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Spring
2004
University
of California, Berkeley
African
American Studies 112B,
CCN 00581, 4 units, Exam Group 10
Political and Economic Development of the Third World
Instructor: Dr. Martha Saavedra, Center for African Studies
Class meeting times: Mondays
& Wednesdays 12-2 PM, 200 Wheeler
Dr. Saavedra’s office hours: Mondays 2:15-3:30;
Wednesdays 10:30-11:45; or by appointment.
Office - 676 Barrows, 642-3420
E-mail contact: martha@berkeley.edu
GSI: Gaidi Faraj, Office hours:
Wednesdays after class
Office - 683 Barrows
E-mail contact: farajg@berkeley.edu
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What is “development”? Is it a good thing? Is it something people should want? Does it bring wealth, peace, justice, freedom or happiness? How would one know if it had happened or not? Who or what does it happen to? Or is it something that people, institutions and/or states do? How are political and economic development related? How is development related to globalization? Through the use of detailed case studies, we will examine various theories and concepts employed in the discourse surrounding “development”. The goals are to reflectively think through what development and related terms mean, to critically examine various theories, their assumptions and underlying values and their policy and political implications, and to assess the processes and outcomes associated with development. Ultimately, the objective is to question the current state of development theory and practice and to consider where we fit into it.
We will begin with a general overview of theories and concepts, and discuss how we might assess these. We will then turn to four detailed case studies to “test” the theories and tease out processes, problems, and prospects. The first three case studies are of countries – Sudan, Peru and Senegal. These cases illuminate some of the major issues encountered, such as agrarian politics, race, class and gender cleavages, civil war and transnational flows. The final case study is of sport, an important aspect of popular culture, which is subject to and employed as a tool in the development process. This course may not definitively answer the questions posed above, but will help you sketch out how you might respond to them.
Required Books
John Isbister, Promises Not Kept: The Betrayal Of Social Change In The Third World, Kumarian Press Sixth Edition, 2003
Paul H. Gelles, Water & Power In Highland Peru, Rutgers University Press , 2000
Mariama Bâ, So Long A Letter, Heinemann: Portsmouths, NH . 1981
Most of the reading for the case studies will come from articles and book chapters. Some of these will be available electronically through the Internet online (indicated by an "I"). A reader will contain other required readings ("R"). It can be purchased from Ned's Bookstore across from campus
Recommended Book
Vandana Desai and Robert B. Potter, eds., The Companion To Development Studies. Oxford University Press, Inc: New York. 2002
Details of the assignments will be explained in class. Final grades will be determined as follows:
Participation
10%
Group News Analysis and Presentation
(with peer review process) 15%
Midterm Examination 25%
Research Paper 25%
Final Examination 25%
My goal is to provide an active learning environment for you, the student. Lecturing will be kept to a minimum. Preparation, attendance and participation by students is expected. This is a large class, and it is recognized that not everyone is an extrovert. “Moderated” discussions and small group work should allow all to contribute. To earn an “A” grade, I expect excellence in all aspects of the course. Competent completion of all assignments will earn students a “B.”
Special Accommodations
If you need disability-related accommodations in this class, if you have emergency medical information you wish to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please inform me immediately. Please see me privately after class or at my office.
Students who need academic accommodations (for example, a note taker), should request them from the Disabled Students' Program, 230 César Chávez Center, 642-0518 (voice or TTY). DSP is the campus office responsible for verifying disability-related need for academic accommodations, assessing that need, and planning accommodations in cooperation with students and instructors as needed and consistent with course requirements.
The schedule will likely change as the semester progresses to accommodate films, guest speakers and contingencies. Except for the first group news presentation, which will take place on Wednesday, February 11, the presentations will take place on Mondays at the beginning of class.
