GV315-6-SP-CO:
Political Economy of Development in the Global South
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2023/24
Government
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Inactive
Monday 15 January 2024
Friday 22 March 2024
15
14 June 2023
Requisites for this module
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Development is highly dependent on local institutions and their effectiveness. Perspectives of political economy can help disentangle how institutions drive development, by using an interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of politics, economics, sociology, anthropology and history.
The class begins by exploring definitions and theories essential to the political economy of development. Then it considers various empirical issues and broad trends in how development occur, improves and is hampered by institutions in the Global South. The course focuses in particular on local institutional actors rather than mainly on international aid.
The aim of this module is:
- To provide students with a general awareness of the broad trends in development, thinking about local institutions and how to build and support them, and the relevant actors in development, particular with a view to perspectives of political economy.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to:
- Be aware of debates surrounding the relationship between institutions and development and more generally about the preconditions for political and economic development;
- Be able to state informed opinions with regard to the successes and failures of development and how local, domestic and foreign actors and development can cooperate in the future;
- Have an improved capacity for reading graphs and understanding presentations of data;
- Have an improved capacity for producing original research using primary documents and/or data and an improved capacity for presenting this research in term paper format.
No additional information available.
The module will be delivered via:
- 1 x 2 hour seminar each week
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Deaton, A. (no date) ‘Measuring Poverty in a Growing World (or Measuring Growth in a Poor World)’,
Review of Economics and Statistics, 87(1), pp. 1–19. Available at:
https://search-ebscohost-com.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsu&AN=16466899&site=ehost-live&authtype=sso&custid=s9814295.
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Kallis, G.
et al. (2018) ‘Research On Degrowth’,
Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 43(1), pp. 291–316. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-025941.
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Pailey, R.N. (2020b) ‘De-centring the “White Gaze” of Development’,
Development and Change, 51(3), pp. 729–745. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12550.
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Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson (2001) ‘The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation’,
The American Economic Review, 91(5), pp. 1369–1401. Available at:
https://www-jstor-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/stable/2677930?sid=primo.
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Edwards, Z. (2018) ‘No Colonial Working Class, No Post-Colonial Development: a Comparative-Historical Analysis of Two Oil-Rich Countries’,
Studies in Comparative International Development, 53(4), pp. 477–499. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-017-9255-9.
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Nunn, N. (no date) ‘The Long-term Effects of Africa’s Slave Trades’,
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123(1), pp. 139–176. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2008.123.1.139.
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Akee, R., Jorgensen, M. and Sunde, U. (no date) ‘Critical Junctures and Economic Development – Evidence from the Adoption of Constitutions Among American Indian Nations’,
Journal of Comparative Economics, 43(4), pp. 844–861. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2015.08.004.
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Haggard, S., MacIntyre, A. and Tiede, L. (2008) ‘The Rule of Law and Economic Development’,
Annual Review of Political Science, 11(1), pp. 205–234. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.polisci.10.081205.100244.
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North, D.C. and Weingast, B.R. (1989) ‘Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth-Century England’,
The Journal of Economic History, 49(4), pp. 803–832. Available at:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2122739.
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Beesley, C. and Hawkins, D. (2022) ‘Corruption, institutional trust and political engagement in Peru’,
World Development, 151. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105743.
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CHEESEMAN, N. and PEIFFER, C. (2022) ‘The Curse of Good Intentions: Why Anticorruption Messaging Can Encourage Bribery’,
American Political Science Review, 116(3), pp. 1081–1095. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055421001398.
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Jones, B.F. and Olken, B.A. (no date) ‘Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth Since World War II’,
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120(3), pp. 835–864. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/120.3.835.
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Angotti, N., McKay, T. and Robinson, R.S. (2019) ‘Lgbt Visibility and Anti-Gay Backlash’, Sociology of Development, 5(1), pp. 71–90.
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Chattopadhyay, R. and Duflo, E. (no date) ‘Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India’,
Econometrica, 72(5), pp. 1409–1443. Available at:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3598894.
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Badgett, M.V.L., Waaldijk, K. and Rodgers, Y. van der M. (no date) ‘The Relationship Between LGBT Inclusion and Economic Development: Macro-Level Evidence’,
World Development, 120, pp. 1–14. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.03.011.
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De Ree, J. and Nillesen, E. (2009) ‘Aiding violence or peace? The impact of foreign aid on the risk of civil conflict in sub-Saharan Africa’,
Journal of Development Economics, 88(2), pp. 301–313. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.03.005.
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Djankov, S., Montalvo, J.G. and Reynal-Querol, M. (no date) ‘The Curse of Aid’,
Journal of Economic Growth, 13(3), pp. 169–194. Available at:
https://www-jstor-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/stable/41219212.
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DUBE, O. and VARGAS, J.F. (2013) ‘Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Colombia’,
The Review of Economic Studies, 80(4), pp. 1384–1421. Available at:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43551562.
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Biccum, A. (2011) ‘Marketing Development: celebrity politics and the “new” development advocacy’,
Third World Quarterly, 32(7), pp. 1331–1346. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2011.600107.
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KATO, J. and TANAKA, S. (2019) ‘Does taxation lose its role in contemporary democratisation? State revenue production revisited in the third wave of democratisation’,
European Journal of Political Research, 58(1), pp. 184–208. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12276.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Florian Kern, email: fkern@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Florian Kern
Dr Florian Kern: fkern@essex.ac.uk
Module Administrator: Edmund Walker, govquery@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Stefano Pagliari
City, University of London
Senior Lecturer in International Politics
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