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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
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Senate
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From:
L. Salter
Chair, SOAP
Subject:
Department of Geography -
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Date:
November 16, 1989
Curriculum revision
SOAP 89-61
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning/Senate Graduate
Studies Committee gives rise to the following motion:
Motion:
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• "that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors as set forth in S. 90-Lhange of title and description for
GEOG 770-4"
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GRADUATE CURRICLUM REVISION
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
Change of title and description only:
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GEOG 770-4 LATIN AMERICA
Consideration of physical, biotic, cultural and social
aspects of selected areas (Economic and urban problems
will not be treated.) Reading knowledge of Spanish of
Portuguese may be demanded and competence in other
languages will be an advantage. Oral and written reports
will be required.
TO: ?
GEOG 770-4
GEOGRAPHY.
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DEVfiOP14ENT ThEORy, AND LATIN AMERftA
An analysis of geographic aspects of theories of
development as they have been applied in Latin America.
RATIONALE: ?
New faculty members will teach this course with a
different emphasis.
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
New Graduate Course Pro
p osal Form
CALENDAR INFORMATION:
Department:
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Geography ?
Course Number:
770-4
Title: ?
Geography, Development Theory, and Latin America
Deacriptiolu
An
analysis of geographic .aspects of theories of
develoDment as thev have been aoDlied in Latin America.
Credit Hours:
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4 ?
Vector: ?
2-2-0 ?
Prerequisite(s) if any:
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ENROLU1ENT AND SCHEDULING.
getthated
Enrollment:
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When will the course first be offered:
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90-3
How often will the course be offered:_______________________________________________________
JUSTIFICATION:
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To enhance students' _knowledgeofgeograhicalasoectsof_development
in contemporary Latin America, and to place these within the broader
• context of theories of third world development.
RESOURCES
Which ?aèulty member will normally teach the course:
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John Brohman
What are the budgetary implications of mounting the course:
Noextraresources
need to be allocated.
Are there sufficient Library resources (
a
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details):
Yes
Appended: a) Outline of the Course
b)
An indication of the competence of the Faculty member to give the course.
c)
Library resources
Approved: Departmental Graduate Studies Coulmitte,
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GEOGRAPHY 770-4
Department of Geography
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John Brohman
Geography, Develop
ment Theory, and Latin America
This course focuses on concepts issues and problem associated with
paths of development in contemporary Latin America. The course is divided
into two sections. The first section will focus on theories of
development which have provided the essential theoretical underpinnings
for various paths of development in Latin America and other third world
areas. These theoretical frameworks include: neoclassical development
theory (e.g., the dual-economy thesis, modernization theory, growth
maximization); reformism and rural-oriented development (e.g., balanced
development, redistribution and 'basic needs' approaches); theories of
dependency and the capitalist world system; classical Marxist
contributions to development theoryr and recent radical contributions to
development theory (e.g., analysis of modes of production, historical-
structural method, analysis of social reproduction).
In the second section of the course cciiunon strategies of development
will be studied by relating them to the above theoretical analysis and by
use of case studies from Latin American countries. These strategies of
development include: models of growth based in agroexports and/or
extractive industries, import-substitution industrialization, rural/
regional development, and structural transformation. Because of the
diverse nature of development theoryr the course will necessarily be
interdisciplinary. However, developmental concepts will also be studied
from a geographical perspective which stresses the importance of
connections between elements of spatial and of socioeconomic structure to
the analysis of patterns of development.
Course Organization
Week 1
- neoclassical theoretical legacy
- neoclassical spatial models and concentrated growth patterns
2
- reformist approaches of balanced developments
redistribution,
and
'basic needs'
- spatial decentralization and rural development
3
- classical Marxist contributions to development theory
- unilinear development versus multiple roads and imperialism
4
- theories of dependency and the capitalist world system
- surplus extraction, unequal exchange, underdevelopment, and
spatial unevenness
5
- recent radical contributions to development theory
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analysis of modes of production, social reproduction, and the
historical-structural method
6 -
theories of the peripheral state
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capital accumulation, legitimation and hegemony
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the 'dependent' state, concepts of 'relative autonomy'
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radical spatial theory and peripheral development
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'disarticulated'
spatial structures and regionally uneven
development
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John Brohman
Part 2 - Strategies of Develorment
Week 8-9 - extractive and agroexport model
• 10 - import substitutions state interventions and internally-
oriented growth
11 - rural/regional development and 'basic needs' strategies
12 - revolution and structural change
13 - current debates and evolution of hybrid strategies
Class participation - 25
Term paper
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1.
