Political Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa and Developing Countries

Major topics:

(1) Introduction to international political economy. Key concepts and theories

(2) Understanding the changing global order. Global issues. The political economy of North–South relations

(3) Sub-Saharan African politics and political economy in a historic perspective

(4) Regionalization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Global vs. local. Change and stagnation

(5) The political economy of the Global South and Afro-Asian dynamics

(6) China and India in Africa. China in Latin-America. The BRI

(7) Indonesia, Thailand, Korea in Africa

(8) Central and Eastern Europe in international political economy and the changing global order

(9) Development and the international system. The political economy of ‘third world’ development

(10) The future of aid in the international system and development policies towards developing countries

(1)

 D’Anieri, Paul (2010): International Politics. Power and Purpose in Global Affairs. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. pp. 243-269. (Ch. 9.)

 Guzzini, Stefano (1998): Realism in International Relations and International Political Economy. London–New York: Routledge. pp. 142-183. (Ch. 10., Ch. 11.)

 Woods, Ngaire (2005): International political economy in the age of globalization. In: Baylis, John – Smith, Steve (eds): The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 325-347. (Ch. 14.) (also see its 8th edition from 2019)

(2)

 The Independent Commission on International Development Issues (1980): North-South. A Program for Survival. The Report of the Independent Commission on International Development Issues under the Chairmanship of Willy Brandt. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. pp. 30-47. (Ch. 1.)

 Marianne, H. Marchand (1994): The Political Economy of North-South Relations. In: Stubbs, Richard – Underhill, Geoffrey R. D. (eds): Political Economy and the Changing Global Order. Houndmills, Basingstoke–London: The Macmillan Press. pp. 289-301. (Ch. 17.) (also see its 3rd edition from 2005)

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 Thomson, Alex (2016): An Introduction to African Politics. London–New York: Routledge. pp. 183-212. (Ch. 9.)

 Taylor, Ian (2018): African Politics. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 11-24. and 44-55. (Ch. 2., Ch. 4.)

(4)

 Tarrósy, István (2004): “Past Fears – Future Hopes”. An Example for Regional Co-Operation Outside Europe: From The East African Community to an East African Federation. In: Tarrósy, István – Rosskogler, Gerald (eds): Regional Co-operation as Central European Perspective. Pécs–Vienna: Europe Centre–IDM. pp.161-169 (download from: http://real.mtak.hu/14226/1/1338145.pdf)

 Taylor, Ian (2003): Globalization and Regionalization in Africa: Reactions to Attempts at Neo-Liberal Regionalism. Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 10, No. 2 (May, 2003), pp. 310-330. (download from: https://ams.hi.is/wp-content/uploads/old/Globalization%20and%20Regionalization.pdf)

 Ayangafac, Chrysantus (ed) (2008): Political economy of regionalisation in Central Africa. Tshwane (Pretoria): Institute for Security Studies (download from: https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/103673/M155FULL.PDF)

 Gilpin, Robert (2001): Global Political Economy. Understanding the International Economic Order. Princeton–Oxford: Princeton University Press. pp. (Ch. 13.)

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 Lee, Christopher J. (2010): Introduction. Between a Moment and an Era: The Origins and Afterlives of Bandung. In: Lee, Christopher J. (ed): Making a World after Empire. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. pp. 1-42.

 Hochstetler, Kathryn (2012): South-South Trade and the Environment. In: Najam, Adil – Thrasher, Rachel (eds): The Future of South-South Economic Relations. London–New York: Zed Books. pp. 161-179.

 Tarrósy, István (2011): New South-South Dynamics and the Effects on Africa. In: Tarrósy, István – Szabó, Loránd – Hyden, Goran (eds): The African State in a Changing Global Context. Breakdowns and Transformations. Münster: LIT Verlag. pp. 17-32. (download from here: https://www.academia.edu/470157/The_African_State_in_a_Changing_Global_Context._Breakdowns_and_Transformations)

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 Cheru, Fantu – Obi, Cyril (eds): The Rise of China & India in Africa. Challenges, opportunities and critical interventions. London–New York: Zed Books. (see esp. chapters: 3, 6, 14)

 Harris, Stuart (2014): China’s Foreign Policy. Cambridge-Malden, MA: Polity Press. pp. 46-69. (Ch. 3.)

 Carvalho, Raquel (2019): China in Latin America: partner or predator? May 25, 2019. South China Morning Post. See: https://multimedia.scmp.com/week-asia/article/3011618/beijing-conquest-latin-america/index.html

 Chatzky, Andrew – McBride, James (2020): China’s Massive Belt and Road Initiative. January 28, 2020. Council on Foreign Relations. See: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-massive-belt-and-road-initiative

 Halper, Stefan (2010): The Beijing Consensus. Legitimizing Authoritarianism in Our Time. New York: Basic Books. pp. xi-48.

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 Tarrósy, István (2016): Indonesian Engagements with Africa and the Revitalised ‘Spirit of Bandung’. In: Van der Merwe, Justin – Taylor, Ian – Arkhangelskaya, Alexandra (eds): Emerging Powers in Africa. A New Wave in the Relationship? Palgrave Macmillan. International Political Economy Series. pp. 233-248. (Ch. 12.)

 Shamilov, Murad (2016): South Korea in Africa: Exporting and ‘Economic Miracle’ or ‘Imperialist Mimicry’? In: Van der Merwe, Justin – Taylor, Ian – Arkhangelskaya, Alexandra (eds): Emerging Powers in Africa. A New Wave in the Relationship? Palgrave Macmillan. International Political Economy Series. pp. 201-216. (Ch. 10.)