This course is an introductory overview of development studies with attention to major schools of political economy, their intellectual origins and centrality to contemporary debates about economic development. Topics include colonialism, nationalism, and independence; post-colonial economic development models, policies, and strategies; perspectives on gender and
development; changing conceptions and measures of poverty, development, and underdevelopment; contemporary debates in development studies.

Course requirements:

• Development Studies Internet Resources "review" (5%), due Feb. 16
• Current events posting and commentary (5%), due at various times during the semester
• 2 short research papers (1500-2000 words) due approximately March 12 and April 13. (25% each)
• Self-scheduled final exam (40%)
• Attendence, attentiveness, and participation will be seriously taken into account when determining the final grade.

Required books: Available for purchase at the bookstore [and elsewhere] and on reserve.

• Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
• Peter Burnell and Vicky Randall, Politics in the Developing World, 2nd edition, (2008)
• Robert Griffiths, Annual Editions: Developing World 09/10, 16th edition (2008)
• Mitchell A. Seligson and John T Passé-Smith, editors, Development and Underdevelopment: The Political Economy of Global Inequality, 4th edition (2008)
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Schedule & Reading Assignments

Feb. 3   Introduction to the Course

Feb. 6, 10, 13, 17 Facts, Concepts, Assumptions, Definitions, Questions

• Burnell and Randall, chs. 3-5, 18, 23a, 23b,
• Seligson and Passé-Smith, 1-5, 11-13, 30-32
• Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom, pp. 3-11 ebrary

Feb. 20, 24      History Matters

• For 2/20:
  • Seligson and Passé-Smith, chs. 6-10
  • Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845), ch. VI, "Results of Industrialization." LINK [SKIM]
• For 2/24:
  • Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (all)
  • Karl Marx, "The British Rule in India" (1853) LINK
  • M.K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj Or Indian Home Rule (1908), excerpts: "A Word of Explanation"; chapters 14, 16, 17 LINK
  • Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961) (excerpts) LINK
  • Read a very brief biography of Fanon on Wikipedia LINK

Feb. 27, Mar. 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 31, Apri 3 Explanations, Theories, and Strategies

• Burnell & Randall, chs. 1, 16, 15, 23
• Jeffrey D. Sachs. The Development Challenge," Foreign Affairs. March- April 2005, pp. 78-90 LINK
• Seligson and Passé-Smith, chs. 14-24, 25-29
• Griffiths, chs. 1-6, 8-17

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Apr. 7, 10, 14 State & Society in the Developing World (I)

• Burnell & Randall, chs. 11-14, 20, 22
• Griffiths, chs. 27-34
• Sen, “Democracy as a Universal Value," Journal of Democracy - Volume 10, Number 3, July 1999, pp. 3-17. LINK

Apr. 17, 24 State and Society in the Developing World (II)

• Burnell & Randall, chs. 6, 7, 9, 10, 18 ,19, 21
• Seligson and Passé-Smith, ch. 13
• Griffiths, chs. 18-26

Tuesday, April 21: NO CLASS, MONDAY SCHEDULE.

Apr. 28, May 1, 5, 8   Issues and Challenges

N.B. More readings and/or topics may be added to this section of the course.

Gender

• Burnell & Randall, ch. 8
• Griffiths, chs. 42-45
• Maria C. Correia and Ian Bannon, Other Half of Gender: Men's Issues in Development, ch. 1 ebrary

Environment, Security, Population, Resources, & Health

• Burnell & Randall, chs. 17-19
• Griffiths, chs. 35-41

Tourism

• Frances Brown Derek Hall, "Tourism and Development in the Global South: the issues," Third World Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 5 July 2008 , pages 839 - 849.
• David Harrison, "Pro-poor Tourism: a critique Third World Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 5 July 2008 , pages 851 - 868.
• Harold Goodwin, "Pro-poor Tourism: a response," Third World Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 5 July 2008 , pages 869 - 871

May 13        Conclusions   

• Seligson and Passé-Smith, ch. 33
• TBA