San Francisco State University     
International Relations 321/PSA 321

Instructor: A.Y. YansanŽ
Office:  HUM 224: M. & W &  by Appt.

Phone: (415) 338-2495; Fax: (415) 338 2880
 e-mail: aymouke@sfsu.edu
Website: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~aymouke

DEVELOPMENT AND FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES IN AFRICA

I           SCOPE, CONTENT AND EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOME:
The course will examine African development as a context and concern for contemporary foreign policy. The course will analyze the mobiles of foreign policy of African states in the post cold war era. Focus is on flux; states of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) -- with special attention to West Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya and Southern Africa and Central Africa particularly with respect to post-apartheid relations. Socioeconomic conditions, leadership and nation states' ideologies of development will be assessed in terms of their determinative effects of foreign policy decisions. Also will be studied Pan-Africanism as an historic objective of both Africans and Black Americans. The course also evaluates the effectiveness of the African solidarity organizations with reference to the role of non-African influences by paying serious attention to the constraints and opportunities, which challenge the Pan-African theoretic in international relations.
The objectives include the emphasis on the relevance of African affairs in contemporary international relations for modem Americans. They are to correct information about African people and provide pride and dignity, to eliminate myths about African people in order to strengthen confidence in Africans and world people in general.

In sum, the learning outcomes and objectives are the following:

1)      to familiarize students with the physical, social, cultural, political and economic environment of Africa;

2)      to be aware and integrate knowledge and skills around the big issues of African development (historical and cultural traditions, government and stability, peace and war, capacity building, environment, women Ô s issues, population, agriculture, industries, education, health, infrastructure, economic underdevelopment and poverty, etc.)

3)      to apply knowledge and skills to solve problems such as reversing the process of underdevelopment;

4)      to foster an understanding of the major analytical and policy issues surrounding the problems of development, political, economic technical and business in Africa;

5)      to be aware and approach cultural, ethnic, or social diversity on the continental level and understand how a given problem or achievement may be experienced differently;

6)      to be aware and explore problems and issues brought about by colonialism, imperialism and globalism;

7)      to develop capacity for critical analysis and synthesis;

8)      to be aware of and explore problems and issues from different disciplinary approaches;

9)      to understand and appreciate the complexities presented by7 the problem of development and be aware of the impact that solutions can have on people, communities, societies and nation-states;

10)  an finally to be aware of the limited options of Africa Ô s new nation-states. 

II         REQUIREMENTS:
Classes will meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (workshops or movies)  in a lecture-discussion format from 10:10-11:50 a.m.
All students will join functional or regional policy groups in the third week of the semester. Policy groups are responsible for assigning background reading for panel discussions of their policy topics, occurring during the last month of the course.
Each student will write three 7-typewritten-page book reviews on books selected from the lists given.  The first review is due after four (4) weeks, the second due after another set of four weeks, and the third after another set of four weeks.  Alternatively, a student can choose to write a major research paper or a policy paper on a problem of his/her choice or emerging from his/her policy group activities, if she/he has the background, based on an outline approved by the instructor before September 7. Papers are due two weeks before the final class meeting. Late papers will be penalized

III        GRADING POLICY:
Grades will be based on two short essay examinations (a midterm and a final counting for 20 percent each), the research paper or book reviews (50 percent) and class participation (10 percent).

 IV       COURSE MATERIALS:

 
 REQUIRED READINGS: BOOKS FOR PURCHASE:
1a. A. Y. YansanŽ (AYY(a)), Decolonization and Dependency: The Problem of Development of African Societies, Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1980.
    or
1b. A. Y. YansanŽ (AYY(b)), Decolonization of West African States of French Colonial Legacy: Comparison and Contrast: Development in Guinea, the Ivory Coast and Senegal, Cambridge, MA: Schenkman Publishing Co., 1984. (1989 edition).
    or
1c. A. Y. YansanŽ (AYY(c)), Prospects for Recovery and Sustainable Development, Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1996.
    or
1d. A. Y. YansanŽ (AYY(d)), Development Strategies in Africa in the 1990s, Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1996.

