COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST FOR POLI 346: AFRICA AND THE GLOBAL SYSTEM, SECOND SEMESTER 2019/2020 ACADEMIC YEAR

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

SECOND SEMESTER 2019/2020 ACADEMIC YEAR COURSE SYLLABUS

Programme: BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA)

Course Code and Title: POLI 346: AFRICA AND THE GLOBAL SYSTEM

Credits: THREE CREDIT HOURS

Lecture Period(s) and Venue: Tuesdays 17:30pm-19:20pm, JQB 22

Course Instructor(s): S.K.M. AHIAWORDOR Office: Room #6, Political Science Department

Office Hours: Wednesday 10:00am-3:00pm and Thursday 9:30am-2:00pm Email: ahiawordor2000@yahoo.com

Teaching Assistant(s): Gideon Niibi Bilijoe (0243247533), Adwoa Konadu Asante (0504979679), and Barbara Lartey (0502471616)

Course Requirement: Every week, there will be assigned topics for discussion. It is important that 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 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 available. 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 during the semester and an end of semester sit in examination. The interim assessment may take the form of quizzes, assignments and sit in mid-semester tests. Students may also be requested to present term papers. The interim assessment shall carry 30 marks while the end of semester sit in examination shall carry 70 marks. It is compulsory for students to partake in these assessment tests.

Final Examination Format: There shall be six essay questions and students are required to answer three (3) OR a mixture of short answer questions and essays.

Plagiarism Policy: The University frowns on plagiarism which it considers as a very dishonest intellectual practice. Consequently, it is an offence to plagiarize the work of others without duly acknowledging the source. Students who engage in this dishonest act will be severely sanctioned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the University. For the avoidance of doubt, students may access the plagiarism policy on the University of Ghana Public Affairs or the AQAU webpages.

Grading Scale: For information on grading scales, students are advised to refer to the relevant pages of the undergraduate Handbook.

Course Delivery Schedule

Week	Date	Topic	Summary of issues to be discussed
1	3rd -7th Feb	Administrative element of the course/ Course structure.	A general overview of the course requirements and rules will be discussed.
2	10th-14th Feb	The nature of the Global System and its essential features.	This will involve the discussion of the nature of the global system using the general systems theory and identify the essential features of the system.
3	17th-21rd Feb	Africa’s position and role in the Global System.	A discussion of what Africa is and what it is not. it will also involve discussion of the Africa condition as outlined by Prof Ali Mazrui.
4	24th-28th Feb	Continuation of Africa’s position and role in the Global System.	A continuation of Topic Three.

5	2nd -6th March	Processes leading to Africa’s integration in the Global System.	The discussion will involve the factors that have influenced Africa’s integration into the Global Systems.
6	9th-13th March	Continuation of discussion of topic in Week 5.	A discussion of the role the Slave Trade and Colonialism played towards Africa’s integration into the global system.
7	16th-20th March	Pan-Africanism.	What Pan-Africanism is, its founding advocates and what they fought for.
8	23rd - 27th March	Continuation of Pan- Africanism.	Phases that Pan-Africanism has gone through and its current state.
9	30th -3rd April	Mid Semester Exams.	Mid Semester sit-in Exams.
10	6th-10th April	Africa and the Bretton Woods Institutions.	What are the Bretton Woods institutions and what gave been their negative and positive impact on Africa?
11	13th-17th April	Africa and the United Nations Organization	Africa’s role in the UN and how the UN has impacted Africa.
12	20th - 24th April	The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).	What the NEPAD is, its history, objectives, principles, prospects, and challenges for Africa.
13	27th April-1st May	Course Review and Evaluation	Course evaluation and summary of all that have been discussed during the semester.
14-17		Revision and Exams	Revision and Examinations

Reading List/Required Text

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

NOTE: other relevant materials will be recommended as and when necessary during lectures.