University of Ghana * Department of Political Science* Course Catalogue

Friday, 14 August 2015

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST FOR POLI 203/213: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

FIRST SEMESTER, 2015/2016

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST

LECTURERS: Dr. Emmanuel Debrah & Dr. Ransford Gyampo

COURSE OUTLINE AND READINGS

COURSE TITLE	INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
COURSE CODE	POLI 203/213
COURSE CREDITS	3
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES	Public administration can simply be explained in terms of the management of public programmes. The course examines the conceptual and practical facets of public administration; examines the work of public administrators in many different kinds of organizations; and defines the political as well as the historical context within which public organizations operate. The course also focuses on the public bureaucracy and analyzes government operations and their impact on the individual and society in general.
OFFICE LOCATION	Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, Room 7
OFFICE HOURS	Mondays: 9.30am – 4.30pm
EMAIL	vangyampo@yahoo.com or revgyampo@ug.edu.gh
LECTURE PERIODS AND VENUE	Group A - Mondays 7.30am-9.20am @ JQB 14. GROUP B- Wednesdays 7.30am-9.20am @JQB 14
WEEK NO.	LECTURE TOPIC	TUTORIALS	ASSESSMENT
1	The nature and scope of Public Admin	Students to identify and explain the difference between public and private administration
2	Nature and Scope of Public Admin
3	Principles of Public Admin	Students to explain the Principles of Scientific Management
4	Principles of Public Admin
5	Theories of Public Admin	Students to Identify and explain the various theories of Public Admin
6	Theories of Public Admin
7	Administrative Centralization	Students to discuss the merits and demerits of a Centralized Administration
8	Decentralization	Students to explain the concept of decentralization and identify the factors that favors it
9	Administrative Leadership	Students to distinguish between leaders and managers
10	Administrative Leadership
11	E-Government	Students to discuss the impact of E-Government on Public Admin
12	E-Government
13	Re-cap of Semester
14	STUDENT REVISION
15-17	EXAMINATION (70%)

COURSE READINGS

Denhardt R. and Denhardt J. 2009. Public Administration: An Action Orientation, Sixth Edition (Belmont: Thomson Higher Education)

Starling Grover 2008. Managing the Public Sector, Eighth Edition (Boston: Thomson Higher Education)

Shafritz J. and Hyde A. 2007. Classics of Public Administration, Sixth Edition (Boston: Thomson Higher Education)

Guy, P and Jon P (eds.) 2007. Handbook of Public Administration (London: Sage Publications)

Simon, H. 1997. The Public Administration Behaviour, Fourth Edition (New York: Free Press).

Polindaidu S. 2004. Public Administration (New Delhi: Galgotia Publications).

Trahair R. 2005. Elton Mayo: The Humanist Temper (New York: Transaction Publishers).

Kanigel R. 1997. The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency (New York: Viking).

Fitch L.C. 1996. Making Democracy Work: The Life and Letters of Luther Halsey Gulick, 1892-1993 (California: University of California Press).

Blackman D and Lejeune H. (eds.) 1990. Behaviour Analysis in Theory and Practice: Contributions and Controversies. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Green, D.P and Shapiro, I. 1994. Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science (New Haven: Yale University Press).

Ayee J.R.A. 1994. An Anatomy of Public Policy Implementation (Avebury: Aldershot).

Prud’homme, R. 1995. ‘The Dangers of Decentralization”, The World Bank Research Observer 10 (2) (August): 100-120.

Olowu D. 1995. “Centralization, Self-Governance and Development in Nigeria” in J.S Wunsch and D. Olowu (eds.) The Failure of the Centralized State: Institutions and Self-Governance in Africa (San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies Press).

Spillane James et al. 2004. “Towards a Theory of Leadership Practice” Journal of Curriculum Studies 36 (1): 3-34

Satyanarayana, J. 2004. E-Government: The Science of the Possible (India: Prentice Hall).

Walsham, G. 2001. Globalization and ICTs: Working Across Cultures (Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press).

REQUIREMENTS/ GENERAL INFORMATION

Extensive Reading (at least 70% of the required reading materials) is a MUST
There would be 13 weeks of lectures and students must endeavor to attend all lectures. The course shall not be done by correspondence.
Students must be punctual in attending all lectures. No lateness would be tolerated
Students MUST attend tutorials regularly and make MEANINGFUL contributions to class discussions.
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.

· 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

PLAGIARISM POLICY

Students must take note that the University of Ghana has deployed software under its current e-Learning platform that detects plagiarism in all forms, from class assignments to project works and other academic work. This is aimed at enhancing originality of thought among students and promoting excellent academic work. Plagiarism in any form would therefore not be countenanced.

