Sociological Perspectives on Rural Development
Examen 2021-2022
- Talk about your own article. Give a short, quick summary and connect it to the course.
- Mediation theory:
a. Explain the mediation theory by Verbeek.
b. Apply this theory to GMOs.
c. Give another example to illustrate this theory.
- Case study on the GMO trial:
- Regarding the GMO trial in 2011: they want to conduct it again in 2022 and you are the person who has to organize a multi-stakeholder process. How would you do it? What are possible bottlenecks?
- Do you agree or disagree with the following quote? Explain your reasoning.
"Policy makers, scientists and NGO’s should not interfere in rural development. They usually make things worse and create new problems. They don’t understand the needs of the rural population. Rural development should only come from within the local population. This is what the dominant discourse should be."