At the end of this course, the students; 1) obtain knowledge about the formation and historical development of the Third World. 2) be aware of the structural roots of global inequality, poverty and security problems. 3) strengthen their ability to understand and interpret developments in global politics. 4) increase their knowledge of the interaction between the First World and the Third World.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No recommended optional programme components.
COURSE DEFINITION
The course aims to illuminate the Third World in all its complexity. Through this aim, students will be able to answer the following questions: How do we understand the classification of states? What does the term Third World mean? What is the relationship between colonialism, imperialism and the Third World? How can we understand inequality and uneven development? What was the Cold War like in the Third World, was it really "cold"? Does the term Third World still apply after the Cold War? How has its meaning changed after the end of the bipolar system? What are the effects of globalization in the least developed countries of the world? What problems are the least developed countries currently facing? What is the importance of South-South Cooperation? What is the boomerang effect of uneven development in developed countries?
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction
2nd Week
Concepts
3rd Week
Concepts, Phenomena and Theories I
4th Week
Concepts, Phenomena and Theories II
5th Week
History I: Recent History of the Third World
6th Week
History II
7th Week
Globalization and Post-Cold War Paradigms
8th Week
Midterm Exam
9th Week
Problems of the Third World
10th Week
Statehood Debates
11th Week
Security and Beyond
12th Week
Intervention and "Responsibility to Protect"
13th Week
Global South Institutions and South-South Cooperation
14th Week
Problems of the Third World in the First World
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Brian C. Smith, Understanding Third World Politics: Theories of Political Change and Development (2nd Edition) Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. FFP, "Fragile State Index" Annual Report 2020. Francesco Francioni and Christine Bakker, Responsibility to Protect, Humanitarian Intervention and Human Rights: Lessons from Libya to Mali. Transworld, Working Paper 15, April 2013. Jacqueline Anne Braveboy-Wager, Institutions of the Global South, Routledge, 2009 Lars Engberg-Pedersen, Louise Andersen, Finn Stepputat and Dietrich Jung, "Fragile Situations" Backround Papers, DIIS Report 2008:11. Louise Fawcett "Conclusion: Whither the Third World?", in Louise Fawcett and Yezid Sayigh (Eds), The Third World Beyond the Cold War: Continuity and Change, Oxford University Press, 1999. Mark Atwood Lawrence, "The Rise and Fall of the Nonalignment" in Robert J. Mc Mahon (Ed), The Cold War in the Third World, Oxford University Press, 2013. Mohammed Ayoob, The Third World Security Predicament: State Making, Regional Conflict and the International System, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1995. Rajesh Chandra, Industrialization and Development in the Third World, Third World Dependence, Routledge, 1992. Richard Westra (Ed), Confronting Global Neoliberalism Third World Resistance and Development Strategies, Clarity Press, 2010. Roy Allison, The Soviet Union and the Strategy of Non-Alignment in the Third World, Cambridge University Press, 1998. Simon Chesterman, "R2P and Humanitarian Intervention: From Apology to Utopia and Back" Again in Robin Geiss & Nils Melzer (eds.), The Oxford Handbook on the International Law of Global Security, forthcoming from Oxford University Press. S. Neil Macfarlane, "Taking Stock the Third World and the End of the Cold War", in Louise Fawcett and Yezid Sayigh (Eds), The Third World Beyond the Cold War: Continuity and Change, Oxford University Press, 1999.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
1
30
Total(%)
60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
40
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
1
1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
3
42
Preparation for Final exam
1
30
30
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
20
20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
1
1
Homework
1
15
15
Total Workload
151
Total Workload / 30
5,03
ECTS Credits of the Course
5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
