GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF AFRICA Political Science 3347 Southern Methodist University Fall 2015

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1 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF AFRICA Political Science 3347 Southern Methodist University Fall 2015 Class time and location: MW, 3-4:20 p.m., Dallas Hall 149 Professor Karisa Cloward, Department of Political Science Office: 201 Carr Collins Hall Office Hours: T 2:30-4 p.m., W 4:30-6 p.m., and by appointment kcloward@smu.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION AND LEARNING OUTCOMES This course is an introduction to contemporary Sub-Saharan African politics, focusing both on larger trends in the region and the substantial diversity of experience across individual countries. It will delve into Africa s experience with a wide range of political regimes, conflict situations, and development trajectories in the postindependence era, and will attempt to counter the pessimism and sensationalism common to Western media accounts of Africa with a balanced look at the continent s success stories as well as its crises. It will also investigate Africa s pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial history for clues to understanding the challenges the region faces today. The course earns credit toward majors and minors in political science, international studies, public policy, and human rights. It also satisfies the Individuals, Institutions, and Cultures Pillar (Level II) and the Human Diversity Proficiency of the University Curriculum. As such, students who take the course will be able to analyze different theoretical perspectives in the study of political experiences, and will be able to evaluate critically the research outcomes and theoretical applications associated with those experiences. With respect to issues related to race, ethnicity, and societies in the developing world, students will also be able to demonstrate an understanding of the political conditions of identity formation and function in human society, including the ways in which these conditions influence group status, treatment, and accomplishments. TEXTS The following three books are required, and are available for purchase at the bookstore: Herbst, Jeffrey States and Power in Africa. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Moss, Todd J African Development: Making Sense of the Issues and Actors. 2 nd ed. Boulder, CO; London: Lynn Rienner. van de Walle, Nicolas African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. All other required readings are available electronically through Blackboard. In addition, a number of the required articles we will read over the course of the semester have been reprinted in this edited volume, available at the bookstore: Lewis, Peter, ed Africa: Dilemmas of Development and Change. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

2 2 Finally, this concise history of Africa is a good introductory primer: Iliffe, John Africans: The History of a Continent. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2 nd Edition. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING Grading Participation & Attendance 10% Map Quiz 3% Daily Summaries 10% Country Briefs 42% Midterm Exam 15% Final Exam 20% Attendance and Participation Attendance at lecture and participation in discussion are expected. If you need to miss class for a family emergency, illness, or University-sponsored event, you must notify me in advance via and provide appropriate documentation. Unexcused absences will adversely affect your participation grade. Upon your fourth unexcused absence, you will be either administratively dropped from the course or receive a final grade of F. If you must miss a class, please obtain notes from another student. I will not distribute PowerPoint slides or my own personal notes, nor will I provide a private tutorial. If you have spoken to a classmate and still have questions, I am available to fill in the gaps. Required readings are, in fact, required you should complete them prior to the beginning of the class for which they re assigned and come to class prepared and ready to discuss them. You are advised to complete the assigned reading in the order in which they are listed in the syllabus, and you are expected to bring all of the day s readings with you to class. In addition to general preparation and participation, at the beginning of the semester you will select an African country and become the class s expert on that country. You will be responsible for independently researching your country s history, economy, and politics, such that you will be prepared to talk in class about each day s reading and lecture topic as it relates to your country. You will also make a brief in-class presentation introducing your country early in the semester (you will meet with me during the first two weeks of the semester to sign up for a presentation date). I expect you to be courteous and respectful to me and to your classmates. This means arriving on time, staying in your seat and awake until the end of the period, and refraining from texting or other distracting activities. I will permit the use of laptops in class, but discourage them. Students who feel they must use a laptop are required to sit in the first row and to make a commitment to using them only for the purpose of note taking. If I find that laptops are being used for other purposes, the privilege will be revoked.

