Problems of Political Development POL 321

 

Schedule

Jan. 21	Introduction
	No Reading
Jan. 23	Images and Voices from the South
	*Jeremy Seabrook, In the Cities of the South, pp. 80-5, 195-209,217- 25
	*Hazel Johnson, Third World Lives of Struggle, Selections
	Development Thought Paper due
Jan. 26	The Development "Problem"
	*The World Bank: World Development Report 2000, selected indicators
	*UNDP, Human Development Report, Human Development Index
	*Bob Sutcliffe, 100 Ways of Seeing an Unequal World
Jan 28	Defining Development
	McMichael, Development and Social Change, Introduction
	Peet, Theories of Development, pp. 1-11
Jan. 30	History of the Development Enterprise (I)
	*Michela Wrong, In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz, pp.
Feb. 2	History of the Development Enterprise (II)
	McMichael, Development and Social Change, pp. 2-24
	Theoretical Considerations
Feb. 4	Modernization
	Peet, Theories of Development, ch. 3
	Country Profile Due
Feb. 6	Modernization (II)
	Video: TBA
Feb. 9	Culture and Rationality
	*Lawrence Harrison, "Underdevelopment is a State of Mind"
	Rich, Mortgaging the Earth, ch. 8
	Video: Nissan Pathfinder
Feb. 11	Dependency and World Systems Theory
	Peet, Theories of Development, ch. 4
Feb. 13	Feminism
	Peet, Theories of Development, ch. 6
	McMichael, Development and Social Change, pp. 262-5
Feb. 16	Dissident Voices
	Peet, Theories of Development, ch. 5
	*Nanda Shrestha, "Becoming a Development Category, in Crush, ed., Power of Development
	Agents of Development and Underdevelopment
Feb. 18	Multilateral Institutions (I)
	McMichael, Development and Social Change, 39-45
	Rich, Mortgaging the Earth, chs 1-4
Feb. 20	Multilateral Institutions (II)
	Rich, Mortgaging the Earth, ch. 7
	Video: Our Friends at the Bank
Feb. 23	Multilateral Institutions (III)
	Case 1: Gregory P. Corning, "Managing the Asian Meltdown: The IMF and South Korea"
Feb. 25	Multinational Corporations (I)
	McMichael, Development and Social Change, pp. 86-114
	Paul Krugman, "In Praise of Cheap Labor"
Feb. 27	Multinational Corporations (II)
	Simulation: IBM and Mexico
March 1	States
	McMichael, Development and Social Change, pp. 24-36; 47-51; 63-9
	Case 1 paper due
March 3	Midterm Exam
	Contemporary Issues in Development
March 5	Pursuing National Development: NICs and Would-be NICS
	*Gary Gereffi, "Rethinking Development Theory: Insights from Latin America and East Asia"
	McMichael, Development and Social Change, pp. 74-86
March 8	Pursuing National Development (II): NAFTA and After
	*Charles Bowden, "Nafta: While You Were Sleeping" Harper's
	Economic Policy Institute, Briefing Paper, "Nafta at Seven"
	McMichael, Development and Social Change , 167-8; 191-7
	Video: Trade Secrets: the Hidden Costs of the FTAA
March 10	Globalization, Debt and Development
	McMichael, Development and Social Change pp. 123-40; 152-5; 158-65
	Drop the Debt
March 12	China and Manufacturing
	New York Times: "The World's Sweatshop"
March 15-21	Spring Break: No Class
March 22	Commodities and Exploitation
	Chocolate (Global Exchange)
March 24	The Politics of Water Privatization
	William Finnegan, "Leasing the Rain," The New Yorker
	Industry Paper Due
March 26	Coffee
	Video: Coffee Country (Frontline World)
	McMichael, pp. 280-1
March 29	Aid
	Center for Global Development: Commitment to Development Index
	*William Easterly, The Elusive Quest for Growth, excerpts
April 2	Direct to the Poor: Micro-loans
	The Grameen Bank Web Site
	Video: TBA
	Papers Due
April 5	Agriculture and Food Security
	McMichael, pp. 54-67; 100-110; 203-9
April 7	Health
	McMichael, pp. 221-3
	*Sen, Development as Freedom, chs. 7-9
	Oxfam, UK, "South Africa vs. The Drug Giants"
April 9	Dams and Development
	Video: TBA
April 12	Development, Authoritarianism, and Democracy (I)
	Case 2: Paul C. Sondrol, "Power Play in Paraguay: The Rise and Fall of General Alfredo Stroessner"
April 14	Development, Authoritarianism, and Democracy (II)
	Samuel Huntington, "After Twenty Years: The Future of the Third Wave"
	Sen, Development as Freedom, chs. 1, 6
April 16	Culture and Democracy
	Case 3: Mark Tessler and Lori Brand, "Democracy and Islam in Arab Politics,"
April 19	No Class
	Case 2 Paper due
April 21	Development and the Limits of the Earth (I)
	Case 4: Mark Montgomery, "Sustainable Development or Environmental Imperialism: Guinea-Bissau and the Hazardous Waste Trade
April 23	Development and the Limits of the Earth (II)
	Rich, Mortgaging the Earth, ch. 6
	*Vandana Shiva, Staying Alive, Introduction and ch. 1
	Case 3 Paper due
April 26	Population
	* Sen, ch.
April 28	Confronting Development in the 21st Century
	Video: Life and Debt
	Case 4 Paper due
April 30	An Alternative Development?
	McMichael, pp. 270-80
	*Martin Minogue and Uma Kothari, "Conclusion: Orthodoxy and its Alternatives in Contemporary Development," in Kothari and Minogue, eds., Development Theory and Practice: Critical Perspectives
May 3	Course Wrap-up and Review
	No Reading
May 8	Final Exam
	2-4 p.m.