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST FOR POLI 455: POST-CONFLICT PEACE BUILDING AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

FIRST SEMESTER, 2015/2016

LECTURER: A. K. D. FREMPONG

E-mail: akdfrempong@ug.edu.gh

Lecture Time: Fridays 9:30-11:20

COURSE TITLE	POST-CONFLICT PEACE BUILDING AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
COURSE CODE	POLI 455
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES	The task of building peace after violent conflict is more arduous than prosecuting the war itself. The situation is made worse particularly in post-Cold War Conflicts in Africa characterized by violation of all tenets of war, high civilian casualty and displacement, proliferation of warring factions each carving a colony for itself and demanding a seat at the peace conference table, long periods of ‘no war, no peace’ situations, the use of Child Soldiers, etc. Upon completion of this course students should be able to: Understand the tasks of post-conflict peace building and the various approaches in dealing with them Examine related basic concepts Understand the nature of post-Cold War Conflicts and Peace Settlement as well as Post-Conflict Societies. Critically discuss specific aspects of post-conflict peace building with case studies - Elections, Reintegration (of the displaced, child soldiers, women, etc), Security and Transitional Justice. To sensitize and enhance the ability of students to contribute to discussions on issues of Post-Conflict Peace building and Transitional Justice On each of the various topics, worst case scenarios and/or best practices will be examined. Readings on some case studies are assigned to give student practical meaning to the theoretical issues discussed. CASE STUDIES: Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone
WEEK NO	Date	Lecture Course	Tutorials	Venue	Assessment
1-3	21/8/15 to 4/9/15	Understanding Post Conflict, Peace building & Transitional Justice	What is Post-conflict, Peace building &Transitional Justice	Lecture: JQB 24 Tutorial: DLR
4-6	11/9/15 to 25/9/15	Nature of Post Cold War Conflicts and Overview of Post Conflict Societies	Features of Post-Cold War conflicts & Post Conflict societies	Lecture: JQB 24 Tutorial: DLR
7	2/10/15	Peace Settlement	Discuss Peace Settlements Case Studies: Liberia & CIV	Lecture: JQB 24 Tutorial: DLR
8	9/10/15	Post-Conflict Elections	Analyze Post Conflict Elections Case Studies: Liberia/ CIV	Lecture: JQB 24 Tutorial: DLR
9-11	16/10/15 to 30/10/15	Reintegration of the War Affected: The Displaced, Women, Child Soldiers	Define Reintegration & discuss IDPs, Child Soldiers etc	Lecture: JQB 24 Tutorial: DLR
12-13	6/11/15 to 13/11/15	Transitional Justice	Examine different modes of Transitional Justice Case Study: Sierra Leone	Lecture: JQB 24 Tutorial: DLR

Reading List

Michael W. Doyle & Nicholalas Sambanis (1999) Peace building: Challenges and Strategies After Civil War http://www.worldbank.org/research/conflict/papers/building.pdf

Eugenia Date-Baah (2007) Challenges of Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Some Reflections, Accra: Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) Inaugural Lecture.

Priscilla B. Hayner (2002) “Confronting Past Crimes”, in Unspeakable Truths, New York/London: Routledge, Chapter 2, pp. 10-23

Goliath Business News (2007) “Intra-State Conflicts in the Post-Cold War Era”, International Journal on World Peace Online, 1 December,http://goliath.ecnext,com/coms2/gi_0199-7634177/Intra-state-conflicts-in-the.html

E. H. Bombande and Z. S. Takwa (2007) Ouagadougou Peace Accord: A Break-Through At Last? WANEP Policy Brief.

M. Ndulo and S. Lulo (2010) “Free and Fair Elections, Violence and Conflict”, Harvard ILJ Online, Vol. 51, July.

S. Michailof, M. Kostner and X. Devictor (2002) Post-Conflict Recovery in Africa: An Agenda for the Africa Region, World Bank African Region Working Paper Series, No. 30.

C. A. Crocker, F. O. Hampson and P. Aall (2004) “Recipes for Securing Settlement” and “Making Settlement Stick”, Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases, Washington D. C: USIP Press, Chps. 7 & 8, pp. 149-184.

W. Kune (2010) The Role of Elections in Emerging Democracies and Post Conflict Countries: Key Issues, Lessons Learnt and Dilemmas, FES International Policy Analysis.

K. D. Loetzer and A. Casper (2011) After the Presidential Election in Cote d’ Ivoire, KAS International Report.

Priscilla B. Hayner (2002) “Why a Truth Commission?”, in Unspeakable Truths, New York/London: Routledge, Chapter 3, pp. 24-31.

Overview of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Report

NB: Students must as well do internet searches of their own.

