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SOC 251
Development and Underdevelopment in the Capitalist
SOC 251 SP
Photo Caption and Credits
Next Offered in 9899 SP
World-System
An evaluation of the main theories in the sociology of
development and the alternative perspectives that have been
advanced since the 1960s. The course will begin by
considering some of the conventional theories of
modernization, followed by the radical critiques of those
theories because of their inability to adequately explain
the causes and perpetuation of underdevelopment in the Third
World. We will evaluate the operative concepts of the
alternative theories and the extent to which they can
adequately analyze the processes of Third World
underdevelopment. Dependency, Marxist and world-system
theories will be among the alternatives considered.
MAJOR READINGS
Walt Rostow, THE STAGES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
Alsiri Lipietz, MIRAGES AND MIRACLES
A.G. Frank, LATIN AMERICA: UNDERDEVELOPMENT OF REVOLUTION
F. H. Cardoso and E. Faletto, DEPENDENCY AND DEVELOPMENT
IN LATIN AMERICA
I. Wallerstein, THE CAPITALIST WORLD-ECONOMY
Cyril E. Black, ed. COMPARATIVE MODERNIZATION
Jay Mandle, PATTERNS OF CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT
Stephen Haggard, PATHWAYS FROM THE PERIPHERY
David Becker, et. al., POST-IMPERALISM
Bell Warren, IMPERIALISM: PIONEER OF CAPITALISM
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three take-home essays (8-10
pages each).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Prerequisite:
SOC-151 or permission of instructor to obtain prerequisite
override.
This course may be taken by Sociology majors to fulfill the
research course requirement.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC
Prerequisites:
SOC 151
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
About the Photo:
The painting ECHO OF A SCREAM, by David Alfaro
Siqueiros, conveys the despair of underdevelopment in the
"Third World."
Reference:
Robertson, Ian. SOCIOLOGY, 3rd ed., New York: Worth
Publishers, Inc., 1987
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