3 3 Late arrivals and early departures, being present but unprepared to participate, participating without being prepared, and engaging in distracting or disrespectful behavior will all adversely affect your participation grade. Assignment Details Map Quiz: You will be responsible for identifying countries and their capitals. You may find these practice quizzes helpful: sporcle.com/games/g/africa; sporcle.com/games/remskray/map_africa; sporcle.com/games/g/africacapitals Daily Summaries: On ten dates of your choosing, you will submit a short summary (maximum one page) describing relevant details about your country that relate to that day s reading and lecture topic. The specific topics you will need to address in the summaries are listed under each date in the reading schedule below. You must complete at least three summaries by September 30 th. Country Briefs: While you will be responsible every class period for understanding the readings as they relate to your country, you will also submit three 5-6-page papers about your country over the course of the semester. The papers will focus, in turn, on some aspect of your country s experience with post-colonial political institutions, conflict, and development, and will consider the applicability of political science theories and concepts in explaining this case. You will pose a research question about your country, propose an answer to that question, and then provide relevant evidence to support your answer. The country briefs are due on October 5 th, November 4 th, and December 2 nd. If you wish, you may revise and resubmit one of the first two papers, in which case your grade on the revised paper will replace your original grade (though any late penalties assessed will remain). Exams: Both the midterm and final exam will consist of IDs and essay questions. You will need to draw on information from both lectures and readings in order to successfully answer the exam questions. The final exam will be comprehensive. Paper Submission and Help The country briefs and summaries should be double-spaced, with 1-inch margins, 12-point Times New Roman font, and standard character spacing. Each paper must be submitted in hard-copy format prior to the beginning of class on the day it is due. Failure to meet this deadline for the country briefs will result in a half letter grade deduction for each 24-hour period after the due date and time, beginning at 3:01 p.m. Late country summaries will not be accepted. It is your responsibility to complete all assignments such that sufficient time remains to deal with any technical difficulties you might encounter. I will not be sympathetic to claims of malfunctioning printers. Each paper must also be submitted to Blackboard as a Word document (not a PDF or text file). In the absence of electronic submission, your paper will not be graded. The SMU Writing Center can help you with your writing. Call for an appointment. Contacting Me For very quick questions (questions you think I can answer in about three sentences or less) or to schedule an appointment, the best way to contact me is via at kcloward@smu.edu.

4 4 My office hours, listed at the beginning of the syllabus, are your time. I am here to help you, but in order for me to do that you must first let me know that you are having a problem. If you cannot attend my regular office hours, I am happy to schedule another time. Religious and Disability Accommodation Students needing academic accommodations for a disability must first contact Disability Accommodations & Success Strategies (DASS) at or to verify the disability and to establish eligibility for accommodations. You should then schedule an appointment with me to make appropriate arrangements. It is essential that you address your needs early in the semester, before assignments are due. Students who need to miss class for religious reasons should provide me with an explanation, in writing, no later than September 9 th. Honor Code I take plagiarism and other forms of cheating very seriously. Plagiarism is the use of someone else's work, words, or ideas as if they were your own. When in doubt, cite. In addition, you may not recycle work you have submitted in another course. The SMU Honor Code governs all student work in this course, both in class and outside of the classroom. Honor code violations are punishable not only by a failing grade for the course, but also by referral to the University Honor Council. Ignorance of the Honor Code and its provisions is not an excuse. Any questions about specific applications of the Honor Code should be addressed to me. Personal Responsibility I am committed to being accessible to students, and I want you to succeed in the course, but you should not mistake this attitude for lax standards or low expectations. I am absolutely serious about this course. If you do not intend to be equally serious, this may not be the course for you. If you choose to take the course, the onus is on you to do the things necessary to achieve the goals you ve set for yourself, or to accept responsibility if you do not. You will get out of the class what you put into it. Students who demonstrate their commitment to the course and to putting in the necessary work will find that I am ready and willing to help and advise them whenever possible. But I will not pick up the slack for students who are just looking to skate by, and I won t do your work for you. Moreover, I will enforce all of the rules set out for this course I will not make exceptions simply because you forget what the rules are or think they shouldn t apply to you for whatever reason. RESOURCES Paying attention to African current events will help you in this course. Consider the following: News: BBC Africa All Africa IRIN Africa

