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Class Detail:
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FA 2012
Afroamerican & African Studies
AAS
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First Year Social Science Seminar
Section
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Reading Africa: Critical Perspectives on Popular Development Books
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Credits:
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3
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Requirements & Distribution:
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SS
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Other:
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FYSem
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Waitlist Capacity:
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99
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Consent:
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With permission of instructor.
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Advisory Prerequisites:
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Enrollment restricted to first-year students, including those with sophomore standing.
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Other Course Info:
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(Cross-Area Courses). May not be included in a concentration plan.
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Repeatability:
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May not be repeated for credit.
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Primary Instructor:
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Stein,Howard
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(real time availability for all sections)
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In recent years the news coverage of Africa has focused on a continent replete with disease, poverty and conflict. Partly in response, interest in Africa among the general public has proliferated. To meet the growing curiosity there has been surge of popular volumes claiming to provide an accurate diagnosis of the source of the African malaise. There have also been a number of books debating the role of the international community in supporting or hindering African development through foreign aid and associated development policy strategies. The course will focus on a critical reading of a selection of these books aimed at a better understanding of the dynamics of African development. In addition to the books students will attend lectures by a number of prominent Africanist scholars and view a number of films of direct relevance to the content of the books. Course Requirements: No data submitted Intended Audience: No data submitted Class Format: No data submitted
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Course Syllabi
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Search for Syllabus
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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)
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ISBN: 9781848133204
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Neoliberal Africa : the impact of global social engineering, Author: Graham Harrison., Publisher: Zed Books 2010
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Required
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ISBN: 9780816665464
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Brand aid : shopping well to save the world, Author: Lisa Ann Richey and Stefano Ponte., Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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Required
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ISBN: 9780143038825
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The white man's burden why the West's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good, Author: William Easterly, Publisher: Penguin Press 2006
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Required
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ISBN: 0141018666
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The end of poverty : how we can make it happen in our lifetime, Author: Jeffrey D. Sachs. [Foreword by Bono]., Publisher: Penguin Books 2005
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Required
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ISBN: 9781846140068
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Dead aid : why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa, Author: Dambisa Moyo ; [with a foreword by Niall Ferguson]., Publisher: Allen Lane 2009
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Required
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