January 19 Monday Martin Luther King Holiday
Isbister, Chapters 1-3, pages 1-65
Isbister, Chapters 4-5, pages 66-147
Isbister, Chapters 6-7, pages 148-228
Isbister, Chapter 8, pages 229-241
David Simon, “Postmodernism and Development”, pages 121-126
Cheryl McEwan “Postcolonialism”, pages 127-130
Both in Desai and Potter. (Photocopies on reserve in African American Studies
Reading Room, 6th Floor Barrows, and in Moffit Library.)
Recommended:
Achille Mbembe, “Introduction: Time on the Move,” in On the postcolony, UC Press, 2001, pages 1-23.
Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith, Chapter
Four, "Classic Theories of Development: A Comparative Analysis," from
Economic Development, Eighth Edition. 2003 Addison-Wesley
Higher Education Group,
http://www.aw-bc.com/info/todaro_smith/sample.html
In Desai and Potter - sections 1, 2, 4 and 10
Film: Sudan: Confluence of Arab and African Worlds, 1995, in the MRC in Moffitt, VIDEO/C 5843 ~ this film was a joint production of the Center for African Studies and the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. It provides an introduction to the geography, economy, history and culture of Sudan.
R
Medani M. Ahmed (1994) "Development of Agriculture in the Sudan: an Overview."
In Development of Agriculture in the Sudan: An annotated Bibliography with
an Introductory Essay. Institute of African and Asian Studies, University
of Khartoum, Sudan. pp. 1-31.
no. of pages: 31
R
Taisier Ali (1988) "The State and Agricultural Policy: In Quest of a Framework
for Analysis of Development Strategies." in Sudan: State, Capital and Transformation.
Ed. By Tony Barnett and Abbas Abdelkarim. Croom Helm: London, New York and Sydney.
pp. 19-51.
no. of pages: 33
Recommended:
In Desai and Potter, section 6.7, J. Mistry, “Savannas and Development”, p. 305-9.
LINKS ON SUDAN
Various Maps from Sudan on SudanNet: http://www.sudan.net/government/admap.html
Chronology of Sudanese History
Sudan, Human Rights and Oil links (part of January 2003 Conference): http://ias.berkeley.edu/africa/Events/OilHR/links.htm#sudan
Africa South of the Sahara - Sudan Page: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/sudan.html
Political Resources links for Sudan (government, opposition parties, other links): http://www.politicalresources.net/sudan.htm
Sudan's Agricultural Research Corporation: http://www.asareca.org/NARIs/arc/index.htm
Latest News from Sudan: http://www.sudan.net/news/news.html
Archived news from Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/archive/sudan.phtml
R
Paul Doornbus (1988) "On Becoming Sudanese." in Sudan: State, Capital and
Transformation. Ed. By Tony Barnett and Abbas Abdelkarim. Croom Helm: London,
New York and Sydney. pp. 99-120.
no. of pages: 22
I
Dawood H. Sultan (1993) "Merchants and a Bankrupt State: Reflections on Contextual
Imperatives and the Genesis of Predicament in Kordofan." African Studies
Review. Vol. 36. No. 3, December 1993. pp. 75-94.
no. of pages: 19
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-0206%28199312%2936%3A3%3C75%3AMAABSR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R
(Accessible from a computer with a UC Berkeley ISP)
R M.A. Mohammed Salih, “Islamic ethics and sustainable development: an African perspective” in Africa, Islam and Development, ed. T. Salter and K. King, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, 2000.
R
Michael Kevane and Leslie Gray, "Local Politics in the Time of Turabi's revolution:
Gender, Class and Ethnicity in Western Sudan." Africa. Vol. 65. No. 2.
pp. 271-296.
no. of pages: 26
Recommended:
In Desai and Potter, section 6.1, M. Redclift, “Sustainable Development”, p. 275-7.
R
Alex De Waal, (1997) "Privatizing Famine: Sudan 1972-93." Famine Crimes:
Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa. African Rights and
The International African Institute in association with James Currey: Oxford
and Indiana University Press: Bloomington, pp. 86-105.
no. of pages: 19
R Alex De Waal (2000), “Contemporary Islamic humanitarianism in Sudan” in Africa, Islam and Development, ed. T. Salter and K. King, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, 2000.
