Week 8 GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY & SOCIAL POLICY
Objective:
To examine the implications of the following: (a) lack of social security and livelihood issues (b) responsibility of global civil society
Readings: (All three are required readings)
1. James Midgley, Global inequality, power and the unipolar world. Sage, International Social Work, 2007, 50 (5) pp. 613-626
2. Smitu Kothari, Bringing justice and culture back in global action for local livelihoods In Global Civil Society 2009. A Kumar, J A Scholte, M Kaldor, M Glasius, H Seckinelgin, H Anheier (Eds) 2009 pp 58-79
3. Jeremy Kendall The Voluntary & Community Sector (Click on Additional Reading for the scanned document from Social Policy 4th Ed. 2012).
ALUMNI
Guest Talk: Center for Social Inclusion
Advocacy Coordinator
Lynda’s background includes research and policy analysis on racial equity issues and immigrant rights. She formerly coordinated Coro New York Leadership Center’s Immigrant Civic Leadership Program and served as Legislative Director to New York City Council Member Daniel Garodnick. Lynda currently serves on the leadership team for Swirl, Inc., a national multi-ethnic, grassroots organization that aims to challenge society's notions of race through community building, educational events, and a leadership training program for racial justice action. She was a 2006 fellow for the Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs, a premier leadership development program, where she further developed her skills in community and stakeholder analysis and is a graduate of Tufts University where she majored in Peace & Justice Studies and American Studies