R SOC355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Neoliberalism

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Rural Sociology
• Course: R SOC355
• Professor: Monica Gruezmacher

Document Summary

Touches all the other traditions in one way or another. Also, actors are not only individuals but also the role they play in a particular context. Eg. you are right now here as students but in your life you play di erent roles. Formal and informal institutions are not mutually exclusive. Formal institutions will require some kind of informality. Can encompass other plans policies and laws. Need a vision and goal for the plan. Expectation that law will stabilize a certain situation. Depends on the type of government too. Previous to ww2 , development was seen only as development of infrastructure. Then world seeker a new world order. Us took lead in setting a picture of that story. Bringing ideas of development to under developed. Power-knowledge dynamics taking hold of mainstream thinking. Two main typed of institutional reform: economic reform: pushed forward by these organizations. Instead of packaging a list of things we must think about the context.