COURSE WORK - SEMESTER 1

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Assignment for Case Study 2: Community organizing can replace failing states and NGOs

 ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR GROUPS. 

-THE QUESTION NUMBER WILL ALSO REPRESENT THE GROUP NUMBER.

-USE THE CASE MENTIONED ABOVE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

-THE ASSIGNMENT SHOULD NOT EXCEED 2 PAGES AND BE TYPED WITH 1.5 SPACING IN MICROSOFT WORD.

****Assignment will be submitted by next week on Friday(16th Feb. 2024)

GROUP ASSIGNMENT:

I.   Explain the challenges faced by poor rural communities in developing countries due to the failure of states and NGOs to provide adequate support.

II.   Describe the role of community organizing in addressing issues such as unemployment, inequality, and disease in deprived rural areas. How was it suggested that poor rural communities stand up themselves and take responsibility for organizing development?

 

III.   What are some of the crude standards of living that have been mentioned in the case? Who are the people around your communities whose political voice needs to be raised? How are they organized right now and what problems do they face?

 

IV.    Why was it mentioned in the case that there ought to be a community program to organize communities before any meaningful development can be initiated from these communities? How does it relate to the "Parable of the River?" How would you help these people to develop their sense of power?

 

V.    According to the case, what resources and potential advantages do many deprived rural communities possess that could be used for development? 

VI.    How does the lack of coordinated efforts between governments and NGOs impact the development of isolated populations in poor rural communities? Why does the author believe that poor rural communities should be responsible for organizing development themselves?

 

VII.   What strategies are suggested in the article for structuring community organizing initiatives within rural communities? How can community organizing empower local residents to provide development and social change?

 

 VIII.    According to the case, what key factors that poor rural communities lack hinder their ability to self-organize and initiate development?

 

IX.    Why does the author of this case emphasize the need for good leadership and direction in organizing poor rural communities for development?

 

 X.    Discuss the role of key individuals within communities in coordinating with state authorities and NGOs to facilitate the community organizing process.

 

 XI.    Evaluate the statement "power is not what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have" in the context of community organizing for development.

 

 XII.    Why does the author emphasize the need for good leadership and direction in organizing poor rural communities for development?

  

XIII.   Using the examples of the living conditions and practices mentioned in the case please explain the challenges faced by communities lacking proper resources.

XIV. Describe the role of community organizing in addressing issues such as unemployment, inequality, and disease in deprived rural areas.

 

 

CASE: Community organizing can replace failing states and NGOs

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Failing States & NGOs

TACTICS AND ACTION

 Community organizing groups exist only when they are acting. They tend to dissolve when nothing is going on, unlike other kinds of organizations, like churches. People only come together to organize against power when they are actually fighting. A year without battles is a year when the organization is falling apart. 

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PROBLEM AND ISSUE

 What is the difference between a "problem" and an "issue"? Download the reading below to understand this topic of community organizing.

Problem and issue

TARGET AND CONSTITUENCY

 Download the reading below for Target and Constituency in community organizing

RECRUITMENT AND CONSTITUENCY

 Download the reading: RECRUITMENT & CONSTITUENCY