Midlands State University
Department of History and Development Studies
Module outline and Reading List
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Module Title: DSH111, Introduction to Development Studies
The primary aim of this module is to introduce students to major concepts, theories and
debates in development discourse. It examines some of the strategies and alternatives of
development that have been proffered by different scholars. Development challenges as well
as strategies that have been suggested for overcoming poverty and initiate development
amongst the poor nations are also debated. For achieving these objectives, the following
topics will be covered.
1. The concept of Development
In this section, the different approaches used to measure development are examined. The
strengths and weaknesses of each approach are examined. The desirability for a multidimensional approach is emphasized. The approaches are examined here are;
A) The Economic Approach (GNP/GDP)
B) Basic Needs
C) Human development
2. Theories of Development
This section discusses the various theories that have been proffered by different scholars to
explain the process of development or lack of it. These theories are;
a) Modernization Theories
b) Structuralism and Dependency
c) Neo-Liberalism
d) Grassroots
e) Post Development
3. The Development Context and Stakeholders
The segment examines the context in which development takes place as well as stakeholders
involved in the process. The thrust is to discuss how these contexts may hinder or facilitate
development. These contexts include;
-The political environment
-Social environment
-Cultural environment
-Economic environment
-Global environment.
The Stakeholders are; the Public sector, Private sector, Non- Governmental Stake holders and
popular or community based stake holders.
4. Globalization
The emergence, meaning and impact of globalization on different sections of the world and
population is debated. Major drivers of the process of globalization, that is, TNCs, the World
Bank, IMF and WTO, are examined with the aim of bringing out their roles and impact in the
development process.
5. Aid and Development
Conceptualization and historical development
Major Donors and recipients of Aid
Motives for giving and accepting Aid
Impact of Aid on Donors and recipients
6. Emerging Issues in Development discourse
This section seeks to expose students to cross cutting issues in development discourse
which are:
Governance
Human rights and democracy
Participation
7. The World’s development Challenges
The objective of this segment is to acquaint students to development challenges,
particularly as they relate to developing nations. Theses are:
Debt
HIV and AIDS
Conflict and Poverty
Environmental change
Democracy
DSH 111 Introduction to Development Studies
Reading List
Buck W
The Politics of Mercantilism
Cole GDH
Introduction to Economic History
Coleman DC
Revisions of Mercantilism
Galbraith JK
Economic Development
Hecksher EP
Mercantilism
Hunt EK
History of Economic Thought:
A Critical Perspective
Nabudere D
Political Economy of Imperialism
Newman PC
The Development of Economic Thought
Rima IH
The Development of Economic Analysis
Routh G
The Origins of Economic Ideas
Roll EA
Taylor OM
Cypher JM et.al
History of Economic Thought
A History of Economic Thought
The Process of Economic Development
Ferguson JM
Landmarks of Economic Thought
Hollander S
The Economics of Adam Smith
Meek RL
Smith, Marx and After: Past and Present
Rima IH
The Development of Economic Analysis
Smith A
The Wealth of Nations
Ake C
Political Economy of Africa (330.96 AKE)
Bairoch P
Economic Development of the Third World since
1900 (330.91724BA1)
Bell M
Contemporary Africa: Development, Culture and
the State (R)
Chaliand G
Revolution in the Third World
Daniel J (ed)
Political Economy in Africa (330.96 Pol)
Dasgutta Ajit
Economic Theory and the Developing Countries
(330.91724 DAS)
De Revero
The Myth of Development: The Non-Viable
Economics of the 21st Century (London: Zed Books,
2001).
Gillis M et.al
Economics of Development (2nd edition) (R)
Hettne B
Development Theory and the Three Worlds
(338.9HET)
Amin S
De-linking: Towards a Polycentric World
Bagchi A K
The Political Economy of underdevelopment
Baran P A
The Political Economy of Growth
Caporaso J A
“Dependence and Dependency in the
Colonial
System”,
in
International
Organization
Carr M
Economically Appropriate Technologies for
Developing Countries (R)
Dasgutta Ajit
Economic Theory and the Developing
Countries (330.91724 DAS)
Duval R
“Dependence and Dependencia Theory:
Notes towards Precision of Concept and
argument”, in International Organization
Vol. 32, No. 1 (Writer 1978).
Frank A G
Dependent
Accumulation
Underdevelopment
Frank A G
Latin America:
Revolution?
Hettne B
Development Theory and the Three Worlds
(338.9HET)
Lee F J T
“Dependency and Revolutionary Theory in
the African Situation”, in Barongo (ed)
Political Science in Africa (3 copies).
Underdevelopment
and
or
O’Brien R C (ed)
The Political Economy of Underdevelopment
Rodney W
How Europe Underdeveloped African (7
copies)
Rostow W W
Stages of Economic Growth: A nonCommunist Manifesto (1 copy)
Roxborough I
Theories of Underdevelopment (330 Rox)
Southall A
“The Rainfall Fell on its Own: The Alur
Theory of Development and its Western
Counterparts”, in African Studies Review,
31,2, Sept. 1988 (R)
Todaro M
Economic Development in the Third World
(330.91724 Tod)
Turok B
Revolutionary Thought in the 20th Century
(R)
Wilber C
The Political Economy of development and
Underdevelopment.
Marx K
Capital: A critique of Political Economy Vol. 2, 1978
(335.4MAR)
Morgan D J
The Official History of Colonial Development vol. 3:
A Reassessment of British Aid Policy: 1951 – 1965.
