Department
of Political Science
School
of Social Sciences
First
Semester, 2018/2019 Academic Year
Course
Syllabus for Legon and Accra City Campuses
POLI
211: Introduction to Development Studies
3
Credits
Lecture Venues/Times
Legon campus.
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Group A: JQB
Room 14/ Mondays, 7:30-9:20am.
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Group B:
JQB Room 22/ Thursdays, 9:30-11:20 am.
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Group C: NNB 3/ Fridays,
1:30-3:20 pm.
Accra City
Campus.
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Old
Library/Tuesdays, 7:50 -9:50am
Particulars of Course Instructors.
1.
Name of
instructor: Dr. Maame A.A. Gyekye-Jandoh.
Office location: Office of the Head,
Department of Political Science, Legon.
Office hours: Wednesdays. 9:30
am-11:30 am and by appointment
2.
Name of
instructor: Dr. C. Amo-Agyemang.
Office
location: Kweku Folson Building, 1st Floor, Department of Political
Science, Legon.
Office
hours: Thursdays. 11am-1pm; Fridays 1-3pm or by appointment.
3.
Name of
instructor: Nene-Lomo Kuditchar.
Office
location: Office number 14. Department of Political Science, Legon.
Office
hours: Mondays 12noon-2 pm; Thursdays 3-4 pm and by appointment.
Particulars of Course Assistants
1.
Name of course assistant: Adelaide
Ababio
Office
location: TAs Office, Department of Political Science,Legon.
Schedule:
Yet to be determined
Email
address: aaaababio@st.ug.edu.gh
2.
Name of Course assistant: Adams Mubarak
Office location:
General Office
Email:.adamsmubarak13@gmail.com
3.
Name of course assistant: Akpaligah
Dzifa Elaine
Office
location: TAs Office, Department of Political Science,Legon.
Email
address: edakpaligah@st.ug.edu.gh
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Course Overview
Welcome to POLI 211 – Introduction
to Development Studies. This course introduces students to the varied
concepts and theories of development through an intensely interactive and
discussion-driven format. Each session will combine lectures and discussion to
ensure a thorough understanding of the readings. Considerable emphasis is
thus placed on the student’s ability to, and interest in, participating in
discussion and respectful debate.
The main objective of the course
is to familiarize students with the meaning and scope of development, the
development debate and analyses of the major theories of development, as well
as contemporary issues concerning rural development, foreign aid, structural
adjustment, poverty reduction strategies, and the role of the state, market,
and civil society, including NGOs, in development. At the end of the course,
students are expected to be conversant with a wide array of concepts such as
social, economic, and sustainable development, poverty reduction, and
development planning, among others. In addition, students should be able to
better appreciate the dynamics involved in development and critically argue,
analyze, and write about development in both global and national contexts.
Course Expectations:
Grading: Two interim assessments
(IAs 15 % each), and One Final Exam accounting for 70% of total grade (making
100%)
Format of Final Exam :
Section A Short Answer Questions (45 points)
Section B An Essay
(25 points)
There will be three exams for POLI
211. The interim assessments (IA) component will be given in the middle of
the semester. The format of this will be either be multiple choice or short
answer questions based on the course materials and discussed up to that point.
This will constitute 30% of the total grade for the course. The final exam
will consist of short answer and essay questions, and will constitute 70% of
the total grade for the course. The exam will cover class and assigned
readings and class discussions. A short review will be held in the class
period prior to the date of the final exam.
Note: Academic Dishonesty will not
be tolerated in this class. (See Student Handbook for penalties).
Success in POLI 211 will depend on
timely preparation for reading and studying assignments, preparation for
exams and attendance and participation in class discussion. You will be
expected to spend about 8-10 hours on the reading assignments per week.
An Active Learning Approach will
be used in class to cover the course material. This is an interactive mode of
learning, which requires student interaction or participation in class
discussion. In order for this method to be effective, it is necessary to
prepare and study the lesson before coming to class. In order for an effective
learning atmosphere, please do not come late to class.
Students with Special Needs
Any student with an officially recognized social challenge should make fitting arrangements with the Office of Students with Special Needs and inform me. The Office of Students with Special Needs [OSSN] operates from two locations: one center of operation is located on the ground floor of the University of Ghana Computing Systems[UGCS] premises and the other situated next to the Student Financial Aid Office. The outfit can be reached on
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Tel:
+233-24-457-5177
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E-mail:
ossnug@gmail.com
The final exam will consist of
essay questions based on assigned class readings.
Note: Any act of academic
dishonesty will automatically be sanctioned in line with stipulated
University of Ghana rules. See https://www.ug.edu.gh/content/regulations-governing-university-examinations.