1e. A. Y. YansanŽ, READER(e)

  2a. Carol Lancaster, Aid to Africa: So Much to Do, So Little Done, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. or

      2b. Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It? New York: Oxford University Press,

             2007. or

       2c. Damisa Moyo, Dead Aid, London: Barnes & Noble, 2009.

       2d. Chris Alden, China in Africa, London: Zed Books, 2007.

       3a. Douglas Johnson, The Root Causes of SudanÕs Civil Wars, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003. or

        3b. Theodore Trefon, Reinventing Order in the Congo: How people Respond to State Failure in Kinshasha, London: Zed Books Ltd., 2004. or

        3c. John Iliffe, A History of the African AIDS Epidemic, Athens & Oxford: Ohio University Press, 2006. or

        3d. Anton A. Van Niekert and Loretta M. Kopelman, (Eds.), Ethics and AIDS in Africa: The Challenge to Our Thinking, New York: Left Coast Press,

            2006. or

         3e. Greg Campbell, Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the WorldÕs Most Precious Stones, New York: Basic Books, 2004.

          3f. Michael Barnett, Eyewitness to a  Genocide, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2002.

         4a. Benno Ndulu et al., (Eds.), The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

            4b.Deborah Eade, Development, NGOs, and Civil Society, New York & Oxford, UK: Oxford University, 2000.

            4c. Michael Kevane, Women & Development In Africa, Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2004.

 

 

 

V         LIST OF BOOKS ON AFRICA FOR REVIEW

 

            FIRST SET OF BOO0KS TO BE REVIEWED

1). Erik S. Reinert, How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay?    

      Boulder, CO: Perseus Books Group, 2008.

2). M. W. Daly, Darfur Ôs Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide, New York:

      Cambridge University Press, 2007.

3) Robert H. Bates, When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in late Century Africa, N.Y:

    Cambridge University Press, 2008.

4). Richard Joseph and Alexander Gillies (Eds.), Smart Aid For African Development,

     Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers: 2009.

5). Amy S. Patterson, The Politics of AIDS in Africa, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner

     Publishers, 2006.

6). Brian Steidle, with Gretchen Steidle Wallace, The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur, Boulder, CO: The Perseus Books Group, 2008.

7). Sanusha Naidu & Kweku Ampiah, (Eds.), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,

            Portland, OR: International Specialized Book Services (ISBS), 2008.

8). Robert I. Rotberg, (Ed.), Battling Terrorism in the Horn of Africa, Washington DC:

            Brookings Institution Press, 2005.

9). Babafemi Akinrinade, Human Rights and State Collapse in Africa, Portland, OR:

            ISBS, 2008.

10). Curtis Keim, Mistaking Africa: Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind,

            (Second Edition), Boulder, CO: The Perseus Books Group, 2008.

11). Alex De Waal, Famine That Kills: Darfur, Sudan, New York: Oxford University

            Press, 2005.

12). Fraser Cameron, US Foreign Policy After The Cold War: Global Hegemon or

            Reluctant Sherif? (Second Edition), New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis
            Group, 2005.

13). Mohammed O. Maundi, I. William Zartman et al., Getting in: MediatorsÕ Entry into

            The Settlement of African Countries, Herndon, VA: United States Institute of

            Peace Press, 2006.

14).  Robert I. Rotberg, (Ed.), China Into Africa: Trade, Aid, and Influence, Washington,

            DC: The Brookings Institution Press, 2008.

15). Sam Daley-Harris, Pathways Out of Poverty: Innovations in Microfinance for the

            Poorest Families, Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, Inc., 2002.

16). Deborah Drake & Elisabeth Rhyne, (Eds.), The Commercialization of Microfinance:

            Balancing Business and Development, Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, Inc.,

            2002.

17). R. Alan Hedley, Running Out Of Control: Dilemmas of Globalization, Bloomfield,

            CT: Kumarian Press, Inc., 2002.

18). Dele Olowu and Soumana Sako, (Eds.), Better Governance and Public Policy:\

            Capacity Building for Democratic Renewal in Africa, Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian

            Press, Inc., 2003.

19). Wendy Holmes, Protecting the Future: HIV Prevention, Care and Support Among

            Displaced and War-Affected Populations, Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2003.

