Dr. Kathleen (Kathy) Staudt, 747 7975 (kstaudt@utep.edu), Benedict Hall 303
Fall 2002 (Office Hours: MWF
In this course, we will examine the politics of the
so-called “developing,” “poor,” “third world,” countries. Those countries, most of them former
colonies, are located primarily in
Three books are available for purchase at the bookstore:
Benjamin Barber, Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism’s Challenge to Democracy (on religious fundamentalism, secular consumerist capitalism, and democracy)
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous
Conditions, (on growing
up
Frances Moore Lappe and Anna Lappe, Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet (on living democracy, with case
studies from
Students will be expected to keep a journal in which they reflect on (1) weekly readings, (2) systematic attention to news in a specific region of the third world, and (3) visits to web sites, as noted on the syllabus. For example, students might follow the Brazilian elections and examine the Brazilian NGO about which we read, as presented on websites.
It is essential that students know country locations on a world map. By the end of the third week in the course, students will be expected to identify 60 countries correctly on a blank map.
This is a community partnerships class that extends learning through experience beyond the classroom. Students will be able to choose Option I, a class project that involves tutoring immigrants in citizenship classes (20 hours, plus final reflection writing) through Project Shine OR Option II, writing a traditional 25-page research paper, (proposal approved by late September).
Assignments
8/27 Introduction
8/29 Richard Gutierrez, Project Shine
9/3 Lappe & Lappe, Prologue “Pushing the Edge of Hope”
Barber, 2001 Introduction (2nd edition) and Introduction (1st edition)
9/5 Lappe & Lappe, “Maps of the Mind” – five thought traps
9/7 Project Shine training/Union
9/10 Lappe & Lappe, “The Delicious Revolution”
9/12 Barber, Ch 1-3, “Old Economy…,” “Resource Imperative…” and “Industrial Sector”
MAP QUIZ
9/17
Visit web sites on MST, elections
9/19
Speaker
9/24
9/26
10/1
10/3 EXAM
10/8 finish Nervous Conditions
10/10 Barber, Ch 4-5, “Hard Goods,” “Soft Goods to Service”
10/15 Barber, Ch 6-8,
10/17 Class Teams: Update Ch 6-8 through web visits, videos
10/22,4Team Presentations
10/29 Barber, Ch 10 on nationalisms
10/31 Barber, Ch 11 on cultural pluralism
11/5 Barber, Ch 12-14
11/7
11/12 Barber, Ch
15-16, “
11/14 Fair Trade: Lappe & Lappe, Ch 9
11/19 Lappe & Lappe, Ch 11
11/21 Where do we go from here?
Barber, Ch 19, “Securing Global Democracy”
Lappe & Lappe, “Taking Off”
11/26; 12/3, 12/5: Final Presentations
FINAL EXAM/FINAL WEEK