Academic integrity
Plagiarism, the representation of
someone else’s work as your own, as well as cheating in all forms, must be
avoided. The highest forms of academic integrity must be maintained at all
times. Please read the University of Ghana plagiarism policy at http://www.ug.edu.gh/aqau/policies-guidelines.
Tutorials
Attending tutorials is mandatory.
We therefore encourage you to take advantage of the weekly sessions led by
assigned course assistants.
Disclaimer
We reserve the right to change any
readings, dates and requirements listed in this syllabus. If this occurs, every effort will be made
to announce the changes well in advance.
You are however responsible for the specific adjustments that you may
require in the light of the announced changes.
Course
Schedule and Recommended Texts
Note: all texts in red are compulsory reads.
ü Todaro, M. (2012). Economic Development 11th
Edition. New York University. Developing Countries–Economic Policy.
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Weeks 1&2: Course Introduction -Understanding Development: Meaning,
Scope and Problems.
Compulsory Readings:
ü Coralie Bryant and Louise White. 1982. “Redefining
Development.” In Managing Development in the Third World. Boulder, CO:
Westview.
ü Denis Goulet. 1992. “Development: Creator and
Destroyer of Values.” World Development, Vol. 20, No. 3, p. 467-475.
ü “What is
Development?” World Bank. At
http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/beyond/beyondco/beg_01.pdf
[accessed 8/24/2017]
Weeks 3,4&5: Theories of
Development
·
Modernization
Theory
·
Dependency
Theory
·
World-Systems
Theory
·
Post-colonial
Theory
·
Feminist
Theory.
Compulsory Readings:
ü
Andre Gunder Frank. 1966. “The Development of Underdevelopment.”
In Development Studies: A Reader by Stuart Corbridge. Ed. 1995. p. 27-37.
London: Arnold.
ü
Andrew Webster. 1984. Theories of Underdevelopment.” In
Introduction to the Sociology of Development. p. 81-93.
ü Rostow, W. W. (1959),
'The Stages of Economic Growth' in The Economic History Review, Vol 12. N 1,
p1-16.
ü Kaur Gill , Parmjit (nd)
Feminist Theories of Development At
http://www.pupdepartments.ac.in/de/lesson/pg/MA%20Women%20Studies/Semester%203/Paper-I/2-8/3.pdf
Recommended Texts
ü Aguinaga, M., Lang, M., Mokrani, D., &
Santillana, A. (2013). Development critiques and alternatives: a feminist
perspective. Beyond Development: Alternative Visions From Latin America.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Transnational Institute/Rosa Luxemburg
Foundation, 41-59. At
https://www.tni.org/files/download/beyonddevelopment_critiques.pdf
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Andrew
Webster. 1984. “Modernization Theory.” In Introduction to the Sociology of
Development. London: Macmillan Publishers.
ü
Peet, R.
& Hartwick, E. (2009), 'Development as Modernization' in Theories of
Development: Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives, The Guilford Press, NY.
(pp 103-141)
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Cardoso,
F. and Faletto, E. (1979) Dependency and Development in Latin America,
Berkeley: University of California Press.
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Evans, P.
(1979) Dependent Development. N.J.: Princeton University Press.
ü
Frank,
A. G. (1966) ‘The Development of Underdevelopment’, Monthly Review, 18 (4):
17-31.
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Wallerstein,
I. (2000) “Globalisation or the age of transition? A long-term view of the
trajectory of the world system” International Sociology, 15: p.249
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Frank,
A.G. (1994) “The world economic system in Asia before European hegemony”
Historian, 94(56): p.259.
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Escobar,
A. (1995) Encountering Development: the Making and Unmaking of the Third
World, Princeton: Princeton University Press, Ch. 2 (Partly reprinted in M.
Rahnema, The Post-Development Reader, London: Zed Books, Ch. 4).
ü
Peet and
Hartwick (2009) Ch. 6 on ‘Post-structuralism, Post-colonialism and Post developmentalism’.
Weeks 6, 7 & 8: Post
Independence Trajectories of Development in Africa.
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Statisim:
Central Development Planning and the Role of the State
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Neliberalism:
The IMF, World Bank, Structural Adjustment Program and Foreign aid.
·
Welfare
statism: Social protection policies
·
Developmental
states/Neo-statism
Compulsory Readings:
ü
Kumssa, A., & Jones, J. F. (2014).