5 5 Blogs: Podcasts: Video: Africa Can Africa in Focus Africa is a Country African Arguments Aid Thoughts Haba na Haba The Monkey Cage (Laura Seay; Kim Yi Dionne) Wronging Rights Africa Past & Present BBC Africa Today BBC Focus on Africa TED Africa There are also many excellent resources to help you in learning about your country and writing papers: Universities: Columbia Stanford University of Pennsylvania Think Tanks: Brookings Africa Center for Global Development Country Reports: Issue Reports: Datasets/ Databanks: CIA World Factbook Freedom House Country Reports BBC Country Profiles Economist Intelligence Unit Reports UN Human Development Report Country Profiles Amnesty International Human Rights Watch ACLED Conflict Trends Reports UNdata World Bank DataBank Afrobarometer Polity IV Armed Conflict Dataset Correlates of War OECD.Stat Measure DHS STATcompiler Academic Journals: Africa, African Affairs, African Studies Review, Africa Today, African Studies Quarterly, African Studies Review, Journal of African Economies, Journal of Modern African Studies, Review of African Political Economy

6 6 LECTURE AND READING SCHEDULE I. OVERVIEW AND HISTORY August 24: Introduction Wainaina, Binyavanga How to Write About Africa. Granta. London: Granta Publications. Moss. Chapter 1. August 26: Overview of Sub-Saharan Africa The Heart of the Matter. The Economist. May 13, Gordon, David, and Howard Wolpe The Other Africa: An End to Afro-Pessimism. World Policy Journal 15(1): University of Wisconsin Writer s Handbook Acknowledging, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Sources handout. The Chicago Manual of Style Citation Quick Guide. Chazan, Naomi, et al The Diversity of African Politics: Trends and Approaches. In Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa, ed. Naomi Chazan, Robert Mortimer, John Ravenhill, and Donald Rothchild. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 3 rd Edition, pp August 31: Pre-Colonial History and European Exploration Summary Topic: Describe the political system(s) that existed within the current boundaries of your country during the pre-colonial era. Moss. Chapter 2, pp Herbst. Chapter 2. King, Charles How to Think. Farrell, Henry Good Writing in Political Science: An Undergraduate Student s Short Illustrated Primer. Simiyu, V.G The Democratic Myth in the African Traditional Societies. In Democratic Theory and Practice in Africa, ed. Walter O. Oyugi, E.S. Atieno Odhiambo, Michael Chege, and Afrifa K. Gitonga. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart. Oxford; Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational. Chapters Kenyatta, Jomo Facing Mount Kenya: The Tribal Life of the Gikuyu. New York: Vintage Books. Evans-Pritchard, E. E The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Iliffe, John Africans: The History of a Continent. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2 nd Edition. Chapter 7. Map Quiz

7 7 September 2: Colonial History and Independence Summary Topic: Describe your country s experience with colonialism. Moss. Chapter 2, pp Crowder, Michael Indirect Rule: French and British Style. Africa 34: Herbst. Chapters 3-4. Ade Ajayi, J.F Expectations of Independence. Daedalus 111(2): 1-9. Hochschild, Adam King Leopold s Ghost. Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Branch, Daniel The Enemy Within: Loyalists and the War Against Mau Mau in Kenya. The Journal of African History 48: Coleman, James S Nationalism in Tropical Africa. American Political Science Review 48(2): September 7: Labor Day September 9: The Colonial Legacy Summary Topic: Explore any lingering effects of colonialism (whether positive or negative) on your country. Moss. Chapter 2, pp Ekeh, Peter Colonialism and the Two Publics in Africa: A Theoretical Statement. Comparative Studies in Society and History 17(1): Mamdani. Mahmood Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Chapter 2. Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation. The American Economic Review 91(5): Firmin-Sellers, Kathryn The Politics of Property Rights. American Political Science Review 89(4): Touré, Sékou Africa s Future and the World. Foreign Affairs 41(1): Young, Crawford The African Colonial State Revisited. Governance 11(1): Young, Crawford The End of the Post-Colonial State in Africa? Reflections on Changing African Political Dynamics. African Affairs 103: II. POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS September 14: Post-Colonial Institutions Summary Topic: Describe your country s political system between the 1960s and 1980s. Hayward, Fred In Search of Stability: Independence and Experimentation. In Africans: A Reader, ed. Ali A. Mazrui et al. New York: Praeger Publishers, pp ;

