DS 102: Perspectives in Development II

Politics and Development

Development Studies Program School of Social Sciences

Ateneo de Manila University

1st Semester, SY 2011-12 Dr. Benjamin T. Tolosa, Jr.

benjtolosa@gmail.com Course Description and Objectives

By introducing students to various perspectives in the study of politics and development, the course seeks to underline the crucial importance of the ‘political’ in the development process. Particular attention shall be devoted to two theoretical and empirical issues which are at the center of contemporary debates in the field: the significance, nature and role of the state, and the challenges and dilemmas of democratization. The aim is not to privilege certain norms and forms of ‘political development’ as the goal or ideal, but instead to problematize these conceptions and institutions themselves, and how they have emerged historically and with what implications. Part of the task is to analyze political change as it relates with global processes of capitalist development and how political development shapes and is shaped by social relations and hierarchies at various levels. We shall draw on the theoretical and empirical material examined in the readings and discussions to think critically about politics and development in the Philippines from a comparative perspective. Course Requirements and Grading System Class Participation and Reports 10% Quizzes 10% Group Research and Presentation 20% Mid-term Exam 30% Final Exam 30% 100% Consultation Hours: 9:30-11:00 am ThF or by appointment

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Basic References Tornquist, O. (1999) Politics and Development. Sage Publications. Randall, V. and R. Theobald (1998) Political Change and Underdevelopment. Duke

University Press. Outline and Reading List A. Introduction: Politics and the Study of Development Tornquist, Chs. 1-3

Randall and Theobald, “Introduction”. Brett, E.A. (2009) Reconstructing Development Theory. Basingstoke: Palgrave

Macmillan, Introduction and Chs. 1-3. Schuurman, F. (2009) “Critical Development Theory: Moving Out of the Twilight Zone”

Third World Quarterly 30(5): 831-848. Leftwich, A. (2006) “Politics in Command: Development Studies and the Rediscovery of

Social Science” in A. Payne (ed.) Key Debates in Political Economy. London: Routledge.

Toye, J. (1993) Dilemmas of Development. Blackwell Publishers, Ch. 1. Clapham, C. (1988) Third World Politics. Routledge., Chs. 1-3 Sivanandan, T. (2004) “Anticolonialism, national liberation, and postcolonial nation

formation” in N. Lazarus (ed.) Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary Studies. Cambridge University Press.

B. Does Socioeconomic Modernization lead to Political Development? Arguments and Counter-arguments

1. Modernization and Political Development Theory Tornquist, Chs. 5-6 Randall and Theobald, Chs. 1-3 Huntington, S. (1965). “Political Development and Political Decay” World

Politics 17(3): 386-430.

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Leys, C. (1996) “Samuel Huntington and the End of Classical Modernization Theory” in The Rise and Fall of Development Theory. Indiana University Press.

Hagopian, P. (2000). “Political Development, Revisited” Comparative Political

Studies 33(6/7): 880-911. Cammack, P. (1997) Capitalism and Democracy in the Third World, Chs. 2-5, 7. 2. Dependency and the Politics of Underdevelopment

Tornquist, Ch. 7 Randall and Theobald, Ch. 4 Munck, R. (1999) “Dependency and Imperialism in the New Times: A Latin

American Perspective,” European Journal of Development Research. 11(1): 56-74.

________. (2009) “Democracy and Development in a Globalized World: Thinking About Latin America from Within” Studies in Comparative

International Development 44: 337-358. Cardoso, F. H. (2009) “New Paths: Globalization in Historical Perspective”

Studies in Comparative International Development 44: 296–317. Heller, P., D. Rueschemeyer and R. Snyder (2009) “Dependency and

Development in a Globalized World: Looking Back and Forward” Studies in Comparative International Development 44: 287-295.

Evans, P. (2009) “From Situations of Dependency to Globalized Social

Democracy” Studies in Comparative International Development 44: 318-36.

Harriss, J. (2009) “How Much Space is there for Political Agency in Dependent

Economies? Reflections on Papers on Contemporary Development Inspired by Cardoso and Faletto’s Dependencia y Desarrollo en America Latina” Studies in Comparative International Development 44: 435-440.

C. What is the Role of States in Socioeconomic Transformation?

1. An Overview of Perspectives on the State: History and Theory Tornquist, Ch. 8 Randall and Theobald, Ch. 5

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King, R. and G. Kendall (2004) The State, Democracy and Globalization.

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, Chs. 1-3. Hay, C. and M. Lister (2006) “Introduction: Theories of the State” in Hay, Lister

and Marsh (eds.) The State: Theories and Issues. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Hay, C. (2006) “(What’s Marxist about) Marxist State Theory?” in Hay, Lister

and Marsh (eds.) The State: Theories and Issues. Held, D. (1984) “Central Perspectives on the Modern State” in McLennan et. al.

(eds.) The Idea of the Modern State. Open University Press. ________. (1992/2003). “The Development of the Modern State” in S. Hall and

B. Gieben (eds.) Formations of Modernity. Polity Press and Open University.

Anderson, B. (2003) Imagined Communities. Anvil, Chs. 1, 3, 10. Scott, J. (1998) “Cities, People, and Language” in Seeing Like A State. Yale

University Press, Ch. 2. 2. The Neoliberal Counterrevolution and its Aftermath Tornquist, Ch. 9 Hindmoor, A. (2006) “Public Choice” in Hay, Lister and Marsh (eds.) The State:

Theories and Issues. Smith, M. (2006) “Pluralism” in Hay, Lister and Marsh (eds.) The State: Theories

and Issues. King, R. and G. Kendall (2004) The State, Democracy and Globalization.

