INTD 397 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Neoliberalism, Social Control, Reproductive Health

• School: McGill University
• Department: International Development
• Course: INTD 397
• Professor: Megan Bradley

Document Summary

Religion and development: growing impact of faith-based organizations in development, what are the key characteristics of faith based organizations, do faith based organizations bring positive outcomes in development, what are the central dilemmas surrounding fbos" engagement with international. Religion and modernization: overlooked role of religion in development discourse. Social science research has neglected the world of religion and religious-based services for almost a century : hegemony of modernization assumptions = economic growth and secularization and democracy. Divergent social roles of religion: social unity, solidarity and trust, shared values and social cohesion, empowerment, social control, surveillance, policing, regulation, punishment, social fragmentation, tensions, conflict, exclusion, violence. Refugee assistance: refugees/migrants in montreal, advocacy of refugee rights, sponsorship program, detention program, twinning program. Islamic relief: muslim fbos have favourable roles in accessing muslim refugees and internally displaced persons (idps, privileged access to muslim refugees/