Open University U208 (Third World Development)

Compulsory reading:
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From "Poverty and Development in the 1990", A. Thomas et al (eds.),
     Oxford University Press, 1992:
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Introduction, by A. Thomas
A WORLD OF PROBLEMS?
  Understanding famine and hunger, by Ben Crow
  Diseases of poverty, by Gordon Wilson
  Unemployment and manking a living, by David Wield
  Is the world overpopulated? by Tom Hewitt and Ines Smyth
  Environmental degradation and sustainability, by Philip Woodhouse
  Development, capitalism and the nation state, by Alan Thomas
                                                and David Potter
THE MAKING OF THE THIRD WORLD
  A Third World in the making: diversity in pre-capitalist
                              societies, by Janet Bujra
  Capitalism and the expansion of Europe, by Henry Bernstein, 
                                          Tom Hewitt and Alan Thomas
  Labour regimes and social change under colonialism, by Henry Bernstein,
                                          Hazel Johnson and Alan Thomas
  Colonial rule, by David Potter
  Developing countries: 1945 to 1990, by Tom Hewitt
  Socialist models of development, by Andrew Kilmister

UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1990s
  The Third World in the new global order, by Anthony McGrew
  The democratization of Third World States, by David Potter
  Gender matters in development, by Ruth Pearson
  Technology in development, by Gordon Wilson
  Taking culture seriously, by Tim Allen
  Ethnicity and class: the case of the East African 'Asians', by
                                                        Janet Bujra
  The politics of cultural expression: African musics and the
                                 world market, by Richard Middleton
  Prospects and dilemmas for industrializing nations, by Tim Allen
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From "Industrialization and Development", Tom Hewitt, Hazel Johnson
     and Dave Wield (eds.), Oxford University Press, 1992:
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  Introduction

PART 1
  Industrialization and the global economy, by Rhys Jenkins
  The international debt crisis: causes, consequences and soultions,
                            by Heather D. Gibson and Euclid Tsakalotos
  Brazilian industrialization, by Tom Hewitt
  Industrialization in South Korea, by Chris Edwards
  Theoretical perspectives, by Rhys Jenkins
  (Re-)interpreting Brazil and South Korea, by Rhys Jenkins

PART 2
  Technology and industrialization, by Tom Hewitt and Dave Wield
  Gender issues in industrialization, by Ruth Pearson
  Culture and industrialization in Brazil, by Vivian von Schelling
  Industrialization and environment, by Paul Smith
  Conclusions, by David Wield, Hazel Johnson and Tom Hewitt
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From "Rural Livelihoods. Crises and responses", Henry Bernstein,
     Ben Crow and Hazel Johnson (eds.), Oxford University Press, 1992:
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Introduction

THE ORIGINS OF RURAL POVERTY
   Poverty and the poor, by Henry Bernstein
   Agrarian structures and change: Latin America, by Henry Bernstein
   Agrarian structures and change: India, by Henry Bernstein
   Agrarian structures and change: sub-Saharan Africa, by Henry Bernstein

RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
   Rural households: making a living, by Kate Crehan
   Rural households: survival and change, by Kate Crehan

POVERTY AND CHANGE: EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENT, DIFFERENTIATION AND HEALTH
   Poverty and employment in India, by Jayati Ghosh and Krishna Bharadwaj
   Social and environmental change in sub-Saharan Africa, by
                                                         Philip Woodhouse
   Class formation and rural livelihoods: a Ugandan case study, by
                                                         Mahmood Mamdani
   Upheaval, affliction and health: a Ugandan case study, by Tim Allen

TYPES OF ACTION
   Rural livelihoods: action from above, by Ben Crow
   Rural livelihoods: action from below, by Hazel Johnson
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From "Development, Policy and Public Action", Marc Wuyts, Maureen
      Mackintosh and Tom Hewitt, Oxford University Press, 1992:
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   Introduction, by Maureen Mackintosh

PUBLIC NEED AND PUBLIC ACTION
   Deprivation and public need, by Marc Wuyts
   Children, abandonment and public action, by Tom Hewitt

THE STATE: A CRISIS OF GOVERNANCE
   Questioning the state, by Maureen Mackintosh
   Public office and private gain: an interpretation of the 
                           Tanzanian experience, by Joshua Doriye

DEVELOPMENT FROM BELOW: NON-GOVERNMENTAL ACTION
   Non-governmental organizations and the limits to empowerment,
                                                 by Alan Thomas
   Women's empowerment and public action: experiences from
                           Latin America, by Hazel Johnson
   Deprivation and structural adjustment, by Mahmood Messkoub
   Twentieth century free trade reform: food market deregulation in
              sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, by Barbara Harriss
                                                 and Ben Crow
 
POLICY AS PROCESS
   Changing patterns of public action in socialist development: the
              Chinese decollectivization, by Gordon White
   Social needs and public accountability: the case of Kerala,
                                          by Gita Sen
   Conclusion: development policy as process, by Marc Wuyts
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