20). Anirudh Krishna, Norman Uphoff and Milton J. Esman, Reasons for Hope:

            Instructive Experiences in Rural Development, BHloofield, CT: Kumarian Press

            Inc., 1996.

21). Ondine Barrow and Michael Jennings, (Eds.), The Charitable Impulse: NGOs and

            Development in East and North East Africa, Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press,

            Inc., 2001.

22). Derick Brinkerhoff and Benjamin L. Crosby, Managing Policy Reform: Concepts

            and Tools for Decision-Makers in Developing and Transitioning Countries,           

            Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, Inc. 2001.

23). Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion, New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

24). Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid, London: FSG, 2009.

25). Jason Brownlee, Authoritarianism in a Age of Democratization, New York:

            CambridgeUniversity Press, 2007.

26). Thad Dunning, Crude Democracy: Natural Resource Wealth and Political Regimes,

            New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

27). M. Rodwan Abouharb, Human Rights and Structural Adjustments, New York:

            Cambridge University Press, 2008.

28). Bjorn Lomborg, (Ed.), Solutions for the WorldÕs Biggest Problems: Costs and

            Benefits, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

29). John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond, Darfur and the Crime of Genocide,

            New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

30). Francois du Bois and Antje du Bois-Pedain, Justice and Reconciliation in Post-

            Apartheid South Africa, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

31). Antje du Bois-Pedain, Transitional Amnesty in South Africa, NewYork:

            Cambridge University Press, 2008.

32). Mark Kende, Constitutional Rights in Two Worlds: South Africa and the United         

            States, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

33). Malcolm Evans and Rachel Murray, (Eds.), The African Charter on Human and

            PeoplesÕ Rights: The System in Practice 1986-2006 (2nd Edition), New York:

            Cambridge University Press, 2008.

34). Obiora Chinedu Okafor, The African Human Rights System, Activist Forces and

            International Institutions, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

35). Jennifer Gandhi, Political Institutions under Dictatorship, New York: Cambridge

            University Press, 2008.

36). Victor A. Peskin, International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans, New York:

            CambridgeUniversity Press, 2008.

37). Ray Murphy, UN Peacekeeping in Lebanon, Somalia and Kosovo: Operational

            and Legal Issues in Practice, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

38). David Little, Peacemakers in Action: Profiles of Religion in Conflict Resolution,          

            New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

39). Julie Flint and Alex deWaal, Darfur: A New History of a Long War, New York:

            Palgrave Macmillan and Zed Books, 2009.

40). Frank Ackerman, Can We Afford the Future? The Economics of a Warming War,

            New York: Palgrave/Macmillan and Zed Books: 2009.

41). Paul Todd et al., Spies, Lies and the War on Terror, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan

            And Zed Books, 2009.Global Health Watch, Global Health Watch, New York:

            Palgrave/Macmillan and Zed Books, 2009.

42). Nicholas Shaxson, Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil, New York:

            Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008.

43).    Tom Porteus, Britain & Africa, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008.

44). Claire Mercer, Ben Page and Martin Evans, Development and the African Diaspora:

            Place and the Politics of Home, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2009.

45). Kojo Amanor and Sam Moyo, Land and Sustainable Development in Africa, New

            York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008.

46). Joseph Mensah, (Ed.), Neoliberalism and Globalization in Africa: Contestations on

            the Embattled Continent, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008.

47). Usman A. Tar, The Politics of Neoliberal Democracy in Africa: State and Civil

            Society in Nigeria, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008.

48). Kempe Ronald Hope, Poverty, Livelihoods, and Governance in Africa: Fulfilling

            the Development Promise, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008. 

 49). Harry G. Broadman, AfricaÕs Silk road: China and IndiaÕs New Economic Frontier,

            Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2007.

 

 

            SECOND SET OF BOOKS TO BE REIEWED

 

1)Richard Dowden, Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles, Boulder, CO: The

            Perseus Books Group, 2009.

2). Alec Ruussell, Bring Me My Machine Gun: The Battle for the Soul of South Africa

            From Mandela to Zuma, Boulder, CO: The Perseus Books Group, 2009.

