DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
FIRST SEMESTER, 2017/2018
COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST
LECTURER: Professor Ransford
Gyampo
COURSE
OUTLINE AND READINGS
COURSE TITLE
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STRATEGIES FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
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COURSE CODE
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POLI 356
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COURSE CREDITS
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3
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PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
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The Course examines the
nature of the socio-economic as well as political conditions of many African
countries at the time of independence. It discusses the theoretical
explanations of under-development and critically examine the various
strategies that have been implemented by African countries to surmount the
challenges of under-development. Finally, it proffer explanations regarding
African under-development in spite of all the strategies of development
implemented.
By the end of the Course
students should be able to state and
explain at least five challenges to development that confronted African
states at the time of independence in the 1960s; identify and explain at
least two theories of under-development; examines which of the theories of
under-development best explains the status of African countries and give
justification for your choice; explain the strengths, weaknesses, trade-offs
and prospects associated with at least four developmental strategies pursued
by African countries since independence; and identify some explanations
regarding African under-development in spite of the strategies of development
implemented.
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OFFICE LOCATION
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Department of Political
Science, University of Ghana, Room 7
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OFFICE HOURS
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Mondays: 9.30am –
4.30pm
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EMAIL
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LECTURE PERIOD & VENUE
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Mondays 17.30-19.20pm
@ JQB ROOM 9
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WEEK NO.
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LECTURE TOPIC
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TUTORIALS
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ASSESSMENT
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1
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The Socio-Economic Dimensions of the African
Development Challenge
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Teaching/Graduate
Assistants to assist students in defining the socio-economic challenges that
confronted Africa soon after independence
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2
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The Political
Dimensions of the African Development Challenge
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Teaching/Graduate
Assistants to assist students in defining the political and governance
challenges that confronted Africa soon after independence
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3
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Overview of Theoretical
Explanations to African Under-Development
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Students to identify
and discuss the various strategies that can bring about African development
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4
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The Modernization
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Student to discuss the
main arguments of the Modernization Theory
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5
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The Dependency Theories
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Student to discuss the
main arguments of the Dependency Theory
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6
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Overview of Strategies
for African Development:
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Students to discuss
other theoretical explanations to African Under-Development with the guidance
of Teaching/Graduate Assistants
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7
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Import Substitution
Industrialization
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Students to be guided
in discussing the main arguments of ISI
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Interim Assessment
(30%)
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8
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Structural Adjustment
Programme
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Students to be guided
in discussing the main arguments of SAP
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9
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Application of
Political Conditionalities
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Students to be guided
in discussing the relationship between Democracy, Good Governance and
Development
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10
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The Legos Plan of
Action / Regional Integration
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Students to examine
the main issues raised by the Lagos Plan of Action as a development strategy
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11
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The New Partnership
for African Development (NEPAD)
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Students to discuss
the new ideas and strategies for development as propounded by NEPAD
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12
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The HIPC/Debt
forgiveness/Reparation
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Students to discuss
debt forgiveness and reparation as development strategies
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13
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The MDGs and SDGs
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Students to critically
examine the MDGs contributions to African development. Students must be guided in discussing the
various development policy prescriptions of the SDGs
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14
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STUDENT REVISION
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15-17
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EXAMINATION (70%)
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COURSE READINGS
- Handelman, Howard (2006) The Challenge of Third World Development, Fourth Edition, (New Jersey: Prentice Hall).
- Ewusi, K.(ed) (2013) Policies and Options for Ghana’s Economic Development, Third Edition, (Legon: ISSER).
- UNDP Human Development Report 2009.
- Rimmer, Douglas (1991) Africa: 30 Years On, (London: James Currey)
- Sandbrook, Richard (2000) Closing the Cycle: Democratization and Development in Africa (London: Zed Books).
- Collier, Paul (2007) The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It, (New York: Oxford University Press).
- Kousari, Kamran (2006) “Africa’s Woes- Homegrown or Externally Induced” Europe’s World, (Spring ) pp 157-162.
- Easterly, William “ The Utopian Nightmare”, Foreign Policy (September/ October 2005, pp58-64.
- Cooper, Frederick (2002) Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present,. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
- Gyampo, R.E.V. (2015). “Dealing with Winner-Takes-All Politics in Ghana: The Case for National Development Planning” Governance, Vol. 20, No. 1 (January/February), pp 1-11.
- Gyampo, R.E.V. (2016) The State of Political Institutions in Ghana, Revised Edition, Tema: Digibooks Publishing Limited.
- Kwakye, J.K. (2013) “The Price of Leadership Failings in Ghana” Legislative Alert, Vol. 20, No. 5 (September/October), pp 1-4.
- Roxborough, Ian (1988) Theories of Under Development. (London: Macmillan Education Ltd).
- Frank, Andre, Gunder (1972) "The Development of Underdevelopment," in James D. Cockcroft, Andre Gunder Frank, and Dale Johnson, eds., Dependence and Underdevelopment. (New York: Anchor Books).
- Lockwood, Mathhew (2005) The State They’re In: An Agenda for International Action on Poverty in Africa, (Warwickshire: International Technology Development Group Ltd).
- The Lagos Plan of Action for the Economic Development of Africa, 1980-2000,(1980) (Geneva: ILO).
- World Bank,(1981) Accelerated Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Agenda, (Washington, DC: World Bank).
- The Africa Commission (2005) “Our Common Future”, Report of the Africa Commission
- Rothchild, Donald ed. (1991), Ghana: The Political Economy of Recovery (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers)
- Gyimah-Boadi E. ed.(1993), Ghana Under PNDC Rule, ( Dakar: CODESRIA Book Series).
- Leftwich, Andrian (1993) “Governance, Democracy and Development in Third Word”, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 14. No. 3 pp 605-624.
- The Millennium Development Goals 2000
- The Sustainable Development Goals, 2016
- Armah, Bartholomew (2001), “Should Ghana Go HIPC”? IEA Legislative Alert Series, Vol. 1, No. 3 (March) pp 1-15.
- Ayittey, George (2005) “NEPAD and Africa’s Leaking Begging Bowl”, IEA Policy Analysis Series Vol. 3 No. 5. (February) pp 1-13
REQUIREMENTS/
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Extensive
Reading (at least 70% of the required reading materials) is a MUST
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There
would be 13 weeks of lectures and students must endeavor to attend all
lectures. The course shall not be done by correspondence.
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Students
must be punctual in attending all lectures. No lateness would be tolerated
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Students
MUST attend tutorials regularly and make MEANINGFUL contributions to class
discussions.
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An
Interim Assessment would be conducted and would constitute 30% of the final
grades of students. The final exam would account for 70% of students’ grade.
- For information on Grading Scale, students may refer to Undergraduate Handbook for details.
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Students
MUST comport themselves during lectures. No acts of indiscipline such as
ringing of mobile phones and all other acts that could distract the attention
of other students while lectures are on-going would be tolerated.
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Students MUST read the
University’s Policy on Plagiarism and adhere to it strictly in their readings
and writings.
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