Bibliography
PostcM, W.W.
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(1957)i
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he Stages of Economic Growth, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
2.
Brookfield, B.C.
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(1975), Interdependent Develoiment' London:
Methuen.
3.
Gore, Charles.
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(1984), Regions in Question: Space, Developienti
Theory and Regional Polic
yr
London: Methuen.
4.
Munck, Ronaldo. ?
(1984), Politics and Dependency in the Third World:
The Case of Latin America, London: Zed Books.
5.
De Janvryr Alain. ?
(1981), The Agrarian Question and Reformism in
Latin America, Baltimore: Johns flopk ins University Press.
6.
(rindle, Merilee.
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(1986), State and Countryside: Development Policy
and Agrarian Politics in Latin America, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press.
7.
Reitsma, H.A. and J.M.G. Kleinpenning.
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(1985), The Third World in
Perspectives Assen, Netherlands: Rowman and Allanheld.
8.
Warren, Bill.
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(1980), Imperialism:
Pioneer of Capitalism
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London:
New Left Books.
9.
flrmanueli Arghiri.
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(1972), Unequal Exchange: A Study of the
Imperialism of Trade, New York: Monthly Review Press.
10.
Wallerstein, Immanuel.
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(1979), The Capitalist World Economy: Essays,
New York: Cambridge University Press.
11. Chilcote, Ronald.
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(1984), Theories of Deve1oment and Under-
dvelopnent, Boulder: Westview Press.
12. Taylor, John,
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(1979), From Modernization to Modes of Production:
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A
Critique of the Sociologies of
Deve1oment and Underdevelopnenti
New York: Macmillan.
13.
Cardoso, Fernando and Enzo Faletto.
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(1979)i Dependency and
Develp
inent in Latin America, Berkeley: University of California
Press.
14.
Amin, Samir.
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(1976), Unequal Deve1o.ment: An Essay on the Social
Formations of Peripheral Capitalism, New York: Monthly Review
Press.
15.
Hamilton, Nova.
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(1982), The Limits of State Autoncx%r: Post-
Revolutionar
y
Mexico,
Princeton: Princeton University Press.
...cont'd.
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Geography 770-4
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John Brohman
16.
Evans, Peter, Dietrich Ruescheneyer, and Theda Skocpol (eds.)
(1985), Bringing the State Back In, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
17.
Forbes, D.K. (1984), The G=ra
p h' of
Underdecreloçinent,
Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press.
18.
Torres Rivas, Edelberto. (1980), 'The Central American Model of
Growth: Crisis for Whom?' Latin American
Perspectives,
7, 2-3:
24-44.
19.
Seligson, Mitchell (ed.) (1984), The Gap
Between
Rich and Poor:
Contending Perspectives on the Political Econ' of Development,
Boulder: Westview Press.
20.
Deere, Carmen Diana. (1982), 'A Canparative Analysis of Agrarian
Reform in El Salvador and Nicaragua 1979-81 1
, Development and
Change 13: 1-41.
21.
Roridjnel].j, Dennis and Kenneth Ruddle. (1978), Urbanization and
Rural Develoment: A Spatial Policy for Equitable Growth, New York:
Praeger.
22.
Fagen, Richard, Carmen D. Deere, and Jose Luis Coraggio (eds.)
(1986), Transition and Development: Problems of Third World
Socialism, New York: Monthly Review
.
Press.
23.
Forbes, Dean and Nigel Thrift (eds.) (1987), The Socialist Third
World: Urban Developnent and Territorial Planning, Oxford: Basil
Blackwell.
24.
Brohman, John. (1989), 'Development Theory and Latin America,' in
'Development Theory and Prerevolutionary Nicaragua' Ph.D.
dissertation, Dept. of Geography, UCLA.
All articles and books will be put on reserve in the SFU library.
John Brohrnan is currently developing a scholarly book based on his recently
completed doctoral dissertation entitled, 'Development Theory and
Prerevolutionary Nicaragua'. In this work Mr. Brohrnan examines the major
theories and strategies of development which have emerged out of postwar
Latin America and places them within a geographical context . Mr. Brohman
has a long standing interest in development theory which has in part been
stimulated by some four years in Latin America and another three years in
other
areas of the third world.
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