Economic Development of
China and/or Asia
Economics
3355 or Economics 6397
4
to 6 PM MTWTh
Room
106 M
Prof.
Thomas R. DeGregori
Office:
209D M
Office
hrs. 2 to 4PM MTWTH
(by
appointment when in town)
Email:
trdegreg@uh.edu
Phone:
(713) 743 3838
I
prefer to receive emails
This is a special
problems course that can be taken for 1, 2 or 3 hours credit. The course will meet on the first day
indicated in the schedule for the class assignments. If you wish to enroll for
less than 3 hours credit or to take it any time up to February 1, 2002, please
see Marion Foley in 208B M. Final due
date for all papers, June 1, 2002.
Students who sign up
for the first session need to turn in their papers by July 1, 2001 for
immediate credit. Those registering for
second summer session or as a 12-week course need papers to be in by August 1,
2001. All
others receive an automatic Incomplete with due date June 1, 2002 as
stated above. Please don’t
ask for an Incomplete. It’s
automatic.
The class is also being taught in China for those who sign up for the China Study Abroad Program (see Dr. Yali Zou, FH 450, ext 34982). It is also available as Economics 6397, Section 05127.
Required reading (all
paperbacks except DeGregori)*:
Thomas R. DeGregori,
Agriculture and Modern Technology: A Defense, Iowa State University Press
Merle Goodman and
Andrew Gordon, Historical Perspectives on Contemporary East Asia, Harvard.
R. Benewick and S.
Donald, The State of China Atlas, Penquin/Putnam.
Patricia Buckley
Ebrey, The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, Cambridge University Press.
Merle Goldman &
Roderick MacFarqhar, The Paradox of China's Post‑ Mao Reform, Harvard.
Jo Boyden et al.,
What Works for Working Children, Unicef.
Asian Development
Bank, Asian Development Outlook 2000, Oxford University Press.
ISBN 0195929764
Recommended Reading
or Substitutes for other Readings with prior permission of instructor or Dr.
Zou.
Vern Ruttan
Technology, Growth and Development, Oxford University Press
Assignment:
Undergraduates: You
are to write six short papers of (very) roughly to 5 to 8 pages each. You have
considerable latitude as to the length of each paper as long as the total for
all six is about 30 to 40 pages. However,
you may combine papers and topics into larger papers or paper as long as each
topic is adequately covered.
The following four
topics are required:
1) Issues of child labor, trade and development.
2) Asia and agricultural biotechnology.
4) Asian history and culture as basis for
understanding Asian economies today
or
Asian Culture, Geography & Politics to
understand Asia economies today.
Other suggested
topics are:
1) What is economic development?
2) Asian Economic Development since 1950.
3) Asian Economic Development since 1979.
4) Poverty and inequality in Asia and what can
be done about it.
5) Major issues in Asian Development: IMF, Debt
etc.
6) The Asian Development model: What is it and
what is its future?
In each of the above
suggested topics, you may substitute East Asia or China for Asia. In other
words, you may take this as an Asian Economics Course, an East Asian Economics
Course or a China Economics Course. All students will do at least 2 of their
papers on China. Students going to
China may do an additional cultural paper as a substitute for one of the other
topics. Good luck!
THERE WILL NOT
BE A FINAL EXAM.
# Those taking the
course for 1 hour credit will do one 10 to 15 page paper. Those taking it for 2 hours credit, will do
one 20 to 25 page paper.
ALL PAPERS HAVE TO
INCLUDE CITED MATERIAL FROM THE ASSIGNED READINGS AND A SOURCE MUST BE
IDENTIFIED FOR ALL MATERIAL PRESENTED. YOU MAY USE OTHER RESEARCH MATERIAL AS
WELL. USE OF INFORMATION FROM THE WWW IS ALSO REQUIRED FOR AT LEAST ONE PAPER.
HYPER LINKS TO SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SITES ARE PROVIDED ON MY HOME PAGE
(http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg). PLEASE
GIVE AS COMPLETE A CITATION AS POSSIBLE INCLUDING THE URL.
Graduate students
will do two papers of 10 and 30 to 40 pages each. Please see me for details and assignment.
NEW CLASS FOR FALL 2001:
ECON 4389 -
FOOD, POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENT
CONTENT ID 288915
SECTION #12256
2:30-4 TTH
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