8 8 Ayittey, George Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa s Future. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. Chapter 3. Chabal, Patrick, and Jean-Pascal Daloz Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument. Oxford: James Currey Publishers. Chapter 1. McGowan, Patrick J African Military Coups d Etat, Journal of Modern African Studies 41(3): Soyinka, Wole You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir. New York: Random House. September 16: Weak States Summary Topic: Describe the extent to which your country could be considered a weak state, and explore possible explanations for its relative weakness or strength. Jackson, Robert H., and Carl G. Rosberg Why Africa's Weak States Persist: The Empirical and the Juridical in Statehood. World Politics 35(1): Herbst. Chapter 5. Herbst. Chapter 1. September 21: Personal Rule and Neo-Patrimonialism Summary Topic: Explore the extent to which your country s political system has been characterized by neopatrimonialism. Moss. Chapter 3, pp Jackson, Robert H., and Carl G. Rosberg Personal Rule: Theory and Practice in Africa. Comparative Politics 16(4): van de Walle. Chapter 3. September 23: Big Men Summary Topic: Describe your country s experience with individual Big Men (see Moss for definition). Moss. Chapter 3, pp Wrong, Michela In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu s Congo. New York: Harper Collins. Chapter 4. September 28: Democratization Summary Topic: Describe your country s experience with elections. Moss. Chapter 5, pp Bratton, Michael Deciphering Africa's Divergent Transitions. Political Science Quarterly 112(1):

9 9 Lindberg, Staffan I The Surprising Significance of African Elections. Journal of Democracy 17(1): Bratton, Michael, and Eric Chang State-Building and Democratization in Africa: Forwards, Backwards, or Together? Comparative Political Studies 39(9): September 30: Democratic Consolidation Summary Topic: Explore the extent to which your country can currently be considered a democracy. Moss. Chapter 5, pp van de Walle. Chapter 6. African Democracy: A Glass Half Full. The Economist. March 31, Freedom House Sub-Saharan Africa Fact Sheet. Freedom in the World Bratton, Michael, and Robert B. Mattes Africans Surprising Universalism. Journal of Democracy 12(1): Przeworski, Adam, Michael E. Alvarez, José Antonio Cheibub, and Fernando Limongi Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp Freedom House Freedom in the World 2014 Methodology. Diamond, Larry Thinking about Hybrid Regimes. Journal of Democracy 13(2): Young, Crawford Africa: An Interim Balance Sheet. Journal of Democracy 7(3): October 5: Hybrid Regimes and the Quality of Democracy Summary Topic: Describe the extent to which your country s government interferes with the free and full political participation of its citizens. Monga, Célestin Eight Problems with African Politics. Journal of Democracy 8(3): Joseph, Richard Challenges of a Frontier Region. Journal of Democracy 19(2): Suberu, Rotimi Nigeria s Muddled Elections. Journal of Democracy 18(4): Aalen, Lovise, and Kjetil Tronvoll The End of Democracy? Curtailing Political and Civil Rights in Ethiopia. Review of African Political Economy 120: Gyimah-Boadi, Emmanuel Civil Society in Africa. Journal of Democracy 7(2): Bratton, Michael The Politics of Government-NGO Relations in Africa. World Development 17(4): Harbeson, John W Ethiopia's Extended Transition. Journal of Democracy 16(4): Tripp, Aili Marie Gender, Political Participation, and the Transformation of Associational Life in Uganda and Tanzania. African Studies Review 37(1): Azarya, Victor, and Naomi Chazan Disengagement from the State in Africa: Reflections on the Experience of Ghana and Guinea. Comparative Studies in Society and History 29(1): Ndegwa, Stephen N The Two Faces of Civil Society: NGOs and Politics in Africa. West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press.

10 10 Country Brief #1 (Political Institutions) due in class October 7: Ethnic Politics Summary Topic: Describe your country s ethnic composition and the extent to which ethnicity is relevant in its politics. Posner, Daniel The Political Salience of Cultural Difference: Why Chewas and Tumbukas are Allies in Zambia and Adversaries in Malawi. American Political Science Review 98(4): Miguel, Edward Tribe or Nation? Nation Building and Public Goods in Kenya versus Tanzania. World Politics 56(3): Diamond, Larry Cleavage, Conflict, and Anxiety in the Second Nigerian Republic. The Journal of Modern African Studies 20(4): October 12: Fall Break October 14: Corruption and Clientelism Summary Topic: Describe the extent to which your country s political system is clientelistic and corrupt. Wrong, Michela It s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower. New York: Harper. Chapter 4. van de Walle, Nicolas Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss? The Evolution of Political Clientelism in Africa. In Patrons, Clients, and Policies: Patterns of Democratic Accountability and Political Competition, ed Herbert Kitschelt and Steven I. Wilkinson. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, pp Wantchekon, Leonard Clientelism and Voting Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Benin. World Politics 55(3): October 19: Midterm Exam III. CONFLICT October 21: Prevalence and Types of Conflict Summary Topic: Describe a conflict your country has experienced (e.g., civil war, coup, border war, religious violence, election violence). Moss. Chapter 4, pp Human Security Brief Chapter 2. October 26 28: Causes of Conflict

