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Political Economyof the Global South
Prof. Tyson Roberts
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The Global South includes economic stars and laggards; stable dictatorships, failed states, and democracies
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Some questions this class will address
• What is development, and what are its causes and consequences?
• What distinguishes politics in the Global South from those in the advanced, industrialized countries of the Global North?
• What problems do these countries face, and what guidance can policymakers take from scholarly research to meet these challenges?
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Course Goals
1. Develop a solid understanding of important theories regarding political economy in the Global South developing countries.
2. Acquire substantive knowledge about politics and economics in a range of countries, including “mini-expertise” in one.
3. Hone research and analytical skills, including the application of theories to specific cases, and written and verbal communication skills.
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Course Requirements
• Map Quiz 5%
• Country Research Assignments 10%• Country Presentation
25%• Midterm Exam
20%• Final Exam
40%
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Map Quiz
• Week 3• In class• Blank map with 20 numbered countries
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Country research assignments
• 5 assignments• Each student will research a country throughout
the quarter • Professor will do a sample for each assignment
with suggested sources using Benin– So don’t choose Benin
• No late work accepted• First assignment is to choose a country – Due April 9
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Country Presentation
• Over the course of the quarter, each student will deliver a presentation, with slides, on their country, relating to the topic studied that week.
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Exams
• In class• Multiple choice & short answers
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Extra Credit: Reading Responses
• Each evening before lecture at midnight, submitted online, answering the following: – What did you think was most important or most interesting
in each reading? – How would you rate the reading on a scale of 1-10, and why?
• Aim for 8-12 sentences for each reading. • Students who complete – 5 reading responses will receive 1 point extra credit; – 10 will receive 2 points extra credit.
• No late work accepted
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Books and Readings
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The primary texts will be two documentary films
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This Thursday we will watch Mobutu, King of Zaire, about what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Over the following weeks we will study topics relating to the film
• Impact of colonialism on national institutions & development
• Factor endowments & the “resource curse”• Economic & political effects of foreign aid• Law & order vs. state failure• State-led development & import substituting
industrialization• Coups d’etat & military rule• Personalistic rule & corruption
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After the Midterm in Week 6, we will watch Our Brand is Crisis, set in Bolivia
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Over the following weeks we will study topics relating to the film
• Ethnic politics• Class politics• The economics of globalization• The politics of globalization• Debt crisis & debt forgiveness• Democratization & democratic survival• Economic effects of democracy• Social effects of elections in developing countries