INT 296F Third World? Two-thirds World!

Interdisciplinary: History (non-Western, 3 crs.) and Political Science (3 crs.)
Four classroom hours per week plus 26 hours (average 2 hrs. per week) to be individually arranged

Texts

Robert J. Griffiths, ed., Developing World 05/06 (15^th ed.; Guilford, CT: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2005).
John L. Allen and Elizabeth . Leppman, Student Atlas of World Politics (6^th ed.; Guilford, CT: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2004).

Course Description

Analysis is done of so-called Third World (“developing” countries, “emerging” areas, and “poor” nations) in context of erstwhile “revolution of rising expectations,” neutralism and Cold War nonalignment, and upheavals during the last decade of the 20^th century. Comparison is done of colonial histories, background experiences, foreign policies, domestic differences and similarities.

Content Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, you can be expected

• To have a chronological knowledge of the antecedents and the appearance of so-called “third world” countries in the middle and late 20^th century and their legacy in the present

• To have an essential understanding of terms and definitions of “third world” and related vocabulary

• To identify cohesive, divisive, and cross-cutting allegiances within the “third world”

• To be able to discuss and illustrate “first world,” “second world,” and other outside influences

• To analyze local, regional, and global dimensions of issues that entail “have|have-not” rhetoric and conflict

• To conjecture why some “developing” and “transitional” countries quickly move out of their marginal status while others linger in a stalled condition

Learning Objectives

In the course of this semester, you can expect to develop or improve

• Your ability to do analysis empirically, abstractly, and comparatively, using techniques and models drawn from both historical method and political science

• Your ability to formulate informed questions and pursue rational inquiry

• Your techniques involving alternative analytical viewpoints and normative perspectives

favoring state viability	stalling development	J. L. Allen & E. J. Leppman, Student Atlas, 6^th ed.		Robert J. Griffiths, ed., Developing World 05/06
H. Cliadakis	3^rd World? 2/3 World!	maps	tables	articles
Geographical location	Natural disasters	1 Boundaries 2 Climate 3 Topography 4 Ecological Regions 5 Natural Hazards 6 Land Use 11 Political Boundary Types		2 R. Hausmann, Prisoners of Geography
Sufficient food	Dependence on trade & aid	39 Dependence on Trade 50 Production of Staples—Cereals, Roots, Tubers 51 Agricultural Production per Capita 52 Average Daily Calories per Capita	H Mortality, Health & Nutrition J Agricultural Operations	32 S. Sidhva, Saving the Planet: Imperialism in a Green Garb? 33 E. Metcalfe, Nor Any Drop to Drink: The World Is Running Out of Water 34 B. McKibben, An Alternative to Progress 35 J. McGeary, Death Stalks a Continent 36 A. Thomas, A Minor Miracle 38 E. R. Shell, New World Syndrome
Place for the rich legally allowed & regulated	Import-export problems	29 International Trade Organizations 30 Rich & Poor Countries 31 Gross National Income/Capita 32 Relative Wealth: PPP 33 International Capital Flows		8 D. W. Drezner, Bottom Feeders 9 J. Faux, The Global Alternative 10 D. Kapur, The IMF: A Cure or a Curse? 11 S. Anderson, The IMF & World Bank’s Cosmetic Makeover
Religion—responsibly mobilizes people & protects their spiritual needs	Lack of industrial development (and over-indusrialization)	8 Religions 24 Post-Cold War Alliances		4 R. Malley, The Third Worldist Movement 16 N. Ghadbian, Political Islam & Violence 17 Economist, Enemies Within, Enemies Without 18 A. Rashid, The War Starts Here

Articles—on Pace Library Electronic Reserve (INT 296F or Quest is quick; password is saturday)

Sauvy, Alfred, “The Third World,” in General Theory of Population (New York: Basic Books, 1969), pp. 204-218.

Reischauer, Edwin O., “The Future of a Limited World,” Worldview, Sept. 1975, pp. 145-152.

Foner, Eric, “We Must Forget the Past…South Africa,” in Who Owns History? (New York: Hill and Wang, 2002), pp. 88-109.

Glenn, Jerome C., “Third World Development: The Second Most Critical Focus…,” Future Research Quarterly, Spring l987, pp. 79-85.

Harrison, Lawrence, “Culture Matters,” The National Interest, No. 60, Summer 2000, pp. 55-65.

Wittrock, Bjorn, “Modernity: One, None, or Many,” Daedalus: Multiple Modernities, Vol. 129, No. 1, Winter 2000, pp. 1-60.

Wechsler, William F., “Follow the Money,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 80, No. 4, July-August 2001, pp. 40-57.

Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, and Hilton Root, “The Political Roots of Poverty: The Economic Logic of Autocracy,” National Interest, No. 68, Summer 2002, pp. 27-37.

Rosecrance, Richard, “Money and Power: Pondering Economic Growth and Decline,” National Interest, No. 68, Summer 2002, pp. 127-132.

Rosecrance, Richard, “The Rise of the Virtual State,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 75, No. 4, July-August 1996.

History books (and relevant maps from Atlas)

De Bary, William Theodore, et al, Sources of Chinese Tradition (Vol. II; New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1964).

Murphey, Rhoads, East Asia: A New History (New York: Addison Wesley Longman, 1997).
Student Atlas, Map 69 Asia: Physical, Map 70 Asia: Political

Hourani, Albert, A History of the Arab Peoples (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1991).

July, Robert W., A History of the African People (5^th ed.; Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1998).
Student Atlas, Map 71 Africa: Physical, Map 72 Africa: Political

Skidmore, Thomas, and Peter S. Smith, Modern Latin America (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997).
Student Atlas, Map 65 South America: Physical, Map 66 South America: Political