COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST - POLI362 : DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

Department of Political Science

University of Ghana

POLI 362: Development Administration

Second Semester, 2015/2016

                                        Dr. Emmanuel Debrah

  Office Location: F16 Kweku Folson Building, Dept. of Political Science

Office Hours: Monday 11:30-13:30 Wed 9.30-10:30am

Email: edebrah@ug.edu.gh

                            

Course Title	DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Course Code	362
Course Overview and Objectives:	The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the major issues, concepts, problems and theories associated with development administration. It examines efforts developing countries are making to administer their development programs and how to improve their administrative systems that will expand the possibilities of their citizens. To this end, the course focuses on the processes and strategies for the administration of development in the developing societies. It begins on the operating premise that no singular factor such as political, economic, sociological explanations, as commonly found in theories of development economics and administration are adequate in explaining the myriad problems and efforts being made to improve the economic, political and social systems toward a better or more humane life for the people in the developing world. Specifically, the course addresses the following critical issues and concerns in the discipline:
WEEK NO.	LECTURE TOPIC	TUTORIALS	ASSESSMENT
1	What is development?	Explain development and why it is useful
2	Identify the characteristic of developing countries	Explain characteristics of developing countries
3	Trends and issues in development administration	Elements and Issues in  Development Administration
4	Development Programs in developing Societies	Development programs as agenda in developing countries
5	Strategies for administering development	Context and processes of development strategies
6	Development Planning, Administrative Reforms, decentralization in Public Sector	Why development planning and administrative reforms?
7	Poverty- A developmental Issue	What is poverty? Main views of poverty
8	Tackling the phenomenon of poverty	Poverty reduction policies/programs
9	Corruption in Development	Scale of corruption and developing countries
10	Corruption and Underdevelopment in developing Countries	Fundamental causes of corruption and underdevelopment
11	Development Problems	Challenges involved in development
12	Ways to address development deficit in developing countries	Techniques to address development deficit
13	Ways to address development deficit in developing countries	Techniques to address development deficit
14	Student Revision
15-16	EXAMINATION (70%)

Prescribed Textbook:

Polinaidu, S. 2004.  Public administration. New Delhi: Galgotia Publications Ltd. pp. 559-590.

Readings

Handelman, Howard. 2003. The challenges of third world development 3rd ed. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River.

World Bank. 2000. “New Directions in Developing Thinking” and “Decentralization: Rethinking Government” in Entering the 21st century: World Development Report 1999/2000. Oxford University Press: New York.

World Bank. 2001. World Development Reports, 2000-2001: Attacking Poverty. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Todaro, M.P. 2000. Economic Development in the 3rd world. New York: Longman.

Republic of Ghana. 2009. Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy II

Republic of Ghana. 2005. Ghana Poverty Reduction strategy I

Dwivedi, O. P. 1994. Development Administration: From Underdevelopment to Sustainable Development. New York: St Martin’s Press.

Riggs, Fred. 1971. Frontiers of Development: From Underdevelopment to Sustainable Development. Longman: New York.

Rondenelli, D. A., and Cheema, G. 2003. “Analyzing Decentralization Policies in developing Countries: a Political-economy framework”. Development and Change 20(1):57-87.

Republic of Ghana. 2003. National Decentralization Action Plan: Towards a Sector-Wide Approach for Decentralization Implementation in Ghana, 2003-2005. Tema: Ghana Publishing Corporation.

Conyers, D. 2007. “Decentralization and Service Delivery: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa”.IDS Bulletin 38 (1):18-32.

Gerald Caiden. 1988. ‘The Vitality of Administrative Reforms’. International Review of the Administrative Science. 54: 330-433.

Jrisast, J. E. 1988. Administrative Reform in Developing Countries: A Comparative Perspective ‘.Public Administration and Development. 8:80-90.