IAC711_SP13

 

Advanced Seminar in International Development and Cooperation

Prof. Cuz Potter

Graduate School of International Studies
Korea University
Spring 2013

Course Number: IAC711
Lecture: Tuesdays 7:00–9:45pm
Location:  324 International Studies Hall

1 Introduction

Development and social change can be gradual and incremental, but it can also be turbulent and involve violence. The intention in this seminar is to explore these two possibilities through theories of reform and revolution in generating positive social change, or development. The class traces some aspects of this long history of debate, focusing on three pivotal periods. The first period is the Revisionist debate around the turn of the twentieth century. The second is the social upheavals of the 1960s. And the final period is the contemporary one, which involves democratic revolutions in South America (and the Middle East) and active protest in developed countries through the Occupy Wall Street movement.

 

2 Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be knowledgeable on:

  1. The broad outlines of the debate over reform or revolution.
  2. Linkages between the physical and mental aspects of violence.

 

3 Course Requirements

  • Great consideration has been given to what readings are assigned. As such, you are expected to have completed all the readings assigned prior to our class meetings. Most readings are dense and will take time to get through.
  • A one-page Reaction Paper (RP) is due electronically by 9am TUESDAY morning each week for 10 out of the 13 weeks for which there are readings. This allows you to choose which weeks to write a reflection paper. The papers will not be graded with a letter grade, but will be allocated from zero to three points depending on how actively your paper engages the material. The paper should usually be 350–500 words (about one page single-spaced). These brief papers are intended to facilitate class discussion in seminar. You can use the Reaction Paper (RP) to ask for clarification about any aspect of the readings you did not fully understand and/or to express an opinion about one or more of the readings. In general, I would advise you to focus the RP on only one of the readings assigned for each week. RPs should be clearly written, spell-checked, and grammatically correct.
  • Each week two or three students will hold primary responsibility for coordinating class discussion. Depending on the number of students, this responsibility may fall upon each individual more than once.
  • Class participation is mandatory, which means that attendance is also mandatory.
  • One individual research paper will be required. Your paper may be on a topic of your own choosing, but it must explicitly draw on the assigned readings and class discussions. The paper will be roughly 4,000 words long (not including cover pages and bibliographies). Late papers will lose ten points (one letter grade) per day.
  • There will no examinations.

 

4 Grading

Weights  
30% Class participation
40% Article summaries
30% Paper

 

5 Plagiarism

Plagiarism is unacceptable. If plagiarism is detected, you will receive a zero for the given assignment. Please note that plagiarism is much broader than many students realize. You are encouraged to look at this excellent summary of plagiarism from Indiana University (http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml), and you will be held to its standards.

 

6 Schedule of Topics and Reading

Week 1 (March 5): Introduction

Week 2 (March 12)

  1. Frederick Engels. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. International Publishers, New York, 2004, available at http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm.

Week 3 (March 19)

  1. Eduard Bernstein. The Preconditions of Socialism. Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1993, p. 1–79.

Week 4 (March 26)

  1. Eduard Bernstein. The Preconditions of Socialism. Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1993, p. 79–136.

Week 5 (April 2)

  1. Eduard Bernstein. The Preconditions of Socialism. Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1993, p. 136–210.

Week 6 (April 9)

  1. Rosa Luxemburg. The Essential Rosa Luxemburg, chapter Reform or Revolution, pages 41–104. Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2008, p. 41–104.

Week 7 (April 16)

  1. Herbert Marcuse. One dimensional man; studies in the ideology of advanced industrial society. Beacon Press, Boston, 1964, p. ix–122.

Week 8 (April 23) Exam week: Paper topic proposal due)

Week 9 (April 30)

  1. Herbert Marcuse. One dimensional man; studies in the ideology of advanced industrial society. Beacon Press, Boston, 1964, p. 123–202.

Week 10 (May 7)

  1. Herbert Marcuse. One dimensional man; studies in the ideology of advanced industrial society. Beacon Press, Boston, 1964, p. 203–258.

Week 11 (May 14)

  1. Henri Lefebvre. The Explosion: Marxism and the French Upheaval. Monthly Review Press, New York, 1969.

Week 12 (May 21)

  1. David Harvey. Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. Verso, New York, 2012, p. 9–114.

Week 13 (May 28) Final papers due.

  1. David Harvey. Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. Verso, New York, 2012, 115–164.

Week 14 (June 4)

  1. Student papers.

Week 15 (June 11)

  1. Student papers.

Week 16 (June 18) Exam week. No class.