非殖民化、依附性与发展
课程教师
DAN SLATER
教师简介
Dan Slater is the James Orin Murfin Professor of political science at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 2017. From 2005-2017 he was a professor of political science and affiliated professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Emory University in 2005. He specializes in the politics and history of states and regimes, with a focus on Southeast Asia. His books have been published with Princeton University Press and Cambridge University Press, and his published articles can be found in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, American Journal of Sociology, Annual Review of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, International Organization, and World Politics. He has recently served as a consultant and nonresidential fellow at policy organizations such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
课程内容
This course examines processes of economic development in contexts marked by long histories of colonialism and international dependency. We will collectively tackle these difficult analytical problems conceptually, theoretically, and empirically. What does economic development mean, and how is it generated, forestalled, embraced, or resisted? How did the world come to have the radically uneven patterns of development that it has? What role have factors such as colonialism, racism, and neoliberal market reforms played in shaping patterns of development and underdevelopment across the globe and across history? How can poorer countries escape legacies of dependency and colonization and achieve more independent and prosperous ways of life for their citizens?
课程安排
Lecture | Topic (2.5 teaching hours) |
1 | The Nature of Capitalism |
2 | The Institutions of Capitalism |
3 | The Racial Roots of Capitalism |
4 | The Disruptiveness of Capitalism |
5 | Socialism as an Alternative to Capitalism |
6 | The Institutions of Socialism |
7 | The Collapse of European Socialism |
8 | Mercantilism as an Alternative to Capitalism |
9 | The Institutions of the Developmental State |
10 | Rural Campaigns under Alternative Systems of Production |
Reading list
Fernand Braudel, The Perspective of the World Vol. III
Douglass North, Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance
Eric Williams, Capitalism and Slavery
Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation
Joseph Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism, & Democracy
Janos Kornai, The Socialist System
Katherine Verdery, What Was Socialism and What Comes Next?
Friedrich List, The National System of Political Economy
Meredith Woo-Cumings, The Developmental State
Kristen Looney, Mobilizing for Development
Student Assessment
Students will be expected to read the course assignments and engage in class discussions. To facilitate this, every student will share a question that arose in their mind from the readings with the entire class before we meet. The final assignment will be a short (~10 page) essay showing engagement with course material on a topic of the student’s choosing, in consultation with the instructor.
