DPPG8508A-F23
Power, Social Change & Orgs
Complex social problems are beyond the capacity of any single organization – or sector -- to solve. Their sheer intractability suggests that we need new ways of both understanding the problems themselves and imagining solutions that span across the public, private, and non-profit sectors. This course will look at one such intractable problem – the fact that a very large percentage of workers in the United States do not come close to earning a living wage – and unpack the multiple reasons for this and the harms to society that this situation creates. The course will then challenge students to identify pathways forward towards achieving a society in which all workers receive a living wage. Learners will master tools and approaches for power, institutional, and hegemonic analysis; acquire knowledge about the actions needed to bring together odd bedfellows (organizations/sectors that do not normally work together); gain understanding of what a true living wage is in the US and how to calculate it; and will build a sophisticated understanding regarding how structural social change actually happens…vs. how we may wish it happens.
- Term:
- Fall 2023 - MIIS
- Location:
- Morse B207(MRSE B207)
- Schedule:
- 8:00am-9:50am on Friday (Sep 5, 2023 to Dec 15, 2023)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Course Modality:
- Blended
- Instructors:
- Kent Glenzer
- Subject:
- Development Practice & Policy
- Department:
- Development Practice & Policy
- Division:
- Intl Policy & Management
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Levels:
- MIIS Graduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 91619
- Subject Code:
- DPPG
- Course Number:
- 8508
- Section Identifier:
- A