CERTIFICATE WITH CONCENTRATION IN FRENCH AND INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Advisors
Peter Bloch, Land Tenure Center, Forest
Ecology and Management
Jo
Ellen Fair, School of Journalism
Aliko Songolo, Department of French &
Italian / African Languages & Literatures
The following are selected courses related to international
development. Please see timetable and instructor for availibility. (You
may also count any other UW-Madison course, at or above 300, pending program
approval.)
Agricultural and Applied Economics
Anthropology
Industrial Relations Research Institute
Political Science: Comparative Government and International
Politics
Sociology: Rural Sociology
Sociology
Urban and Regional Planning
Agricultural and Applied Economics
319 The International Agricultural Economy:
The nature of trade in agricultural products, trade policies and practices
of importing and exporting nations, agricultural policies of major trading
blocks, market instability and other primary commodity problems, recent
history and current development in multilateral trade policy.
474 Economic Problems of Developing Areas (cross-listed
with Econ. 474):
Problems of development, selected areas; agricultural technology, economic
institutions, and population pressure, consumption, savings, and capital
formation, principles of economic development.
577 Economics of Growth and Class Structure in Low
Income Countries (cross-listed with Econ. 577):
Analyzes the relationship between growth and the changes in land access,
employment, and class and intra-household structures which shape growth's
welfare effects in contemporary low income economies. Methodologically
explores the interface between neoclassical economics and marxian analysis.
731 Macroeconomics of Agricultural Development
The theory and empirical evidence about accumulation, growth and distribution
in less developed countries. Special attention on the interaction of agriculture
with other sectors. The approach combines Ricardian, Marxist, Neoclassical
and Institutional elements.
732 Microeconomics of Agricultural Development:
The microeconomics theory and empirical evidence about agricultural growth
and change in less developed countries. Five areas are studied: Peasant
behavior and supply response; technical change; rural labor markets; rural
factor markets and inter-linkage; and structural alternatives.
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Anthropology
925 Seminar: Socio-Economic Change in Underdeveloped
Areas (cross-listed with Rur Sco, Econ, and Soc 925):
Social and economic factors relating to stability, growth, and change
in the non-Western areas of the contemporary world.
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Industrial Relations Research Institute
552 Industrial Relations in Developing Countries
(cross-listed with Econ 552):
Comparative industrial relations in developing countries from institutional
and historical perspectives: the relevance of Western experience; labor
unions in the context of national economic development and the world economy;
personnel management; and the impact of foreign multinational companies.
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Political Science-Comparative Government and International
Politics
353 The Third World in the International System:
This course examines the historical evolution of the Third World in general
and North-South relations in specific. Particular attention is addressed
to the institutions of colonialism and patterns of post-colonial relations
between the First and Third Worlds.
362 African International Relations:
Inter-state conflict and cooperation in Africa including Pan-Africanism
and regional integration; relations with major powers and UN; international
crisis in Southern Africa.
368 Special Topics in the Politics of Developing Areas:
A comparative investigation of particular themes, problems, institutions,
and theories relating to political change in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
653 Politics of Developing Areas:
A comparative analysis of the problems confronting underdeveloped areas;
emphasis on problems in the development of new institutions.
660 African Politics:
Process of rapid political change in contemporary Africa with special
emphasis on the emergence of new states.
661 Advanced Topics in African Politics:
Topics will vary; may include African political thought, the political
economy of Africa, and the politics of major African regions.
771 Development Planning and Administration
(cross-listed with Econ 771):
Major development problems of less developed countries and areas. The
scope, content, and preparation of economic development plans considered;
organization of the planning function and the administration of the planning
goals.
772 Development Planning and Administration
(cross-listed with Econ 772):
Continuation of 771.
852 Comparative Politics of Developing Nations:
Political processes in the developing nations of Afro-Asia and Latin America
with particular attention to nation-building and the formulation of cross-cultural
comparisons.
870 Development Policy Analysis:
Analysis of development policy-making in Asia, Africa, and Latin America;
planning; decision processed; policy implementation and capabilities;
relationships between ideology, institutional environment, and policy.
Specific focus of policy area and of region of emphasis varies.
952 Seminar: Comparative Politics-Developing Nations
961 Seminar-African Politics
Comparative study of political processes in the emerging states of Africa;
emphasis on tropical African states with some consideration to the Mahgreb
and Southern Africa; methodological problems in the study of African politics.
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Sociology-Rural Sociology
617 Community Development (cross-listed with
Soc 617):
Social, cultural and personality factors influencing community development,
with reference to developing countries as well as contemporary rural communities;
consideration of theoretical and operational issues.
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Sociology
630 Sociology of Developing Societies/Third World
(cross-listed with Rur Soc 630):
Review of problems and prospects of so-called "developing societies."
Includes theory of economic/social development, political economic organizations
of "developing" societies, history of colonialism/imperialism,
attempts to industrialize and results of those attempts.
941 Seminar-Grassroots Development in the Third World
(cross-listed with Rur. Soc. 941):
A sociological examination of the problems and prospects of grassroots
or participatory approaches to social and economic development in the
Third World. Rationale of participatory approaches; techniques of organization;
comparative and critical case studies of grassroots development groups.
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Urban and Regional Planning
464 Planning for Human Settlements in Developing Countries
Human settlement planning in the context of rapid urbanization in developing
countries. National and subnational planning for urban and regional development,
housing, land policy, decentralization, and urban development finance.
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