SOAN 309: Colonialism &
Development
TuTh 1:20-2:35, Alumni 207
Colgate University
Fall 2004 Professor Thomas Hall
Office: 408 Alumni, x7083, email: tdhall@mail.colgate.edu
OFFICE HOURS: Tu 2:45-4; W 1:30-2:30 & 5:20-6, Th
12-1, & by appt
Last Updated 12-2-04
Take-Home Final
This final is due at the start
of the in-class final:
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 9-11AM
No late take-homes will be accepted for any reason!
However, you may turn it in early, if you wish.
Why be such an ogre about this?
to equalize opportunity fairly for the entire class
to insure you plan ahead
because you have the questions sufficiently far in advance to deal with any "emergency" including dead printers!
The questions are in two sets, A & B. Answer one [1] question from each set. Each question carries a weight of 150 points. Your answers should be 5 or so pages. That is, 3 is too short; 10 is too windy!
NOTE: ALL parts of each question are to be answered. Logic & evidence, not position on a debate are key issues for each question.
SET A:
1. Why is it important to recognize, as McMichael argues, that development and economic growth "are active goals rather than natural processes" and that they are historical processes, and not a "natural" processes? How does this relate or compare to Bodley's analysis of modernization and development?
2. What are the interconnections among environmental
degradation, globalization, and neoliberalism according to McMichael?
According to Bodley? According to world-systems analysis.
NOTE: for Bodly and for World-Systems Analysis
[WSA] you need to interpret and interpolate what they
say. McMichael is a good starting point, then go to how and where the
others differ.
3. Based on definitions of colonialism, neocolonialism, neoliberalism, internal colonialism, development [project], and globalization
[project] to develop a cogent argument about whether current globalization or
neoliberal practices are a new, transformed, version of old-fashioned
colonialism or are in fact some new proccess[es] that are fundamentally new and
different in some ways.
NOTE: Your position or stance is not the issue. Rather you logic and
evidence for your position are what is important.
SET B:
4. One argument advanced throughout this course is that topics like colonialism, development, and social change must be understood from a global level as well as a local level. What are the arguments for this? Give some examples of what a global analysis will show that cannot be understood from a local or regional level. The converse argument was also advanced that local understandings are vital for topics like colonialism, development, and social change. How is this also true. Illustrate with a few examples.
5. Bodley, McMichael, Norberg-Hodge, and World-Systems Analysis all make projections about the future. Compare and contrast these focusing on the topic of colonialism.
6. Present your scenario for the future or even
futures of the colonialism and colonial-like relations. How does your
scenario draw on or contrast with those of Bodley, McMichael, Norberg-Hodge, and
World-Systems Analysis.
NOTE: a SCENARIO is a sketch or
possible way action will take place, it is a description, and hence cannot cause
anything.
Send comments or questions to tdhall@mail.colgate.edu
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