Module 5

Week 5 / Week of February 8

 

Subsidiarity. Devolution. Group meet by Zoom Thursday, 7pm / make-up meeting with individuals as needed.

 

Some of you are behind. This week’s assignment will be relatively light so you can have time to catch up. Please use that time wisely to get caught up by reviewing previous module assignments from Weeks 1-4 and getting those tasks done. If you are still not paired up with a community partner organization, this should be a huge priority. 

Are you having trouble with the reading from last week because it's in images? Easy fix: print them out, do your highlighting and annotation, then take a picture and embed that picture in your blog post.

 

I’d also like to have a class zoom gathering. Evenings seem to work best for most of you, so I’m proposing this Thursday, February 11, at 7pm. I will send a zoom invite link. Please do your best to attend, and if you can’t attend, please send me some alternate days/times that would work better for you.

 

Blog entry #8: 

Part 1: Re-read the section on subsidiarity from last week’s powerpoint slide handout. Also do some research online to learn more about this concept. Define “subsidiarity” in your own words. How is the concept of subsidiarity as discussed in this passage related to “devolution” as described in your textbook? 

Part 2: Google “devolution in Kenya” for an ambitious example of how governments might use devolution to achieve a desirable level of subsidiarity. Can you think of some examples of devolution from the US? Any time you hear the Federal government say (paraphrasing) “leave it up to the states,” that might be an example of devolution. Similarly, a state government saying “leave it up to the counties,” or a county government saying “leave it up to the individual cities.”

NB: Reflect on these readings and questions in your blog entry. Your blog entry should be several paragraphs in length and show evidence of having done the assignments referenced in this paragraph.