Politics of Development (PSCI 7092) Department of Political Science University of Colorado at Boulder Spring 2008

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1 Politics of Development (PSCI 7092) Department of Political Science University of Colorado at Boulder Spring 2008 Professor David S. Brown Ketchum 104 Office Hours: Tuesdays and 1-3 Phone: Course Description: Examining the role politics plays in economic development has received increasing attention over the last two decades. As economic growth theorists refined their models to take into consideration knowledge, human capital, and technology, studying how societies develop those components of growth have opened the door to political scientists. The course is designed to give an introduction to the various ways politics enters into the equation. Course Requirements: The course is designed to help students develop original research in the field of development. The first half of every class will involve discussing the assigned readings. Every student will be asked to provide a 2-3 minute reaction/critique of the readings. The second half of every seminar will be devoted to research projects developed by the students on topics covered in the class. Grades for the class will be assigned as follows: 1) 30% will be based on class participation (including presentations of the research project); 2) 70% will be based on the final written product. The readings are available on the web through the library s electronic journals. Readings will be posted on the web for students for weeks when book chapters are assigned. Final research projects are due, via , to dsbrown@colorado.edu at 5pm on May 5 th. Democracy and growth (January 23 rd ) Barro, Robert J Democracy and Growth. Journal of Economic Growth 1, no. 1: Adam Przeworski and Fernando Limongi, Political Regimes and Economic Growth, The Journal of Economic Perspectives 7, no. 3 (Summer 1993). Heo, Uk, and Alexander C Tan Democracy and Economic Growth: A Causal Analysis. Comparative Politics 33, no. 4 (July): Persson, T., and G. E. Tabellini Democracy and Development: The Devil in the Details. National Bureau of Economic Research Cambridge, Mass., USA. Lab: Introduction to Data Desk

2 2 Corruption and growth (January 30 th ) Mauro, P Corruption and Growth. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 110, no. 3: Kaufmann, D Corruption: The Facts. Foreign Policy, no. 107: Edgardo Campos, J., D. Lien, and S. Pradhan The Impact of Corruption on Investment: Predictability Matters. World Development 27, no. 6: Gupta, S., H. Davoodi, and R. Alonso-Terme Does corruption affect income inequality and poverty. Economics of Governance 3, no. 1: Lab: Introduction to Data Desk Politics and Poverty (February 6 th ) M. Grindle, Good Enough Governance: Poverty Reduction and Reform in Developing Countries, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions 17, no. 4 (2004); M. Ross, Is Democracy Good for the Poor, American Journal of Political Science 50, no. 4 (2006). P. Keefer and S. Khemani, Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor: Understanding Political Incentives for Providing Public Services, The World Bank Research Observer 20, no. 1 (2005). Lab: Presentations of Literature and Dependent Variable Democracy and Health (February 13 th ) Michael R. Reich, The politics of health sector reform in developing countries: three cases of pharmaceutical policy, Health Policy 32, no. 1-3 (1995). A. Przeworski et al., Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the Third World Cambridge University Press. (Chapter on Fertility) P. Navia and T. D. Zweifel, Democracy, Dictatorship, and Infant Mortality Revisited, Journal of Democracy 14, no. 3 (2003). Kosack, Effective Aid: How Democracy Allows Development Aid to Improve the Quality of Life, World Development 31, no. 1 (2003). Lab: Presentations of Literature and Dependent Variable Democracy and Human Capital (February 20 th )

3 3 David S Brown, Reading, Writing, and Regime Type: Democracy's Impact on Primary School Enrollment, Political Research Quarterly 52, no. 4 (December 1999). M. A. Baum and A. David, Lake The Political Economy of Growth: Democracy and Human Capital, American Journal of Political Science 47, no. 2. A. Przeworski et al., Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the Third World Cambridge University Press. (Selected Chapter) D. Stasavage, Democracy and Education Spending in Africa, American Journal of Political Science 49, no. 2 (2005). Lab: Presentation of Literature and Dependent Variable Democracy and the Environment (February 27 th ) Y. H. Farzin and C. A. Bond, Democracy and environmental quality, Journal of Development Economics 81, no. 1 (2006). L. Pellegrini and R. Gerlagh, Corruption, Democracy, and Environmental Policy, Sage 15, no. 3 (2006). M. Winslow, Is Democracy Good for the Environment, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 48, no. 5 (2005). E. Neumayer, Do Democracies Exhibit Stronger International Environmental Commitment? A Cross-Country Analysis, Journal of Peace Research 39, no. 2 (2002). Lab: Presentation of Models and Independent Variables The Role of Aid (March 5 th ) P. Uvin, Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise in Rwanda (Kumarian Press, Inc, 1998). (selected chapters) J. Sachs, The End of Poverty (Penguin Press, 2005). (selected chapters) W. R. Easterly. The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics (MIT Pr, 2001). (Selected Chapters). P. Collier and D. Dollar, Can the World Cut Poverty in Half? How Policy Reform and Effective Aid Can Meet International Development Goals, World Development 29, no. 11 (2001). Lab: Presentation of Models and Independent Variables

4 4 Colonialism s Legacies (March 12 th ) K. L. Sokoloff and S. L. Engerman, History Lessons: Institutions, Factors Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World, The Journal of Economic Perspectives 14, no. 3 (2000). Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A Robinson, The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation, The American Economic Review 91, no. 5 (December 2001). Matthew Lange, James Mahoney, and Matthias vom Hau, Colonialism and Development: A Comparative Analysis of Spanish and British Colonies, The American Journal of Sociology 111, no. 5 (March 2006). Lab: Presentation of Models and Independent Variables The Resource Curse (March 19 th ) Ross, Michael The Political Economy of the Resource Curse. World Politics Halvor Mehlum, Karl Moene, Ragnar Torvik (2006) Institutions and the Resource Curse* The Economic Journal 116 (508), James A. Robinson, Ragnar Torvik, and Thierry Verdier. Journal of Development Economics. Volume 79, Issue 2, April 2006, Pages Sachs, J. D., and A. M. Warner The curse of natural resources. European Economic Review 45(4-6): Lab: Diagnostic Analysis Property Rights and Development (April 2nd) Persson, T. and G. Tabellini (2003). The Economic Effects of Constitutions. Cambridge, MIT Press. (selected chapters) P. Keefer and S. Knack. Why Don t Poor Countries Catch Up? A Cross-National Test of an Institutional Explanation, Economic Inquiry, no. 3 (2003). Levine, Ross (2005), Law, Endowments, and Property Rights, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19:3. Kaufmann, Daniel, Aart Kraay, & Massimo Mastruzzi (2007). "Governance Matters VI: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, ," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4280, The World Bank. Lab: Diagnostic Analysis

5 5 Geography and Development (April 9 th ) W. Easterly and R. Levine, Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development, Journal of Monetary Economics 50, no. 1 (2003). David E Bloom et al., Geography, Demography, and Economic Growth in Africa, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1998, no. 2 (1998). Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A Robinson, Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution, The Quarterly Journal of Economics 117, no. 4 (November 2002). J. M. Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (WW Norton & Company, 1997). (selected chapters) Lab: Diagnostic Analysis Presentations of Research Projects: April 16 th, April 23 rd, and April 30 th.

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