SYLLABUS

International Development Policy and Administration

(POSC/UAPP 640-010)

Fall Semester 2003 Professor Green

Time: Tuesdays, 2:00-5:00 Smith Hall 464

Room: Ewing 203 Office Hours:

E-mail: dgreen@udel.edu Weds: 10:30-11:30

Thurs: 12:30-2:00

This course is designed to introduce students to the issues and theories surrounding economic development and national development strategies in developing countries. It will deal with broad perspectives on development itself, macro-strategies for adoption at the national level, and issues in specific policy areas.

The course is roughly divided into two parts. The first four weeks will be spent with one economic development textbook (a collection of classics edited by Meier and Rauch) that will introduce the full range of general development issues: 1) basic concepts and developing country characteristics; 2) domestic development problems and issues; 3) theories of development and underdevelopment; 4) the international dimensions of development; 5) political economy issues and the role of government. After building a shared background knowledge and set of concepts in the first four weeks, the second portion of the course will deal in a more focused way with "paradigms" in development thinking, national strategies and outcomes, and the global context of development in the New Millennium. After two sessions devoted to the history of the global political economy (Schwartz), four development paradigms or approaches are examined, to varying degrees: a critical postmodern/postdevelopment approach, the current neoliberal consensus model (Hanlon and others), sustainable development (Brown), and the East Asian interventionist model (covered a bit by Blustein). We also finish up with two books particularly devoted to the “global governance” dimension of contemporary development (Blustein and Edwards/Gaventa).

This course will be taught in seminar format, with minimal lecturing and an emphasis on guided, in-class discussions around central issues. Students should come to class prepared to discuss in a detailed and thoughtful way the readings for the week. Given the so-called "dueling paradigms" approach, students should also frequently review past notes and readings to get a comparative sense of a given day's topic.

Grading:

1. Exam: There will be one in-class exam on October 14, after we finish our introductory four weeks with the Meier/Rauch text. This exam will consist of long and short essays and short paragraph-answers, taken from a study guide sheet handed out in class October 7 (100 pts.). 2. Readings Review and brief presentation: Each student will write one 3-page (single-spaced) assessment of one of the books after the Meier/Rauch text. These will summarize the book, appraise its contribution to its area and offer a critique. During the class time when the book is discussed, the student will make a brief presentation on the book and be responsible for directing discussion on it (25 pts.). 3. Literature Paper: The bulk of your grade will come from a medium-length (20-25 pages) term paper due a) in first-draft form (10-15 pages) on December 2 (25 pts.), with b) the final version due at the end of the semester (Monday, December 15) (150 pts.). Your choice of topic is subject to my approval. To guide you, I ask that these papers be based in the current development policy literature in some way. Specifically, I would like you to peruse the leading development journals available at Morris Library (i.e., Development and Change, Development Policy Review, European Journal of Development Research, Finance and Development, Journal of Development Studies, Third World Quarterly, World Bank Research Observer, World Development), find 2-3 articles on a topic that interests you, and write your papers from the issues therein.

Discussion Questions:

To help you begin to think about each week's readings and topics, all students will be required to hand in a set of 2-3 discussion questions on the readings each Wednesday before class. These questions are to encapsulate the readings for the week and identify critical issues, and shortcomings, in them. (Imagine you are writing a final exam question or a question for graduate comprehensive exams.) Here is an example:

Today's readings deal with the negotiation and implementation of a structural adjustment reform program in Mozambique. To begin, how does the Mozambique program compare with the standard adjustment package? (What were its goals? What kind of development did the program promote?) What was the impact of the reforms in the medium-term? Discuss reasons why adjustment is and is not appropriate in a lower-income African country. What factors in the international economy might prevent a structural adjustment program from realizing its developmental goals?

The questions are to serve mainly as an academic exercise and may or may not appear as topics of discussion in class that day. Please e-mail them to me or give them to a secretary in the Political Science departmental office (347 Smith) by 10:30 each Tuesday morning.

Textbooks:

There are seven required texts, available at the UDel bookstore and various places. We will be reading each of them almost in their entirety, so it is a good idea to buy them.

Leading Issues in Economic Development. Gerald Meier and James Rauch. (Oxford Univ. P, 2000).

States versus Markets: The Emergence of a…. Herman Schwartz. (second edition: St. Martin’s 2000).

Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking…. Arturo Escobar. (Princeton Univ. P, 1995).

Peace without Profit: How the IMF Blocks Rebuilding in Mozambique. Joseph Hanlon. (Heinemann, 1996).

Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. Lester Brown. (W.W. Norton, 2001).

The Chastening: Inside the Crisis that Rocked the Global…. Paul Blustein. (PublicAffairs, 2003).

Global Citizen Action. Edited by Michael Edwards and John Gaventa. (Lynne Rienner, 2001).

Topics and Readings Calendar:

*Sep 09: Introduction

*Sep 16: Background Session I: Development, Its Analysis and History

Readings - Meier/Rauch, Leading Issues..., Parts I, II, III, (pp.1-153)

*Sep 23: Background Session II: Trade Dimensions and Political Economy

Readings - Meier/Rauch, Leading Issues..., Parts IV and IX, (pp.155-212 and 421-516)

*Sep 30: Background Session III: Education, Health, Gender and the Informal Sector

Readings - Meier/Rauch, Leading Issues..., Parts V and VI, (pp.213-327)

*Oct 07: Background Session IV: Agriculture, Inequality and the Environment

Readings - Meier/Rauch, Leading Issues..., Parts VII, VIII and X, (pp.329-420 and 517-560)

Hand Out Study Guides

*Oct 14: Meier/Rauch Exam Day (in-class; bring blue books and pens)

*Oct 21: A Deep Historical Perspective on the Development Question

Readings - Schwartz, States versus Markets, all of Part I (pp.1-174)

*Oct 28: Deep History Continued

Readings - Schwartz, States versus Markets, all of Part II (pp.177-318)

*Nov 04: Paradigm/Approach #1: Critical Theory of Development and Postdevelopment

Readings - Escobar, Encountering Development, pp.3-101

*Nov 11: Paradigm/Approach #1 Continued: Escobar Again and Postdevelopment

Readings - Escobar, Encountering Development, pp.102-226

*Nov 18: Paradigm/Approach #2: Neoliberalism in One Country

Readings - Hanlon, Profits without Peace

*Nov 25: Paradigm/Approach #3: The Environment and Sustainable Development

Readings - Brown, Eco-Economy

Note: read all, but skim Chapts 6-8

*Dec 02: Paradigm/Approach #4: The East Asian Tigers, Neoliberal Attack, and the New Financial Order

Readings - Blustein, The Chastening (read all)

Paper First Drafts Due (10-15 pages)

Last Hour - Short Paper Presentations

*Dec 09: Conclusions: Global Governance Dimensions in the New Millennium

Readings - Edwards/Gaventa, Global Citizen Action

Note: Chapters 9 and 12 need NOT be read

Last Hour - Short Paper Presentations

Final Paper Due: Monday, December 15 (my office, 12:00-3:00)