11 11 October 26 Summary Topic: Explore possible motivations for a conflict your country has experienced. October 28 Summary Topic: Explore the extent to which your country has the structural conditions (opportunity) that make a country more prone to conflicts. Moss. Chapter 4, pp Collier, Paul, and Anke Hoeffler On the Incidence of Civil War in Africa. Journal of Conflict Resolution 46(1): Collier, Paul The Bottom Billion. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 2, pp and Fearon, James D., and David D. Laitin Ethnicity, Insurgency and Civil War. American Political Science Review 97(1): Young, Crawford Deciphering Disorder in Africa: Is Identity the Key? World Politics 54(4): Bates, Robert The Logic of State Failure: Learning from Late-Century Africa. Conflict Management and Peace Science 25: Herbst. Chapter 9, pp Blattman, Christopher, and Ted Miguel Civil War. Journal of Economic Literature 48(1): Elbadawi, Ibrahim, and Nicholas Sambanis Why Are There So Many Civil Wars in Africa? Understanding and Preventing Violent Conflict. Journal of African Economies 9(3): Collier, Paul, and Anke Hoeffler Coup Traps: Why Does Africa Have So Many Coups d Etat? Working Paper. Humphreys, Macartan, and Jeremy M. Weinstein Who Fights? The Determinants of Participation in Civil War. American Journal of Political Science 52(2): Collier, Paul, Anke Hoeffler, and Mans Soderbom On the Duration of Civil War. Journal of Peace Research 41(3): November 2: Genocide Summary Topic: Describe the extent to which your country has experienced an event that could be considered genocide or ethnic cleansing. Des Forges, Alison Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda. New York: Human Rights Watch. pp. i-27 and de Waal, Alex Tragedy in Darfur: On Understanding and Ending the Horror. Boston Review October/November PBS Frontline Documentary: Ghosts of Rwanda. Available at SMU Library. Gourevitch, Phillip We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda. New York: Picador. Straus, Scott Darfur and the Genocide Debate. Foreign Affairs 84(1): November 4: Other Characteristics and Consequences of Conflict Summary Topic: Describe the short- and/or long-term consequences (whether positive or negative) of a conflict your country has experienced.

12 12 Moss. Chapter 4, pp Collier, Paul The Bottom Billion. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 2, pp Menkhaus, Ken State Collapse in Somalia: Second Thoughts. Review of African Political Economy 30(97): Graybill, Lyn S Pardon, Punishment, and Amnesia: Three African Post-Conflict Methods. Third World Quarterly 25(6): Patrick, Stewart Weak States and Global Threats: Fact or Fiction? The Washington Quarterly 29(2): Singer, P.W Children at War. Berkeley; Los Angeles: University of California Press. Wood, Elisabeth Jean Variation in Sexual Violence During War. Politics and Society 34(3): Country Brief #2 (Conflict) due in class November 9: International Intervention Summary Topic: Describe an international military intervention and/or peacekeeping operation your country has experienced. Moss. Chapter 4, pp Weinstein, Jeremy Autonomous Recovery and International Intervention in Comparative Perspective. Center for Global Development Working Paper Number 57. Fortna, Virginia Page "Does Peacekeeping Keep Peace? International Intervention and the Duration of Peace After Civil War." International Studies Quarterly 48: Autesserre, Severine Dangerous Tales: Dominant Narratives on the Congo and Their Unintended Consequences. African Affairs 111(443): Western, Jon, and Joshua S. Goldstein "Humanitarian Intervention Comes of Age: Lessons from Somalia to Libya." Foreign Affairs 90: IV. DEVELOPMENT November 11: Economic and Human Development Summary Topic: Describe the current economic conditions facing your country and its status in terms of human development. Moss. Chapters 6 (pp ) and 10. The Road to Hell Is Unpaved. The Economist. December 21, Kenny, Charles Think Again: Africa s Crisis. Foreign Policy Magazine. UNAIDS. AIDS Epidemic Update December Pp Clemens, Michael, and Todd Moss What s Wrong with the Millennium Development Goals? Center for Global Development Brief.