3). Serge Michel and Michel Beuret, China Safari : On the Trails of BeijingÕs

            Expansion, Boulder, CO: The Perseus Books Group, 2009.

4). Martin Meredith, The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence,

            Boulder, CO: The Perseus Books Group, 2009.

5). Janice Love, Southern Africa in World Politics: Local Aspirations and Global

            Entanglements, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2005.

6). Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman, Enough: Why the WorldÕs Poorest Starve in a

            Age of Plenty, Boulder, CO: The Perseus Books Group, 2009.

7). Nicholas Stern, The Global Deal: Climate Change and The Creation of a New Era

            Of Progress and Prosperity, Boulder, CO: The Perseus Books Group, 2009.

8). Mark Engler, How To Rule The World: The Coming Battle over the Global Economy

            Boulder, CO: The Perseus Books Group, 2008.

9). Charles R. Morris, The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers,

            and the Great Credit Crash, Boulder, CO: The Perseus Books Group, 2009.

10). Martin Meredith, Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making

            of South Africa, Boulder, CO: The Perseus Books Group, 2008.

11). Benno J. Ndulu, et al.,(Eds.), The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa,

            1960-2000, Volume I, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008 (472 pp.).

12). Benno Ndulu, (Eds.), The Political Economy of Economic Growth i9n Africa,

            1960-2000,Volume II, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008, (760 pp.).    

13). Rodney Bruce Hall, Central Banking as Global Governance: Constructing Financial

            Credibility, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

14). Richard Ned Lebow, A Cultural Theory of International Relations, New York:

            Cambridge Univewrsity Press, 2009.

15). Steven E. Lobell et al., (Eds.), Neoclassical Realism, the State and Foreign Policy,

            New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

16). United Nations, Economic Report on Africa: Capital Flows and Development

            Financing in Africa, New York: United Nations Publications, 2006.

17). United Nations, Flat World, Big Gaps: Economic Liberalization, Globalization,

            Poverty and Inequality, New York: United Nations Publications, 2006.

18). Jose Antonio Ocampo and Rob Vos, Uneven Economic Development, Palgrave/

            Macmillan and Zed Books, 2009.

19). Edward Fullbrook, Pluralist Economics, Palgrave/Macmillan and Zed Books, 2009.

20). Nayan Chandra, BHound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and

            Warriors Shaped Globalization? New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.

21). Martin Wolf, Why Globalization Works, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.

22). Duncan Green, Mark Fried, (Eds.), From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and

            Effective States Can Change the World? Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishers/

            Kumarian Press, 2008.

23). Bernard Berendsen, (Ed.), Democracy and Development, Sterling, VA: Stylus

            Publishers, 2008.

24). Paul Steele, et al. (Eds.), Poverty Reduction That Works: Experience of Scaling

            Up Development Success, Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishers, 2008.

25) George Martine, et al., (Eds.), The New Global Frontier: Urbanization, Poverty and

            Environment in the 21st Century, Sterling, Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishers, 2008.

26). Abdullah A. Mohamoud, (Ed.), Shaping a New Africa, Sterling, VA: Stylus

            Publishers, 2007.

27). Kenneth R. Rutherford, Humanitarianism Under Fire: The US an d UN Intervention

            in Somalia, Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishers, 2008.

28).  John F. Clark, The Failure of Democracy in the Republic of Congo, Boulder,CO:

            Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008.

29). Princeton N. Lyman & Patricia Dorff, (Eds.), Beyond Humanitarianism: What You

            Need to Know about Africa and Why It Matters, Washington, DC: The Brookings

            Institution Press, 2007.

30). Ralph Hamann, et al. (Eds.), The Business of Sustainable Development in Africa;

            Human Rights, Partnerships, Alternative Business Models, Washington DC:

            The Brookings Institution Press, 2009.

31). John N. Paden, Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution: The Challenge of

            Democratic Federalism in Nigeria, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution

            Press, 2005.

32). Martin Meredith, The Fate of Africa: From the hopes of Freedom to the Heart of

            Despair, Millwood, New York: Labyrinth Books, 2006.

33). Ike Okonta, Where Vultures Feast: Shell Human Rights and Oil, Millwood, NY:

            Labyrinth Books, 2003.

