COURSE CONTENT
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Week
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Topics
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Study Materials
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1
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The developing world
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Chapter 1 from:
William A. Joseph, Mark Kesselman, and Joel Krieger.2010. Introduction to Politics of the Developing World, Boston: Wadsworth
Chapter 1 from:
Ayoob, Mohammed .1995. The Third World Security Predicament: State Making, Regional Conflict, and the International System. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner
Berger, Mark T. 2004. “After the Third World? History, Destiny and the Fate of Third Worldism,” Third World Quarterly 25(1): 9-39.
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2
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Geographic Discoveries
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Chapters 5,6,7,8,12,14,16 from: Aughton, Peter. 2007. Voyages that changed the world, London: Quercus
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3
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Colonialism
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Chapters 1 and 2 from:
Dixon, Chris and Michael Heffernan. 1991.
Colonialism and Development in contemporary
world, London & New York: Mansell
Publishing Limited.
Chapters 1,2 and 3 from:
Osterhammel, Jurgen. 1995. Colonialism: A
Theoretical Review. New Jersey. Markus
Wiener Publishers
Memmi, Albert.1965. The Colonizer and the
Colonized. New York. Beacon Press
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4
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Postcolonialism
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Chapters 1 and 2 from:
Loomba, Ania.1998. Colonialism/
Postcolonialism. London Routledge Classics
Press.
Chapters 3,4,5 from:
Young, Robert. 2011. Postcolonialism: An
Historical Introduction, New York: Wiley and
Blackwell.
Chapters 4 and 9 from:
Bhabha, Homi. 1991. The Location of Culture New York: Routledge Classics
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5
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The State in regional and global episode
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Miller, J.D.B. 1967. The Politics of the Third World. London-New York: Oxford University Press
Chapter 2 from:
Ayoob, Mohamed. The Third World Security Predicament: State Making, Regional Conflict, and the International System, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1995
William Reno.2006. “Congo: From State Collapse to ‘Absolutism,’ to State Failure,” Third World Quarterly 27(1): 43-56.
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6
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The State during and after the Cold War
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Chapters 6,7,8,9 from:
Ayoob, Mohamed. 1995. The Third World Security Predicament: State Making, Regional Conflict, and the International System Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner
Chapters 3,4,5 from:
Westad, Odd. 2007. The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of our Times. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
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7
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Military
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Kennedy, Gavin. 1974. The military in the Third World. London: Duckworth
Ball, Nicole. 1982. Third world militaries and politics: An Introductory Essay, Cooperation and Conflict, 17(2): 41-60.
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8
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Democratization
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Huntington, Samuel. 1993. The Democratization in the Late 20th Century. New York: University of Oklahoma Press
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9
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Term Paper due date
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10
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Development/ Underdevelopment
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Chapters 1 and 10 from:
Howard Handelman.2011. The Challenge of Third World Development. Boston: Longman
William Easterly.2007. “The Ideology of Development,” Foreign Policy 161: 31-35
Perkins, John. 2005. Confessions of an Economic Hitman Vol.1. New York: Plume
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11
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Poverty/Equality
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Rodney,Walter. 2011. How Europe underdeveloped Africa. New York: Black Classics Press
Paul Harrison.1987. Inside the Third World. London: Penguin Books
Ravi Kanbur.2005. “Growth, Inequality and Poverty: Some Hard Questions,” Journal of International Affairs 58(2): 223-232.
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12
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Foreign Aid
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Ghosh, Pradip. 1984. Foreign Aid and Third World Development. London: Greenwood Publications
Easterly, William and Tobias Pfutze. 2008. “Where Does the Money Go? Best and Worst Practices in Foreign Aid,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 22(2): 29-52.
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13
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Globalization
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Perkins, John. 2005. Confessions of an Economic Hitman Vol.2-3. New York: Plume
David Dollar.2005. “Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality since 1980,” The World Bank Research Observer 20(2): 145-175.
Burgis, Tom. 2016. The Looting Machine. Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth. New York: Public Affairs
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14
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Review
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15
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Final Examination
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