13 13 UN Millennium Project Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals. London: Earthscan. Chapter 2. November 16 18: Causes of Slow Growth November 16 Summary Topic: Explore how your country s natural endowments (e.g., climate, geography, demography, natural resources) might have affected its economic development trajectory. November 18 Summary Topic: Explore how your country s political and economic policies might have affected its economic development trajectory. Moss. Chapters 6 (pp ), 7 (pp ), 12, and 13. Collier, Paul, and Jan Gunning Why Has Africa Grown Slowly? Journal of Economic Perspectives 13(3): van de Walle. Chapter 1, pp Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation. American Economic Review 91(5): de Waal, Alex How Will HIV/AIDS Transform African Governance? African Affairs 102: Englebert, Pierre Pre-Colonial Institutions, Post-Colonial States, and Economic Development in Tropical Africa. Political Research Quarterly 53(7): Ramachandran, Vijaya Power and Roads for Africa. Center for Global Development Essay. Sachs, Jeffrey D The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. New York: Penguin Books. Chapter 3. November 23: Structural Adjustment and the Bretton Woods Institutions Summary Topic: Describe the extent to which your country has participated in structural adjustment programs. Moss. Chapters 7 (pp ) and 8 (pp ). van de Walle. Chapters 1 (pp ), 2, and 4. November 25: Thanksgiving Break November 30: The International Aid Regime Summary Topic: Describe the level and sources of foreign aid your country receives. Moss. Chapter 8 Radelet, Steven A Primer on Foreign Aid. Center for Global Development Working Paper 92. December 2: Aid Supporters and Critics

14 14 Summary Topic: Explore the extent to which your country has received any benefits or suffered any negative consequences as a result of receiving foreign aid (whether public or private aid). Sachs, Jeffrey D The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. New York: Penguin Books. Pp Easterly, William, and Claudia R. Williamson. Rhetoric versus Reality: The Best and Worst of Aid Agency Practices. World Development 39(11): Ayittey, George Africa in Chaos. New York: St. Martin s Press. Chapter 8, pp van de Walle. Chapter 5. Birdsall, Nancy Seven Deadly Sins: Reflections on Donor Failings. Center for Global Development Working Paper Number 50. Collier, Paul Aid Dependency : A Critique. Journal of African Economies 8(4): Collier, Paul African Growth: Why a Big Push? Journal of African Economies 15(2): Easterly, William Can the West Save Africa? Journal of Economic Literature 47(2): Mwenda, Andrew Aid for Africa? No Thanks. TED Talk. Moss. Chapter 9. Sachs, Jeffrey D. et al Ending Africa s Poverty Trap. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1: Country Brief #3 (Development) due in class December 7: Non-Governmental Organizations, Charities, and Advocacy Summary Topic: Describe an international advocacy effort targeting your country, and explore the extent to which it can be considered effective. Video: Invisible Children. Kony Taub, Amanda, ed Beyond #Kony2012: Atrocity, Awareness + Activism in the Internet Age. Pp ; Moss. Chapter 14. Website: GiveWell. Sirolli, Ernesto Want to Help Someone? Shut Up and Listen! TED Talk. Bates, Robert H., John H. Coatsworth, and Jeffrey G. Williamson Lost Decades: Post- Independence Performance in Latin America and Africa. The Journal of Economic History 67(4): Chazan, Naomi, et al Africa in the Twenty-First Century. In Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa, ed. Naomi Chazan, Robert Mortimer, John Ravenhill, and Donald Rothchild. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner. 3 rd Edition, pp Moss. Chapter 11. Tull, Denis M China s Engagement in Africa: Scope, Significance and Consequences. Journal of Modern African Studies 44(3): December 10, 3-6 p.m.: Final Exam