34). World Bank, World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography,

            Washington DC: World Bank Publications, 2008.

35). World Bank,  1) MiniAtlas of Millennium Development Goals: Building a Better

                                   World, (64 Pages) (2005);

     2)  MiniAtlas of Human Security (66 Pages) (2008)

     3)   Green MiniAtlas (64 pages) (2004)

      4)   MiniAtlas of Global Development (64 pages), (2004)

                        Washington, DC: World Bank Publications, 2004, 2005, 2008.

36). Robert Pollin, et al., An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa,

            Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.

37). Robert Pollin, et al., An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for Kenya,

            Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008.

38). Edmond Amann, (Ed.), Regulating Development: Evidence from Africa and Latin

            America, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.

39). Paul Cook and Sarah Mosedale, (Eds.), Regulation, Markets and Poverty,

            Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008.

40). Robert Stimson, et al., Leadership and Institutions in Regional Endogenous

            Development, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008.   

 

 

 

 

            THIRD SET OF BOOKS TO BE REVIEWED

1). Todd J. Moss, African Development: Making Sense of the Issues and Actors, Boulder,

      CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2007.

2). Pierre Englebert, State Legitimacy and Development in Africa, Boulder, CO: Lynne

            Reinner Publishers, 2002.

3). David K. Leonard & Scott Straus, AfricaÕs Stalled Development: International Causes

            and Cures, Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2003.

4). Michael Kevane, Women an d Development in Africa: How Gender Works, Boulder,

            CO: Lynne Reinner, 2004.

5). April A. Gordon and Donald L. Gordon, (Eds.), Understanding Contemporary Africa,

            (4th Edition), Boulder, CO?: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2004.

6). E. Gyimah-Boadi, (Ed.), Democratic Reform in Africa: The Quality of Progress,

            Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2004.

7) Victor T. Levine, Politics in Francophone Africa, Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner

            Publishers, 2007.

8). Gretchen Bauer and Scott D. Taylor, Politics in Southern Africa: State and Society in

            Transition, Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2005.

9). Margaret C. Lee, The Political Economy of Regionalism in Southern Africa, Boulder,

            CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2004.

10). Benedikt Franke, Security Cooperation in Africa, Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner

            Publishers, 2009.

11). Morten Boas and Kevin C. Dunn, (Eds.), African Guerrillas: Raging Against the

            Machine, Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2007.

12). Gilbert M. Khadiagala, (Ed.), Security Dynamics in AfricaÕs Great Lakes Region,

            Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2006.

13). Michael Nest, with Francois Grignon and Emizet F. Kisangani, The Democratic

            Republic  of Congo: Economic Dimensions of War and Peace, Boulder, CO:

            Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2006.

14) Marie-Soleil Frere, The Media and Conflicts in Central Africa, Boulder, CO:

            Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2007.

15) Herbert M. Howe, Ambiguous Order: Military Forces in African States, Boulder,

            CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2005.

16). Adekeye Adebajo and Ismail Rashid, (Eds.), West AfricaÕs Security Challenges:

            Building Peace in A Troubled Region, Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers,

            2-004.

17). Ruth Iyob and Gilbert M. Khadiagala, Sudan: The Elusive Quest for Peace, Boulder,

            CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2006.

18). Erik Jensen, Western Sahara: Anatomy of a Stalemate, Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner

            Publishers, 2005.

19). Dorina A. Bekoe, (Ed.), East Africa and the Horn: Confronting Challenges to Good

            Governance, Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner, 2006.

20).  Joe Amoako-Tuffour and Bartholomew Armah, (Eds.), Poverty Reductions Strategies in Action: Perspectives and Lessons from Ghana, Lanham, MD: The Rowman

            Littlefield Publishing Group, 2008.

21). Kalu N. Kalu, State Power, Autarchy, and Political Conquest in Nigerian

            Federalism, Lanham, MD: The Rowman Littlefield Publishing Group, 2008.

22). John N. Paden, Faith and Politics in Nigeria: Nigeria as a Pivotal State in the

            Muslim World, Herndon, VI: the United States Institute of Peace Press, 2008.