Shaw T M &
Heard K A (eds)
The Politics of Africa: Dependence (320.96 BAB).
United Nations
Structure and
Economies
Growth
of
Selected
African
Blaugh M
Great Economists Before Keynes
Cypher JM et.al
The Process of Economic Development
Malthus TR
Definitions of Political Economy
O’Brien DP
The Classical Economists
Robbins LC
Political Economy: Past and Present
Spiegel HW
The Growth of Economic Thought
Afanasyev V et.al
Fundamentals of Scientific Socialism
Becker JF
Marxian Political Economy: An Outline
Burns E
Introduction to Marxism
Chesnokov DL
Historical Materialism
Cornforth M
Historical Materialism
Desai M
Marxian Economic Theory
Engels F
On Historical Materialism
Ferguson JH
Landmarks of Economic Thought
Fiedler H
Lectures on Economic History
Freedman R
Marx on Economics
Gide C
A History of Economic Doctrines
Gray A
The Development of Economic Doctrines
Hardach G
A Short History of Socialist Economic
Thought
John E “Some Questions on the Materialist Interpretations of History” in Elton G
R.
The Practice of History
Pugh G T.
Guide to Research Writing
Marwick A
The Nature of History
Mlambo A S
& Jeffreys
Astapovich A Z
A Guide to Thesis Writing
The strategy of Transitional Corporations(R)
Barnett R & Muller R
Global Reach: The Power or Multinationals
Clarke D G
Foreign companies and Internal Investment
in Zimbabwe
Clarmonte F &
Cavanagh J
The World in their web (R)
Dinham B &
Hine C
Agribusiness in Africa (R)
Innes D
Anglo-American & the Rise of Modern South
Africa
Lall S
The Multinationals
Moran T H
“The Multinational Corporations
Dependency:
A
dialogue
dependentistas”, in International
and
for
Organization, Vol. 32, (Winter 1978), p79.
Raymond V
Storm Over Multinational Corporations: The
Real Issues
Seidman A
Outposts of Monopoly Capitalism(R)
Seidman A &
Seidman R etal
Transinational Corporations in Southern
Africa (R)
Thomas S
The Multinational Companies (R)
Tygendhat
The Multinationals
Turner T
Multinationals in the Third World
Widstrand C
Multinationals in Africa
History, 1953
Arnold G
Aid in Africa
Dinham B & Hine C,
Agribusiness in Africa (R)
Dubinsky D
Directory
of
Non-governmental
Organisations Offering Assistance in the
Developing Countries, 1964
Fanon F
Towards the African Revolution
George S
How the other half dies
Hensen C R
Rich against Poor: The Reality of Aid
Ledogar R
Hungry for Profits: US Food and Drug
Multinational Companies in Latin America
Maxwell S J &
Singer H W,
“Food Aid to Developing Countries: A
survey”, in World Developing Vol. 7, 1979.
McNeill D
The contradictions of Foreign Aid
Mkandawire R & Mtlosa K (eds.)
Food Policy & Agriculture in S. Africa (R)
Moore – Lappe F & Collins J
World Hunger (R)
Moore – Lappe F
Food First
Power J & Holstein A
World Hunger (R)
Sinha R (ed)
The World Food Problem
U.N Organization
The Role of
Programmes
Whitlock R
Feast or Famine?
King R
The State in Modern Society
Law R
“The Marxist Approach to Historical
Explanation”, in Tarik, vol.6, no.1
Lewis S et. al.
Marx and Engels: Basic Writings on Politics
and Philosophy
Mandel E
An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory
Rima IH
The Development of Economic Analysis
Tucker R
Philosophy and Myth in Karl Marx
Multilateral
Food
Aid
Khor M.
Rethinking Globalisation: Critical Issues and
Policy Choices (London: Zed Books, 2001).
Lundu M
The Political Economy of Information on
Development, Democracy and Security in
Southern Africa
Mathama P et.al (eds)
Putting People First: African Priorities for
the UN Millenium Assembly
Brown M & Tiffen P
Short-changed: Africa and the World Trade.
Campbell H & Stein H (ed),
The IMF and Tanzania: The Dynamics of
Liberalism.
Chakaodza A M
Structural Adjustment
Zimbabwe
Cypher J M etal (eds)
The Process of Economic Development (R)
Helleiner G K
The IMF and Africa in the 1980s
Cheru F
The Silent Revolution in Africa: Debt,
Development and Democracy.
Krasner S
Structural Conflict: The Third world Against
Global Liberalism.
Leslie W J
World Bank and Structural Transformation
in Developing Countries.
Masuko L (ed)
Economic Policy Reforms: The case of
Shamva District.
Mlambo A S
The Economic Structural Adjustment: The
Case of Zimbabwe: 1990 – 1995.
Mlambo A S
“The Rich shall inherit the Earth: Towards
an Analysis or the Role and Impact of IMF”,
in Zambezia Vol. xx, 1997.
Mwanza A (ed)
Social Policy in an Economy Under Stress:
The case of Zimbabwe.
Nelson J M (ed)
The Politics of Adjustment in the Third
World (R).
in Zambia
and
Moyo S et.al
NGOs, the State and Politics in Zimbabwe
Nabudere D W
Globalisation and the Post-Colonial African
State
Sachikonye L M (ed)
Democracy, Civil Society and the State:
Social Movements in Southern Africa
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The One-Party State and Democracy