Semester | Spring Semester, 2018 | ||
Department | MA Program of Political Science, First Year MA Program of Political Science, Second Year | ||
Course Name | Government & Politics in Africa | ||
Instructor | |||
Credit | 3.0 | ||
Course Type | Elective | ||
Prerequisite |
Course Objective |
Course Description |
Course Schedule |
1. Colonial and Pre-Independence History 2. Choices of Ideology 3. Ethnicity and Identity 4. Social Classes 5. Clientelism and Patrimonialism 6. Military in Politics 7. Africa's International Political Relations 8. Africa's International Economic Relations 9. Political and Economic Governance 10. Democratic Transition, Democratic Consolidation or Democratic Reversal 11. Post-Conflict Societies, Transitional Justice |
Teaching Methods |
Teaching Assistant |
To be announced. |
Requirement/Grading |
Midterm and final exams account for 25% each of the final grade. A student is also required to submit two essay reviews (5% each) and a final paper (30%), in addition to the country report (10%). There is also a map test that requires a student to identify/locate all African countries on the map. A student has to pass the map test before receiving the final grade. He/she can take this test as many times as needed. Objective questions such as matching, true & false, multiple choices, as well as short and long essay questions will be included to accommodate individual student's particular strength in comprehension.
The country study project requires each student to collect the following information of one African country (if possible, 2018, or the latest):
12. Military Coups (Frequency and Time of Occurrence) 19. Global Competitiveness Index (Ranking in Africa and Ranking in the World) 22. Legatum Prosperity Index (Ranking in Africa and Ranking in the World) 24. Transformation Index (Value) (Ranking in the World)
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Textbook & Reference |
Alex Thompson, An Introduction to African Politics, 3rd Edition. London and New York: Routledge, 2010. Goran Hyden, African Politics in Comparative Perspective, 2nd edition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. |
Urls about Course |
The following websites are very useful to acquire information about African politics www.allafrica.com www.news.bbc.co.uk www.aljazeera.com www.economist.com www.csmonitor.com |
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