MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

COS3430

The third world

M Stevenson

Synopsis This subject takes as its central themes the social consequences of economic development. It therefore examines the question of the emergence of industrial capitalism and how through colonialism the twin seeds of capitalism and underdevelopment were sown in the third world. It also examines the response of the third world to these transformations.

Assessment Two essays (3000 words): 50% each

Recommended texts

• Amin S Unequal development Harvester, 1976
• Amin S Delinking: Towards a polycentric world Zed, 1990
• Brewer A Marxist theories of imperialism RKP, 1991
• Galeano E Memory of fire Quartet, 1989
• Hobsbawm E The age of revolution Mentor, 1962
• Peet R Global capitalism: Theories of societal development RKP, 1991
• Rodney W How Europe underdeveloped Africa Howard U P, 1983
• Saadawi N The hidden face of Eve Zed, 1980
• Said E Orientalism Pantheon, 1976
• Sen A Hunger and public action OUP, 1990
• Sen A Poverty and famines OUP, 1981
• Shiva V Staying alive, women, ecology and development Zed, 1988
• Williams E Capitalism and slavery Deutsch, 1981
• Wilber C K The political economy of development and underdevelopment 1992