Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2391H1F L5101
Undergraduate Course Code: POL410H1F L5101
Topics in Comparative Politics III
Political Foundations of Development: Elites, Revenue, Conflict and Aid
Themes
This course explores the political foundations of effective developmental states in Asia, Latin America and, particularly, Africa. Drawing on contemporary case studies it highlights the centrality of revenue, conflict and the international system in shaping the nature and capacity of the state and the priorities and accountability of governments. By focusing on state-society relations and the political foundations of effective states, rather than specific economic and political institutions, this course reconsiders the nature of the development challenge, and the role of foreign aid in contemporary state building.
Texts
TBA
Format and Requirements
Students are expected to participate actively in discussions, make one in-class presentation, submit two brief critical reviews of weekly readings and submit a major research paper. Participation and the presentation are worth 30%, the critical reviews are worth 20% and the major research paper is worth 50%.
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the...
June 14, 2021
Great news from the Canadian Political Science Association, which held its annual awards ceremony (online) over the weekend of June 12 & 13: Professor Stefan Rencken’s book "Private Governance and Public...
April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...