POLS 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Jeffrey Gettleman, Real Change, Civil Society
17 Dec 2017
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In one essay question you are expected to state an argument and state who"s argument it is. Will also be questions where you are given an author"s name and are expected to state their argument. Link different authors, topics, and issues: questions that asks you to speak to authors that are across the course. Week 1: adichi - birdsong and achebe the voter: prominent african writers, achebe is everywhere these days. Achebe admires the fact that a letter would actually be mailed. Week 3: critical tradition: rodney and caplan: rodney: how europe underdeveloped africa. First stab at looking at africa from a critical or marxist perspective. The outside world did not do good things, they exploited: caplan: the outside world says they do good things but they don"t. Week 4: davidson: davidson: europe looked at africa and said they have no history, and stated that europe forced their version of political society on africa.
