Department of Political Science POLS 5245 Syllabus
Development Politics and International Cooperation
Fall 2021 September-December Instructor: Javed Maswood
Location and Time: Thursday @ 5pm, Waleed C143
Course Objectives and Description:
This course examines the main features of the politics of development and international development cooperation, including, but not limited to, conceptual issues such as changing understandings of development, as well as theoretical approaches to explaining development or its absence.
Content and Requirements:
This seminar is a joint course for the Master of Arts Program in Comparative and Middle East Politics and Society. The objective is to critically understand the theory and process of
development in developing countries. There will be a weekly seminar session and each seminar will begin with a 15 minute student presentation on the topic. The presenter should also prepare a list of relevant questions to guide our discussion. Each student will be responsible for at least one presentation during the course of the semester and a large part of the assessment will be based on presentation and discussion. A one-page summary of the presentation, in point form, should be submitted to the Instructor by Sunday morning preceding the presentation. The Instructor will circulate the summary to the rest of the class by late Sunday afternoon.
Grading:
Participation and presentation: 40%, Two book reviews: 10% each, One final research paper:
40%. The final paper (3000- 4000 words) is due late November. The paper will be graded on evidence of research, soundness of research design, and clarity of language. The research paper must be structured around a testable hypothesis and narrowly focused. Plagiarism is a serious academic offence and will not be tolerated. It will result in an automatic failing grade.
Provide proper citations in all written submissions. For further details on what constitutes plagiarism and the relevant policies please consult AUC catalogue.
Seminar Topics and Readings
1. Introduction to the Course: Defining and Measuring ‘Development’
Kolawole, Oluwatoyin Dare. (2010) Interdisciplinarity, Development Studies, and Development Practice. Development in Practice 20(2): 227-39.
Randall, Vicky. (2004) Using and Abusing the Concept of the Third World: Geopolitics and the Comparative Political Study of Development and Underdevelopment. Third World Quarterly 25(1): 41-53.
Sen, Amartya. (2000) "The Perspective of Freedom" in Development as Freedom: New York: Knopf, pp 13-34
2. Classical Theories of Development: Paradigm Shifts in Development Discourse Brohman, John. (1995) Universalism, Eurocentrism, and Ideological Bias in
Development Studies: From Modernisation to Neoliberalism. Third World Quarterly 16(1): 121-40.
Schuurman, Frans J. (2000) Paradigms Lost, Paradigms Regained? Development Studies in the Twenty-First Century. Third World Quarterly 21(1): 7-20.
3. Alternative Theories of Development and Developmental States
Woo-Cumings, M (1999), ‘Introduction: Chalmers Johnson and the Politics of
Nationalism and Development’, in Meredith Woo-Cumings (ed.), The Developmental State, Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
4. Globalization and a Return to Liberalism: The Washington Consensus
Gore, Charles. (2000) The Rise and Fall of the Washington Consensus as a Paradigm for Developing Countries. World Development 28(5): 789-804.
Sharma, R (2021), ‘The Resurgence of the Rest: Can Emerging Markets Find New Paths to Growth’, Foreign Affairs, May/June, 102-115.
5. Sustainable Development and the MDG
Amin, Samir. (2006) The Millennium Development Goals: A Critique from the South.
Monthly Review 57(10): 1-15.
Corbett, Hannah. (2012) Using Human Security Principles to Develop a Post-2015 Framework. IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 24(1): 1-2.
Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko. (2011) Theory and Policy in International Development: Human Development and Capability Approach and the Millennium Development Goals.
International Studies Review 13(1): 122-32.
Unterhalter, Elaine, and Andrew Dorward. (2013) New MDGs, Development Concepts, Principles and Challenges in a Post-2015 World. Social Indicators Research 113(2): 609- 25.
6. Development and Inequality
Kuznets, S. [1955], ‘Economic Growth and Income Inequality’, American Economic Review, Vol. XLV, No. 1, March.
Piketty, T. [2014], Capitalism in the 21st Century, Belknap Press of the Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Stiglitz, J (2014), The Price of Inequality,
Mills, Melinda (2009), ‘Globalization and Inequality’, European Sociological Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 1-8.
7. Tackling Inequality
Banerjee, A. and Duflo E. (2019), Good Economics for Hard Times, Juggernaut Books, New Delhi, pp 51-97
8. The West and Development
Easterly, W. (2001). The Effect of International Monetary Fund and World Bank Programs on Poverty. Policy Research Working Paper; No. 2517. World Bank,
Washington, DC. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/19722 License:
CC BY 3.0 IGO.
Easterly, W. (2006), The White Man’s Burden, Penguin Press, New York, pp. 3-36.
9. South-South Cooperation and Development
Gosovic, B., ‘The Resurgence of South South Cooperation’, Third World Quarterly, Vol.
37, No. 4, 2016, pp.733-743
Gray, Kevin & Gills, Barry. (2016). South–South cooperation and the rise of the Global South. Third World Quarterly. 37. 557-574.
10. Gender and Women in Development
Koczberski, G (1996), ‘Women in Development: A Critical Analysis’, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 19 No. 3, September, 395-409.
Chant, Sylvia, and Matthew C. Gutmann. (2005) "Men-Streaming Gender? Questions for Gender and Development Policy in the Twenty-First Century" in The Anthropology of Development and Globalization: From Classical Political Economy to Contemporary Neoliberalism, edited by Marc Edelman and Angelique Haugerud: 240-49. Malden, MA:
Blackwell.
Cornwall, Andrea, Jasmine Gideon, and Kalpana Wilson. (2008) Introduction:
Reclaiming Feminism: Gender and Neoliberalism. IDS Bulletin 39(6): 1-9.
Griffin, Penny. (2010) Gender, Governance and the Global Political Economy. Australian Journal of International Affairs 64(1): 86-104.
Wood, Julia T. (1996) "Gender, Relationships, and Communication" in Gendered Relationships, edited by Julia T. Wood: 3-17. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.
11. Development and Climate Change
Development and Climate Change in Egypt, OECD (https://www.oecd.org/env/cc/33330510.Pdf)