23). Makau Mutua, KenyaÕs Quest for Democracy: Taming Leviathan, Boulder, CO:

            Lynne Reinner, 2008.

24). Antoinette Handley, Business and the State in Africa: Economic Policy-Making in

            the Neo-Liberal Era,New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

25) Aili Mari Tripp et al., African Wo0menÕs Movements: Changing Political

            Landscapes, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

26). Melani Claire Cammett, Globalization and Business in Arab North Africa: A

            Comparative Perspective, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

27). Christian Lund, Local Politics and the Dynamics of Property in Africa, New
            York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

28). Charles Tilly, Addressing Contentious (Public) Performances, New York:

            CambridgeUniversity Press, 2008.

29). Chales Tilly, Democracy, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

30). Anirudth Krishna, (Ed.), Poverty, Participation and Democracy: A Global

            Perspective, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

31).  Martin Minogue and Ledvina Carino, Regulatory Governance in Developing

            Countries, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Pu8blishing, 2008.

32). Paul Cook, et al., Competitive Advantage and Competition Policy in

            Developing Countries, Northampton, MA: Edwards Elgar Publishing;

            2008.

33). Nikolaos Karagiannis and Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi, Modern State Intervention in the

            Era of Globalization, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.

34). Gary Paul Green, Workforce Development Networks in Rural Areas: Building

            The High Road, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.

35).  Ernest Aryeetey and Natalia Dinello, (Eds.), Testing Global Interdependence:

            Issues on Trade, Aid, Migration and Development, Northampton, MA: Edward

            Elgar Publishing, 2007. 

36). Fabrizio Bresciani and Alberto Valdes, (Eds.), Beyond Food Production: The Role

            of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar

            Publishing, 2007.

37). Robert E. Evenson and Terri Raney, (Eds.), The Political Economy of Genetically

            Modified Foods, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.

38). Joseph Cooper, (Ed.), Global Agriculture Policy, Reform and Trade: Environmental

            Gains and Losses, Northampton, MA: 2007.

39). Ashok Chakravarti, Aid, Institutions, and Development, Northampton, MA: Edward   

            Elgar Publishing, 2006.

40). Jose Maria Fanelli and Lyn Squire, Economic Reform in Developing Countries:

            Reach, Range, Reason, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008.

41). Benjamin Coriat, (Ed.), The Political Economy of HIV/AIDS in Developing

            Countries: TRIPS, Public Health Systems and Free Access, Northampton, MA:

            Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008.

42). Sylvia Chant, Gender Generation and Poverty: Exploring theÓ Feminization of

            Poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar

            Publishing, 2007.

43). Subhas C. Jain and Sushil Vachani, (Eds.), Multinational Corporations and Global

            Poverty Reduction, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006.

44). Jason Fairbourne et al., MicroFranchising: Creating Wealth at the Bottom of the

            Pyramid, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008.

45). Meine Pieter van Dijk, Managing Cities in Developing Countries: The Theory and

            Practice of Urban Management, Northampton, Ma: Edward Elgar Publishing,

            2008.

46). Ives Bourdet, et al. (Eds.), The European Union and Developing Countries: Trade,

            Aid and Growth in an Integrating World, Northampton, MA: 2007.



COURSE OUTLINE

 
WEEKS 1 & 2

Read a fictional novel or AYYÕs ÒElements of Cultural, Political & Economic Universals in West Africa.Ó AfricaÕs ÒFactÓ Introduction


WEEKS 3-4

 Read:
1. AYY(a),or
2. AYY(b), or
3. AYY(c),or
4. or AYY(d), or

5.or A.Y.Y (e)

 Read  all the READER, by the end of the fourth week.

 Decolonization & Development as a Context and Concern for Foreign Policy:
Dependency & Clientelism
Africa in the 1980s, 1990s & Beyond.

 
WEEKS 5-6

Read:

One book from the second set on Aid.
Lectures on Alternative Theories & Strategies: Transformationist or Incremental
TNCs & FDI
TRADE/AID/CLIENTELISM and Dependency/Imperialism

 
WEEKS 7-8

Read:
Read on AfricaÕs Problem Areas: Ethnic Conflicts, AIDS, etc.

