DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
SECOND SEMESTER 2017/2018 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
LECTURE PERIOD:
MONDAYS, 17:30-19:20
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Course
Title
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Africa
and the Global System
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Course
Code
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POLI
346
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Purpose
and Objective
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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 analyze 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 readings 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) OR a mixture of short
answer questions and essays.
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Week
No.
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Lecture
Course
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Tutorials
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Venue
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Assessment
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1
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Administrative
element of the course/ Course structure.
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JQB.09
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2
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The
nature of the Global System and its essential features.
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JQB.09
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3
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Africa’s
position and role in the Global System.
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JQB.09
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4
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Continuation
of Africa’s position and role in the Global System.
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JQB.09
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5
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Processes
leading to Africa’s integration in the Global System.
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JQB.09
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6
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Continuation
of discussion of topic in Week 5.
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JQB.09
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7
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Pan-Africanism.
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JQB.09
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8
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Continuation
of Pan-Africanism.
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JQB.09
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9
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Mid
Semester Exams.
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JQB.09
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10
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Africa
and the Bretton Woods Institutions.
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JQB.09
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Week
No.
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Lecture
Course
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Tutorials
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Venue
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Assessment
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11
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Africa
and the United Nations Organization.
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JQB.09
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12
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The
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).
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JQB.09
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13
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Course
Review and Evaluation
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14-17
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Revision
and Exams
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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, 5th 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,
2nd 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, 3rd
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, 2nd
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
