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Credit Hours: 3 |
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This
course utilizes a comparative perspective to understand politics and
socio-economic issues of selected nations in, or regions of, the
Third World; their relationships to other nations or regions in the
Third World; and the relationship of the
Upon
completion of this course students will be knowledgeable of the
various causes of, and the dominant but competing theories that try
to explain, the crisis politics, social phenomena, and developmental
prospects in the
General Education Program (GEP): This course satisfies the Social Science component of the GEP. Please refer to your catalog for a full description of the course requirements and the purpose of the GEP (or click here to view online)
For
Students with Disabilities:
If you have a specific physical, psychiatric, or learning
disability and require accommodations, please let me know early in
the quarter so that your learning needs may be appropriately met. By
law, it is your responsibility to provide documentation of your
disability to the Office of Disability Services, located in the
Attendance and Make-Up Policy: Attendance is essential to the student’s understanding of the material upon which they will be examined and rewarded with a better grade. Students have up to two days from the time a missed exam is scheduled to take a make-up exam. An Excused Absence Form obtained from the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs must be provided in order to be able to take the make-up exam. Make-ups may be granted only for documented personal health or other care giver emergencies. The make-up exam may differ from that given to the rest of the class. Warning on Academic Dishonesty: There is no acceptance under any condition for academic dishonesty, whether it is plagiarism or other forms of cheating. Plagiarism is defined, according to Webster’s College Dictionary, as “the unauthorized use of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own.” To avoid plagiarism it is necessary to place anything that is not yours in quotation marks and provide a citation for its source. Students caught plagiarizing or cheating will receive an F in the course. They will also face disciplinary action which could lead to probation, suspension, or dismissal from the university. For details on SSU’s academic misconduct policies consult your student handbook at http://www.shawnee.edu/pub/sah/StudentHandbook.pdf |
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Required Text: Richard J. Payne and Jamal R. Nassar Politics and Culture in the Developing World: The Impact of Globalization (2007) 3rd edition Longman |
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The
student will describe the:
1)
European expansion and colonization practices
2)
Various ways with which
3)
Efforts to improve and expand national economies
4)
Problems associated with modernizing traditional societies
5)
Crisis politics, military dictatorships, and civic cultures
6)
Pressures of the Cold War upon the
7)
Resistance, adoption, or rejection of global social standards and
norms
8)
Development of underdevelopment or opportunities for economic growth 9) Need to change and survive or stagnate and perish |
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1)
The colonial legacy
2)
National liberation and nationhood
3)
The making of
4)
The making of
5)
The making of
6)
The integration of the
7)
The integration of the
8)
The integration of the
9) Dependency, underdevelopment, or modernization? 10) The prospects for the future |
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The
student will:
1)
Reevaluate the consequences of colonialism for
indigenous people
2)
Understand the perilous paths toward independence
3)
Know about capital, economic planning,
and utilization of economic resources
4)
Learn about ethnic, gender, religious, and social
class divisions
5)
Understand how politics is often associated with
extreme violence
6)
Be versed on how global conflicts can have local
repercussions and vice versa
7)
Realize how globalization creates global asymmetries of wealth and power
8)
Understand a variety of theories in regards to
development
9)
Appreciate the importance of the recent and
on-going population explosion
10)
Learn
a brief history of many nations |
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The
student will:
1)
Appreciate the democratic and social standards as practiced in
the
2)
Appreciate the struggles in the
3)
Appreciate globalization's impact on their lives and on those of
people in the
4)
Become more predisposed to watch and understand news from the
5)
Feel compassion for the atrocious living conditions
6)
Develop a compassion for the immense diversity of cultures and
peoples of the world 7) Achieve global consciousness |
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The
pedagogy includes text readings (see course outline below), class
lectures and discussions, web-based interaction (see web page),
discussion of relevant current events as they appear in the mass
media, a book review and a short oral presentation of the review by
each student, and viewing and reviewing of films.
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Students will be evaluated by three in-class term-definition exams (each worth 30% of the total grade), and by class attendance, scholarly behavior, and participation in discussions (10%). Also students must: 1) read assigned material in advance of the class; 2) keep updated of current events; 3) voice questions and participate in discussions in and out of class; and 4) attend on a regular basis. The grading scale would be: 90-100= A; 80-89= B; 70-79= C; and 60-69= D |
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