 
WEEKS 9-10

Read on Economic Development and Lectures on
World Economic Structural Factors/ Africa in International Relations
Analysis of Policy Potentialities of African Development:
Constraints & Limited Options

 
WEEKS 11 & 12

Read:
Economic, Political & Military Relations with Europe & the World:
The LOME Accord; The OAU & Attempt at Economic & Political Integration; Sources of Conflict; Political Trends; Strategies for Change

 
WEEKS 13 & 14

Read Expert Opinions
Recent Policy Papers A Call for a Higher Level International Cooperation
The World Economic Order: The Old & New & Alternative Strategies.
 

SUGGESTED POLICY GROUPS AND PANEL DISCUSSION TOPICS OR CASE STUDIES if we have times to do so.
1. The Global World & Africa.
2. Terrorism and Africa.
3. Conflict in Central Africa.
4. South AfricaÕs Roles & Functions in New Africa.
5. Conflict in the Horn of Africa.
 

 OUTLINE OF GRADUATE PAPERS
Selection of a hypothesis in the field of economic, political, and business development (for graduate students).  Formulate it in an operational way and state the alternative hypotheses that purport to explain the phenomena. State the implications of the hypotheses.  Design and present data whereby the hypothesis could be tested.  (You do not have to do the calculations or conduct significance tests; only describe the method you would follow, present your data and state your reasons for expecting that the test would be a good one).  Please discuss with the instructor the paper that you propose to write no later than the end of the third week of class.  The paper will account for 50% of the final grade, with the two brief exams and class participation making the balance.
 

AFRICAN FICTION LIST
Jumbam, K.,  The White Man of God (1980) Cameroun.
Beti, Mongo,  The Poor Christ of Bomba (1971) Cameroun.
Peters, Lenrie, The Second Round (1965) Gambia
Sokko, H.,  The Gathering Sun (1977) Tanzania
Mkufya, W.E., The Wicked Walk (1977) Tanzania.
Ruhumbika, G., Village in Uhuru (1969) Tanzania.
Kalilmugogo, G., The Pulse of the Woods (1974) Uganda.
Armaah, A.K., Fragments (1973) Ghana.
Why Are We So Blessed? (1973)
Soyinka, Wole, The Interrpreters (1965) Nigeria.
Season of Anomy (1973)
AkŽ: The Years of Childhood (1981)
Achebe, Chinua,  Things Fall Apart (1962) Nigeria.
No Longer at Ease
Man of the People
Arrow of God
Akpan, N.U., The Wooden Gong (1965) Nigeria.
Aluko, T.M., One Man, One Machet 91965) Nigeria.
Amaki, E.,  The Concubine (1966) Nigeria.
The Great Ponds (1969)
Sunset in Biafra (1973)
Emcheta, B., The Bride Price (1976) Nigeria.
Ike, V.C.,  The Chicken Chasers (1980)
Sunset at Dawn (1976)
Ogali, A.O., The Juju Priest (1978).
Worku, D., The Thirteenth Sun (1973) Ethiopia.
Sellassie, Sahle, ShinegaÕs Village (1964) Ethiopia.
Hinga, E., Out of the Jungle (1973) Kenya.
Juma, Para, Portrait of Apartheid (1979) Kenya.
Kahiga, Samuel,  The Girl from Abroad (1974) Kenya.
When Stars are Scattered (1979)
Ngugi Thiongo, Petals of Blood (1977) Kenya.
The River Between (1965)
Sembene, Ousmane, GodÕs Bits of Wood
Aidoo, Ama Ata The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anoma (1965)
No Sweetness Here
Our Sister Killjoy
Fall, Aminata Sow, The BeggarsÕ Strike
Djebar, Assia, Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
Diallo, Nafissaton, A Dakar Childhood
Gordime, Nadime, JulyÕs People
Head, Bessie, A Question of Power
Matshoba, MtutuzelŽ, Call Me Not a Man (1979)
Mzamahe, Mobulelo V., The Children of Soweto (1982)
Nwapa, Flora, Efuru
Okpewho, Isidoro, The Last Duty (1976)
Okri, Ben, Flowers and Shadows (1980)