation, In: Bharati, A. and Chamola, S.D. (eds), Agriculture and Rural Development in India: Some Emerging Issues, New Delhi: Global Vision Publishing House, P. 25-42.