Recommended:
In Desai and Potter, section 3.4, S. Wanmali and Y. Islam, “Food Security”, p. 159-164.
I
Dina Esposito and Bathsheba Crocker To Guarantee the Peace, An Action Strategy
For A Post-Conflict Sudan, A Report for the Secretary of State’s Africa
Policy Advisory Panel, Center for Strategic and International Studies, January
2004.
http://www.csis.org/isp/pcr/0401_sudan.pdf
Recommended:
In Desai and Potter, section 9: Political economy of violence and insecurity
I
Jemera Rone, “Summary”, in Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights Human
Rights Watch, November 2003
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/sudan1103/index.htm
Recommended:
In Desai and Potter, section 4.9: R. Auty, “The ‘resource curse’ in developing countries,” p. 224-30.
I
Required Web Browsing: Comparing aggregate data on Latin America and Africa
Data on Latin America from the World Bank:
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?SelectedCountry=LAC&CCODE=LAC&CNAME=Latin+America+%26+Caribbean&PTYPE=CP
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/dgprofile.asp?RMDK=119228&SMDK=1&W=0
I Data on Africa from the World Bank:
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?SelectedCountry=SSA&CCODE=SSA&CNAME=Sub-Saharan%2BAfrica&PTYPE=CP
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/dgprofile.asp?RMDK=119222&SMDK=1&W=0
Gelles, Chapter 1
Gelles, Chapters 2, 3 and 4
I Required Web Browsing:
Comparing aggregate data on Sudan and Peru
Data on Sudan from the World Bank and UNDP:
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/dgprofile.asp?RMDK=82680&SMDK=1&W=0
http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/aag/sdn_aag.pdf
More recent data
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/dgprofile.asp?RMDK=82680&SMDK=1&W=0
http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/aag/sdn_aag.pdf
UNDP's Human Development Indicators - HDI Rank, 2001: 138 of 175 countries
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2003/indicator/cty_f_SDN.html
I
Data on Peru from the World Bank and UNDP:
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/dgprofile.asp?RMDK=82503&SMDK=1&W=0
http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/aag/per_aag.pdf
UNDP's Human Development Indicators - HDI Rank, 2001: 82 of 175 countries
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2003/indicator/cty_f_PER.htmlAlso see the final August 2003 report from TRC (La Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación)
http://www.cverdad.org.pe/
Gelles, Chapters 5 and 6
Film: Transnational Fiesta: 1992
http://ucmedia.berkeley.edu/sales/socialsci05/socimain4.html#movie9
MRC Video/C 8324
Gelles, Conclusion, Epilogue and Appendices
March 22 Monday Spring Break
March 24 Wednesday Spring Break
The Second Half - AAS 112B 2004
Senegal: Postcolonial Transformations
Mariama Bâ, (1981) So Long A Letter, Heinemann: Portsmouths, NH, pp. 1-89.
Recommended:
In Desai and Potter, section 7: Gender, Population and Development and section 5: Urbanization
R Boone, C. (1998). “The making of a rentier class: Wealth accumulation and political control in Senegal,” Africa: Dilemmas of development and change. P. Lewis. Boulder, Colo., Westview Press: 185-212.