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, Chs. 8. Brett, E.A. (2009) Reconstructing Development Theory. Part II. Przeworski, A. (1992) “The Neoliberal Fallacy” Journal of Democracy 3(3): 45-

59. Minogue, M. (2002) “Power to the People? Good Governance and the Reshaping

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Goldsmith, A. (2011) “No Country Left Behind?: Performance Standards and

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Grindle, M. (2011) “Good Enough Governance Revisited” Development Policy

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state in Southeast Asia” in R. Boyd and T. Ngo (eds.) Asian States: Beyond the Developmental Perspective. Routledge.

Cammack, P. (2002) “Neoliberalism, the World Bank and the New Politics of

Development” in U. Kothari and M. Minogue (eds.) Development Theory and Practice. Palgrave.

Jayasuriya, K. and K. Hewison (2006) “The Antipolitics of Good Governance” in

G. Rodan and K. Hewison (eds.) Neoliberalism and Conflict in Asia after 9/11. Routledge.

Fine, B. (2005) “Beyond the developmental state: Towards a political economy of

development” in Lapavitsas and Noguchi (eds.). Beyond Market-Driven Development. Routledge.

Jomo, K.S. (2005) “What remains of the East Asia model?” in C. Lapavitsas and

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Wade, R. (2008) “The First-World Debt Crisis of 2007–2010 in Global

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3. Neo-Weberian Approaches and their Implications Skocpol, T. (1985) “Bringing the State Back in: Strategies of Analysis in Current

Research” in P., Evans, D. Rueschemeyer and T. Skocpol (eds.) Bringing the State Back In. Cambridge University Press.

Evans, M (2006) “Elitism” in Hay, Lister and Marsh (eds.) The State: Theories

and Issues. Amsden, A. (1985) “The State and Taiwan’s Economic Development” in Evans,

Rueschemeyr and Skocpol. Wade, R. (1992) “East Asia’s Economic Success: Conflicting Perspectives,

Partial Insights, Shaky Evidence” World Politics 44(2): 270-320. Hutchcroft, P. (1991) “Oligarchs and Cronies in the Philippine State: The Politics

of Patrimonial Plunder” World Politics 43(3): 414-450. ________. (1997) “The Politics of Privilege: Assessing the Impact of Rents,

Corruption and Clientelism on Third World Development” Political Studies 45: 639-658.

________. (1998) Booty Capitalism: The Politics of Banking in the Philippines.

Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press., Chs. 1-3; 10. Schneider, B. and S. Maxfield (1997) “Business, the State and Economic

Performance in Developing Countries” in Maxfield, S. and B. Schneider (eds.) (1997) Business and the State in Developing Countries. Cornell University Press.

Evans, P. (1997) “State Structures, Government-Business Relations and

Economic Transformation” in Maxfield and Schneider (eds.). _________. (1996) “Government Action, Social Capital and Development:

Reviewing the Evidence on Synergy,” World Development. 24(6): 1119-1132.

4. The State, Globalization and Governance Randall and Theobald (1998), Ch. 6 King, R. and G. Kendall (2004) The State, Democracy and Globalization.

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McGrew (eds.) Governing Globalization. Cambridge: Polity Press. Evans, P. (1997) “The Eclipse of the State? Reflections on Stateness in an Era of

Globalization” World Politics 50(1): 62-87. Held, D. (2010) “Global Challenges: Accountability and Effectiveness” in C. Hay

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the case of Bolivia” Third World Quarterly 28(7): 1327-1342.

D. What Kinds of Institutions Promote Development? Tornquist, Chs. 10-11 Hall, P. and R. Taylor (1996) “Political Science and the Three New Institutionalisms”

Political Studies. 44(5): 936-957. Schmidt, V. (2006) “Institutionalism” in Hay, Lister and Marsh (eds.) The State: Theories

and Issues. Brett, E.A. (2009) Reconstructing Development Theory. Basingstoke: Palgrave

Macmillan, Chs. 9-12, 14 and Conclusion Leftwich, A. and K. Sen (2011) “’Don’t Mourn: Organize’: Institutions and

Organizations in the Politics and Economics of Growth and Poverty-Reduction” Journal of International Development 23: 319-337.

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Growth” Development Policy Review 29(S1): 29-55. Scharpf, F. (2000) “Institutions in Comparative Policy Research” Comparative Political

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De Dios, E. and H. Esfahani (2001) “Centralization, Political Turnover and Investment in

the Philippines” in J.E. Campos (ed.) Corruption: The Boom and Bust of East Asia. Ateneo de Manila University Press.

Hutchcroft, P. (2001) “Centralization and Decentralization in Administration and

Politics: Assessing Territorial Dimensions of Authority and Power” Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration 14(1): 23–53.

Li, S. and J. Wu (2010) “Why Some Countries Thrive Despite Corruption: The Role of

Trust in the Corruption-Efficiency Relationship” Review of International Political Economy 17(1): 129-154.

Fabella, R. (2006) “What Happens Institutions Do Not Work: Jueteng, Crises of

Presidential Legitimacy, and Electoral Failures in the Philippines” Asian Economic Papers 5(3).

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Trajectories” in Chang (ed.). Toye, J. (2007) “Modern Bureaucracy” in Chang (ed.). Epstein, G. (2007) “Central Banks as Agents of Economic Development” in Chang (ed). Di John, J. (2007) “The Political Economy of Taxation and Tax Reform in Developing

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E. What are the Dilemmas of Democratization in the South? Is Democracy Compatible with Development? What Kinds of Institutions and Political Actors Facilitate Democratization?

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