Post-independence African Policy: African Socialism and the Organization of
African Unity. Public Administration Research, 4(1), 12. At http://rcim.rmutr.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/290-Post-independence-African-Policy.pdf
ü
Mutahaba, G. R., & Kweyamba, A. B. (2010,
November). Searching for an Optimal Approach to National Development Planning
in Africa: Assessing the Contribution of Public Administration Systems. In The
32 nd African Association for Public Administration and Management Annual
Roundtable Conference, Durban, South Africa (pp. 15-19).
ü
Mkandawire, T. (2001). Thinking about
developmental states in Africa. Cambridge journal of economics, 25(3),
289-314. http://www.rrojasdatabank.info/Mkandawireafrica.pdf
ü
Edigheji, O. (2005). A Democratic Developmental
State in Africa? A Concept Paper. Centre for Policy Studies.
http://www.rrojasdatabank.info/devstate/edigheji.pdf
ü Thorsen, D. E. (2010). The Neoliberal Challenge-What is
Neoliberalism. Contemp. Readings L. & Soc. Just., 2, 188. At
http://folk.uio.no/daget/neoliberalism.pdf
ü Kalusopa, T., Dicks, R., & Osei-Boateng, C. (2012). “Social
protection schemes in
Africa” in Kalusopa, T.,
Dicks, R., & Osei-Boateng (eds) Social protection schemes in Africa.
African Labour Research Network: Windhoek. Pp. 15-29.
ü
Try well Kalusopa (2012) “Analysis of social
protection schemes in Africa” in Kalusopa, T., Dicks, R., & Osei-Boateng
(eds) Social protection schemes in Africa. African Labour Research Network:
Windhoek. Pp. 32-42.
ü
Heidhues, F., & Obare, G. (2011). Lessons
from structural adjustment programmes and their effects in Africa. Quarterly
Journal of International Agriculture, 50(1), 55-64. At https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/155490/2/4_Heidhues.pdf
Recommended Texts
ü
Harvey, D. (2007). A brief history of neoliberalism.
Oxford University Press, USA.
ü
Niño-Zarazúa, M., Barrientos, A., Hickey, S., & Hulme,
D. (2012). Social protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the politics
right. World development, 40(1), 163-176. At http://www.cmecc.com/uploads/%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC%E5%92%8C%E8%AE%BA%E6%96%87/%5B9%5D%5B%E5%A4%A7%E5%8D%AB%E5%93%88%E7%BB%B4%5D.David.Harvey.(2005).A.Brief.History.of.Neoliberalism.pdf
ü Berry, S. (1993). No
condition is permanent: The social dynamics of agrarian change in sub-Saharan
Africa. University of Wisconsin Pres. https://www.ids.ac.uk/files/socprotSSA.pdf
ü
Niño-Zarazúa, M., Barrientos, A., Hickey, S., & Hulme,
D. (2012). Social protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the politics
right. World development, 40(1), 163-176. At http://includeplatform.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Rise-Social-Protection-Sub-Saharan-Africa.pdf
Weeks 9, 10, 11& 12: Pertinent
Issues in the Quest for Development in Africa
·
Climate
Change and Adaptation
·
Land and
Rural Development
·
The
Sustainable Development Goals
·
Africa
Union’s Agenda 2063
Compulsory Readings:
ü Cooper, P. J. M., Stern, R. D., Noguer, M., & Gathenya, J. M.
(2013). Climate change adaptation strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa:
foundations for the future (pp. 327-356). In Tech Open. At https://www.intechopen.com/books/climate-change-realities-impacts-over-ice-cap-sea-level-and-risks/climate-change-adaptation-strategies-in-sub-saharan-africa-foundations-for-the-future
ü Pereira,
L. (2017). Climate change impacts on agriculture across Africa. http://environmentalscience.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.001.0001/acrefore-9780199389414-e-292?print=pdf
ü Boto, I.,
Peccerella, C., & Brasesco, F. (2012). Land Access and Rural Development:
New Challenges, New Opportunities. At http://www.cpahq.org/cpahq/cpadocs/FAO%20Land%20Access%20for%20the%20Rural%20Poor%20in%20Africa.pdf
ü Ighobor,
K. (2015). Sustainable Development Goals are in sync with Africa's
priorities. Africa Renewal, 29(3), 3-5. https://www.un.org/africarenewal/sites/www.un.org.africarenewal/files/Africa_Renewal_29_3.pdf
ü Omisore,
A. G. (2017). Attaining Sustainable Development Goals in sub-Saharan Africa;
The need to address environmental challenges. Environmental development. At https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/A3B662BD40C29AA1DF3B9C3BB8752C58B10A53BAD9F73E91E660F0D0BC927EA96DBA7337B9A2BF2A29A0999C9DEA00A2
Week 13:
Recap/ Revision
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