I
Mbaye, A. A. and S. Golub (2002). “Unit labour costs, international competitiveness,
and exports: The case of Senegal,” Journal of African Economies 11(2):
219-248.
http://jae.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/11/2/219.pdf
(Accessible from a computer with a UC Berkeley ISP)
I
Ford, N., “Strong country, weak economy,” African Business, October 2003,
p. 42-45
http://web2.infotrac-custom.com/pdfserve/get_item/1/S8449ebw7_1/SB675_01.pdf
(Accessible from a computer with a UC Berkeley ISP. You may need to start
at this page:
http://web1.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/0/1/1/purl=rc6_EAIM?sw_aep=ucberkeley
and then navigate through the search engine to the article. Type in the author's
name or the article title in the Keyword Search
box)
I
Ewens, G. “The tragedy of Le Joola: Graeme Ewens reports on the possible causes
of Africa's worst ever shipwreck and the political fallout in Senegal.” African
Business, December 2002, p 44-5.
http://web2.infotrac-custom.com/pdfserve/get_item/1/S8449ebw7_2/SB675_02.pdf
(Accessible from a computer with a UC Berkeley ISP. You may need to start
at this page:
http://web1.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/0/1/1/purl=rc6_EAIM?sw_aep=ucberkeley
and then navigate through the search engine to the article. Type in the author's
name or the article title in the Keyword Search
box)
Data on Senegal:
UN Human Development Report: http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2003/indicator/cty_f_SEN.html
Reports on Bonne Gouvernance: http://www.undp.org.sn/html/gouvernance.htm
National Program for Good Governance: http://www.pnbg.gouv.sn/
World Bank Data Profile: http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?CCODE=sen&PTYPE=CP
World Bank ~ Senegal At a Glance: http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/aag/sen_aag.pdf
World Bank funding and other reports: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/SENEGALEXTN/0,,menuPK%3A296308~pagePK%3A141159~piPK%3A141110~theSitePK%3A296303,00.html
I
Diouf, M. (2000). “The Senegalese murid trade diaspora and the making of a vernacular
cosmopolitanism,” Public Culture 12(3): 679-702.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pc/v012/12.3diouf.pdf
(Accessible from a computer with a UC Berkeley ISP)
R Rosander, E. E. (2000). “Money, marriage and religion: Senegalese women traders in Tenerife, Spain,” Africa, Islam and development: Islam and development in Africa - African Islam, African development. T. Salter and K. King. Edinburgh, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh: 167-92.
I
Vesely, M., “Goaaaaaal! Senegal's World Cup performance…” African Business,
September 2002, p. 44-5.
http://web2.infotrac-custom.com/pdfserve/get_item/1/S8449ebw7_3/SB675_03.pdf
(Accessible from a computer with a UC Berkeley ISP. You may need to start
at this page:
http://web1.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/0/1/1/purl=rc6_EAIM?sw_aep=ucberkeley
and then navigate through the search engine to the article. Type in the author's
name or the article title in the Keyword Search
box)
Film: Mr. Foot (1991) directed by Jean-Marie Teno
http://www.frif.com/cat97/p-s/s_mrfoot.html
MRC Video/C 3054
R Darby, P. (2002). Chapters 3-5, in Africa, Football, and FIFA: Politics, Colonialism, and Resistance. London ; Portland OR, F. Cass, pp. 43-107.
R Nauright, J. (1998). Chapters 6 and 7, in Sport, cultures, and identities in South Africa. Cape Town, David Philip, pp. 124-181.
I
J. Hargreaves (1997) “Women's Sport, Development, and Cultural Diversity: The
South African Experience”, Women's Studies International Forum, 20(2),
191-2009.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science
(Accessible by database search from a computer with a UC Berkeley ISP; Access
through Pathfinder.)
R Saavedra, M. (2003). “Football Feminine -- Development of the African Game: Senegal, Nigeria and South Africa” in Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking off a new era, edited by F. Hong and J.A. Mangan. London ; Portland OR, F. Cass, pp. 225-253.
I
Brady, M. and A. Banu Khan (2002). Letting Girls Play: The Mathare Youth
Sports Association's Football Program for Girls. New York, Population Council.
http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/girlsplay.pdf
R Lafrance, M. R. (1998). “Colonizing the feminine: Nike's intersections of postfeminism and hyperconsumption,” Sport and postmodern times. G. Rail. Albany, State University of New York Press: 117-139.
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