Response Papers x 4: You will write four response papers during the semester. The requirements are:
• Each paper should be 4-5 pages long (double spaced, 1” margins of thereabouts, 11-12 pt. font, etc.) – but please note that this is a guideline only; it is ok to go over and, in case of a very succinct paper, go under.
• It should be submitted via Blackboard’s “Assignments” tab.
Because of the compressed schedule in the summer term, late papers will only be accepted with prior permission and in exceptional cases; in other cases, late papers will be automatically marked as late by Blackboard and given a penalty of one letter grade. If the paper is more than 48 hours late, it will be marked as a failed assignment.
• Since we have 5 weeks (or 4.5 weeks) of class and you only need to do four papers, you can choose your own “bye week” for which you do not need to write a paper.
• The paper should be a response or critical commentary on ideas and concepts raised by the readings. It can focus on a single reading or compare two or more readings.
• The paper is a response paper, meaning that your thoughts/interpretations are important. Do not turn these into summaries of authors’ arguments. As a rule of thumb, no more than 25% of your paper should be dedicated to summing up the arguments.
• At the same time, please do make sure that you show evidence of a close engagement with the readings. Do not treat these papers as an opportunity to write an editorial loosely attached to the topic at hand.
• There are a lot of good (and some not so good) resources on how to write response papers (sometimes called think pieces). Some good-to-great examples will be provided in additional materials.
Theme 1: Conceptual Issues
GLOA 450/599-A01, p. !3 of !6
The Causes of Underdevelopment
• Gunder Frank, A. (1970). “The Development of Underdevelopment.” In Latin America: Underdevelopment or Revolution. Essays on the Development of Underdevelopment and the Immediate Enemy. New York, NY: Monthly Review Press.
• Rostow, W. W. (1960). The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-16.
• Recommended: Cullather, N. (2000). Research Note: Development? It’s History. Diplomatic History, 24(4), 641–653. http://doi.org/10.1111/0145-2096.00242
• Recommended: Foster-Carter, A. (1976). From Rostow to Gunder Frank: Conflicting Paradigms in the Analysis of Underdevelopment. World Development, 4(3), 167–180.
Poverty, Representation, Ethics
• Purvis, K. (2014). “11 of the best aid parodies. The Guardian’s Global Development Professionals Network. http://www.theguardian.com/global-development- professionals-network/2014/dec/19/11-of-the-best-aid-parodies
• Pogge, Thomas. “World Poverty and Human Rights.” Ethics & International Affairs 19, no. 1 (2005): 1-7.
• Sen, A. (2005). Human rights and capabilities. Journal of Human Development, 6(2), 151-166.
• Recommended: Cameron, J., & Haanstra, A. (2008). Development made sexy: How it happened and what it means. Third World Quarterly, 29(8), 1475-1489. doi: 10.1080/01436590802528564
• Recommended: Laderchi, C. R., Saith, R., & Stewart, F. (2003). Does it matter that we do not agree on the definition of poverty? A comparison of four approaches. Oxford Development Studies, 31(3), 243-274.
Property Rights, and the Role/Rule of Law in Development
• de Soto, H. (1993). The Missing Ingredient: What Poor Countries Will Need to Make Their Markets Work. The Economist, 328(7828), 3–Special 8,11.
• Musembi, C. N. (2007). De Soto and Land Relations in Rural Africa: Breathing Life into Dead Theories About Property Rights. Third World Quarterly, 28(8), 1457–1478.
• Benjaminsen, T. A., Holden, S., Lund, C., & Sjaastad, E. (2009). Formalisation of Land Rights: Some Empirical Evidence From Mali, Niger and South Africa. Land Use Policy, 26(1), 28–35.
• Recommended: Rauch, J. E. (2005). Getting the properties right to secure property rights: Dixit’s “Lawlessness and Economics”. Journal of Economic Literature, 43(June), 480-487.
• Recommended: Kerekes, C. B., & Williamson, C. R. (2008). Unveiling De Soto’s Mystery: Property Rights, Capital Formation, and Development. Journal of Institutional Economics, 4(3), 299–325.
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