APA 3118 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Peer Education, The Open Definition, United Nations System
4 Mar 2016
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Lecture 2 - sport for development and peace (sdp) Ethnocentric = defined by a specific group, centered around one specific population (in this case the western countries/the developed world) We impose this definition of development on underdeveloped/less developed/third world countries. The concept is based on our view of the world and our values and world view. There have been many changes on how international development is implemented. Changing our ways of working, as practitioners in the field of development, the types of things we"re doing, the types of instruments we"re using, the types of populations we"re targeting etc. We need to remember that we are still in this age of economics. Sustainable development is operationalized through 3 pillars: economy, environment, society. To practice sustainable development we should respect a balance between the three pillars (in theory) Author sylvie brunette: she questioned who sustainable development was really for.
