COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST: POLI 362
(DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION)
Department of Political Science
University of Ghana
POLI 362: Development Administration
Second Semester, 2014/2015
Dr. Emmanuel Debrah, Dr. Amponsah & Mr.
Asah-Asante
Course Overview and Objectives:
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the major
issues, concepts, problems and theories associated with development
administration. It examines efforts developing countries are making to
administer their development programs and how to improve their administrative
systems that will expand the possibilities of their citizens. To this end, the
course focuses on the processes and strategies for the administration of
development in the developing societies. It begins on the operating premise
that no singular factor such as political, economic, sociological explanations,
as commonly found in theories of development economics and administration are
adequate in explaining the myriad problems and efforts being made to improve
the economic, political and social systems toward a better or more humane life
for the people in the developing world. Specifically, the course addresses the
following critical issues and concerns in the discipline:
Outline
1. What is development? The goal here is to
interrogate the various theories and paradigms in the development literature.
It identifies the characteristics of developing countries and offers
explanation to the growing underdevelopment of this part of the world.
2. Trends and issues in development
administration. Attempt is made to examine the necessity for pursuing
development programs in the developing societies.
3. What are the prescribed strategies for
administering development in the developing world? Some have advocated
Planning, administrative and institutional reforms, and decentralization in the
public sector.
4. What is the prevailing development situation
in the developing world? Why is Poverty phenomenon a developmental issue? In
what different ways have the poverty situation been tackled?
5. Corruption is regarded as endemic in
developing world. Can this phenomenon explain the increasing underdevelopment
in the developing societies?
6. How can the development deficits in developing
societies be dealt with head-on?
Prescribed Textbook:
Polinaidu, S. 2004. Public administration. New
Delhi: Galgotia Publications Ltd. pp. 559-590.
Readings
Handelman, Howard. 2003. The challenges of third world
development 3rd ed. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River.
World Bank. 2000. “New Directions in Developing Thinking” and
“Decentralization: Rethinking Government” in Entering the 21st century:
World Development Report 1999/2000. Oxford University Press: New York.
World Bank. 2001. World Development Reports,
2000-2001: Attacking Poverty. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Todaro, M.P. 2000. Economic Development in the 3rd world.
New York: Longman.
Republic of Ghana. 2009. Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy
II
Republic of Ghana. 2005. Ghana Poverty Reduction strategy I
Dwivedi, O. P. 1994. Development Administration: From
Underdevelopment to Sustainable Development. New York: St Martin’s Press.
Riggs, Fred. 1971. Frontiers of Development: From
Underdevelopment to Sustainable Development. Longman: New York.
Rondenelli, D. A., and Cheema, G. 2003. “Analyzing
Decentralization Policies in developing Countries: a Political-economy
framework”. Development and Change 20(1):57-87.
Republic of Ghana. 2003. National Decentralization
Action Plan: Towards a Sector-Wide Approach for Decentralization Implementation
in Ghana, 2003-2005. Tema: Ghana Publishing Corporation.
Conyers, D. 2007. “Decentralization and Service Delivery:
Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa”.IDS Bulletin 38 (1):18-32.
Gerald Caiden. 1988. ‘The Vitality of Administrative Reforms’. International
Review of the Administrative Science. 54: 330-433.
Jrisast, J. E. 1988. Administrative Reform in Developing
Countries: A Comparative Perspective ‘.Public Administration and
Development. 8:80-90.
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