COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LISTS - POLI 346: AFRICA AND THE GLOBAL SYSTEM.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

SECOND SEMESTER 2016/2017 ACADEMIC YEAR

POLI 346: AFRICA AND THE GLOBAL SYSTEM

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST

LECTURER: S.K.M. AHIAWORDOR

Office: Room 6, Political Science Department

Email: ahiawordor2000@yahoo.com

Course Title	Africa and the Global System
Course Code	POLI 346
Purpose and Objective	Course Description: This course focuses on Africa’s role and position in the Global Affairs from the post-colonial to the present era.  It exposes students to the nature of the African condition, her role in the global affairs as well as her relationship with major actors such as states in the developed world and global governance and economic/financial institutions.  It as well deals with challenges facing Africa’s development and her contribution to global development. Course Objectives: The primary goal for offering this course is to encourage students to form independent judgments about Africa’s role and position in the Global System.  Students are encouraged to be able to identify factors undermining Africa’s progress.  Students will be encouraged to increase their understanding and ability to analyse current policy debates on global issues and to be able to explain the complex interactions of actors in the global system that directly impact on Africa. Course Requirement: Every week, there are assigned topics for discussion.  It is important that the students effectively prepare and contribute to such discussions.  Reading materials listed below must be read for a decent grade in the course.  The reading have been selected to provide the basis for effective class-tutorial discussions.  However, these readings are just a representative of an entire body of literature with which students must familiarize themselves.  The readings listed below are constantly under review and additional/revised readings and sources of information will be forthcoming.  The use of the internet for additional information is encouraged. Students are however seriously advised against plagiarism. Mode of Assessment of Students: There shall be two different forms of assessment which shall include an interim assessment to be held in the middle of the semester and an end of semester sit in examination. The interim assessment shall carry 30 marks while the end of semester examination shall carry 70 marks.  It is compulsory for students to partake in these assessment test. Final Examination Format: Six essay questions and students are required to answer three (3).

Week No.	Lecture Course	Tutorials	Venue	Assessment
1	Administrative element of the course/ Course structure.		JQB.22
2	The nature of the Global System and its essential features.		JQB.22
3	Africa’s position and role in the Global System.		JQB.22
4	Continuation of Africa’s position and role in the Global System.		JQB.22
5	Processes leading to Africa’s integration in the Global System.		JQB.22
6	Continuation of discussion of topic in Week 5.		JQB.22
7	Pan-Africanism.		JQB.22
8	Continuation of Pan-Africanism.		JQB.22
9	Mid Semester Exams.		JQB.22
10	Africa and the Bretton Woods Institutions.		JQB.22

Week No.	Lecture Course	Tutorials	Venue	Assessment
11	Africa and the United Nations Organisation.		JQB.22
12	The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).		JQB.22
13	Course Review and Evaluation
14-17	Revision and Exams

READINGS

Ake, Claude, A Political Economy of Africa, (New York, Longman, 1981).

Asante, S.K.B., Implementing the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD): Challenges and the Path to Progress, (Graphic Packaging, Accra, 2006).

Boafo-Arthur, Kwame, “Caught between NEPAD and Neo-Liberalism: Human Security in Africa’s Renaissance Strategy”, in Kwame A. Ninsin (ed.), Globalized Africa: Political, Social and Economic Impact, (Freedom Publication, 2012).

Crowder, Michael, West African under Colonial Rule, (Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London, 1967), Chapter 2.

Dougherty, James E., “The Study of the Global Systems”, in Rosenau James N., Kenneth W. Thompson and Gavin Boyd, World Politics: An Introduction, New York, NY: Free Press, 1976), pp.597-623.

Dubois, W.E.B., The World and Africa, (Viking Press, New York, 1947), pp.8-10; pp.238 & 243-44.

Fitzgerald, Francis A., “Structural Adjustment in Africa: Theoretical and Practical Issues”, in Aryeetey, Ernest (ed.), Planning African Growth and Development: Some Current Issues, (Accra, ISSER/UNDP, 1992).

Goldstein S. Joshua and Pevehouse C. Jon, International Relations, 5^th edition, (Longman, New York, 2011), Chapter 1.

Jacques Garvey, Amy, Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Vol.11, (Universal Publishing House, New York, 1926), pp.95-120.

Kevin, Shillington, History of Africa, 2^nd edition, (MacMillan, New York, 2005).

Mazrui, Ali A., The African Condition: A Political Diagnosis, (Cambridge University Press, 1980).

Nkrumah, Kwame, Africa Must Unite (Heinemann, London, 1963).

Rivkin, Arnold, The African Presence in World Affairs, (MacMillan, New York, 1964), Chapter 10.

Rodney, Walter, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, (Washington DC, Howard University Press, 1982).

Rothchild, Ronald and Harberson, John (eds.), Africa in World Politics: The Africa World System in Flux, 3^rd edition, (West View Press, San Francisco, 2000), Chapter 1 and 2.

Rothchild, Ronald and Harberson, John (eds.), Africa in World Politics: Post Cold War Challenges, 2^nd edition, (West View Press, San Francisco, 1995), Chapter 1 and 2.

Taylor, Ian, The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa, (Continuum International Publishing Group Limited, New York, 2010), Chapter 7.

Uzoigwe, G.N., “European Partition and Conquest of Africa: An Overview”, in Adu-Boahen (ed.), General History of Africa VIII: Africa under Colonial Domination 1880-1935, (University of California Press, 1981), pp.19-62.