Examination

The examination will be in two parts: Interim Assessment (30%) and End-of- Semester Examination 70%. The Interim Assessment will be a take-home assignment and the End of Semester Examination will consist of a two-and-half-hour paper with two sections: section A 50 short answer questions covering the entire course. Attention must therefore be paid to details on topics treated. Section B will have three essay questions from which students answer one.

Tuesday, 11 August 2015

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST FOR POLI 211: INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Department of Political Science

School of Social Sciences

College of Humanities

POLI 211 – Introduction to Development Studies

1^st Semester, 2015/2016

Main and City Campuses

Lecturers: Dr. Maame A.A. Gyekye-Jandoh; Mr. Kwame Asah-Asante

Office: Room 6 and Room 12, Political Science Dept.

Office hours: Dr. Gyekye-Jandoh – Tues. 11:45am-1:15pm and by appointment; Mr. Asah-Asante - By appointment

E-mail: mgyekyej@yahoo.com, mgjandoh@ug.edu.gh; rasahasante@ug.edu.gh

Course Description and Objective:

Introduction to Development Studies introduces students to the varied concepts and theories of development through an intensely interactive and discussion-driven format. Each session will combine lectures and discussion to ensure a thorough understanding of the readings. Considerable emphasis is thus placed on the student’s ability to, and interest in, participating in discussion and respectful debate.

The main objective of the course is to familiarize students with the meaning and scope of development, the development debate and analyses of the major theories of development, as well as contemporary issues concerning rural development, foreign aid, structural adjustment, poverty reduction strategies, and the role of the state, market, and civil society, including NGOs, in development . At the end of the course, students are expected to be conversant with a wide array of concepts such as social, economic, and sustainable development, poverty reduction, and development planning, among others. In addition, students should be able to better appreciate the dynamics involved in development and critically argue, analyze, and write about development in both global and national contexts.

Course Expectations:

Complete all reading assignments by their due dates
Participate in class discussions
Come to class on a regular basis and take final exam
Ask questions when you are unsure what the assignment is
Write complete, clear, concise and well-organized prose on exams

Grading: One Interim Assessment (IA) 30%, and One Final Exam 70% of total grade (to make 100%)

Final Exam Format:

Section A Short Answer Questions (50 points)

Section B An Essay (20 points)

There will be two exams in POLI 211. The interim assessment (IA) will be given in the middle of the semester. The format of this will be either essay questions or short answer questions on the material taught and discussed up to that point. This will constitute 30% of the total grade for the course. The final exam will consist of short answer and essay questions, and will constitute 70% of the total grade for the course. The exam will cover class and assigned readings and class discussions. A short review will be held in the class period prior to the date of the final exam.

Note: Academic Dishonesty will not be tolerated in this class. (See Student Handbook for penalties).

Success in POLI 211 will depend on timely preparation for reading and studying assignments, preparation for exams and attendance and participation in class discussion. You will be expected to spend about 8-10 hours on the reading assignments per week.

An Active Learning Approach will be used in class to cover the course material. This is an interactive mode of learning, which requires student interaction or participation in class discussion. In order for this method to be effective, it is necessary to prepare and study the lesson before coming to class. In order for an effective learning atmosphere, please do not come late to class.

Course Schedule and Readings:

Weeks 1 & 2 – Course Introduction; Understanding Development: Meanings, Scope and Problems

Coralie Bryant and Louise White. 1982. “Redefining Development.” In Managing Development in the Third World. Boulder, CO: Westview.

Denis Goulet. 1992. “Development: Creator and Destroyer of Values.” World Development, Vol. 20, No. 3, p. 467-475.

Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith. 2012. "What Do We Mean by Development?" in Economic Development. (11th edition). p. 14-25. England: Pearson Education Limited.

Weeks 3 & 4 – Theories of Development

Andre Gunder Frank. 1966. “The Development of Underdevelopment.” In Development Studies: A Reader by Stuart Corbridge. Ed. 1995. p. 27-37. London: Arnold

Andrew Webster. 1984. Theories of Underdevelopment.” In Introduction to the Sociology of Development. p. 81-93.

Andrew Webster. 1984. “Modernization Theory.” In Introduction to the Sociology of Development. London: Macmillan Publishers.

Paul Streeten and Shahid Burki. 1978. “Basic Needs: Some Issues.” Volume 53 of World Bank Reprint Series. World Bank. p. 411-420. See also World Development, 6: 3. 1978.

Recommended: Paul Streeten, Shahid Javed Burki, Mahbub ul-Haq, Norman Hicks, and Frances Stewart. 1982. First Things First: Meeting Basic Needs in Developing Countries. Oxford: Oxford University Press.