Economic Development of China, India and/or Asia
Summer 2003
Economics 3355, Section 03151 Thomas R. DeGregori
or Economics 6397, Section 03184 Office: 209 M
4 to 6 PM MTWTh Melanie Fox-Kean
Room 106 M Office: 246 M
Office
hrs. 2 to 4PM MTWTH
We prefer to receive emails - Email:
trdegreg@uh.edu
mefox@mail.uh.edu
One has the option of taking it 1st summer 05/27-07/01 (above) or TTH
4-6PM, Rm 106M (Section 03152), 05/28-08/07, MW 4-6PM, Rm 106M (Section
03150) or 07/08-08/07, MTWTH 4-6PM, Rm 106M (Section 03153).
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. THIS SUMMER, WE ARE OFFERING A LECTURE OPTION.
THE CLASS WILL MEET 4-6PM, MTWTH, Room 106 M FOR THE FIRST SUMMER SESSION.
STUDENTS ENROLLED FOR ANY OF THE SUMMER COURSES MAY SIT IN ON AS MANY OR AS
FEW LECTURES AS THEY WISH OR NONE AT ALL. THIS INCLUDES THOSE WHO ARE
TAKING IT AS PART OF THEIR STUDY ABROAD AND WHO WILL THEREFORE BE GONE
DURING PART OF THE FIRST SESSION. IN ANY CASE, THE REQUIREMENTS REMAIN THE
SAME - THERE WILL BE NO EXAMS OR QUIZZES.
If you wish to enroll for less than 3 hours credit or to take it any time
up to February 1, 2004, please see Marion Foley in 208B M. Final due date
for all papers, June 1, 2004. It is also available as a graduate course,
Economics 6397, Section 05127.
Those who wish to sign up for the China Study Abroad Program (see Dr. Yali
Zou, FH 450, ext 34982) or for the India Study Abroad Program (see Dr.
Saleha Khumawala, MH 360A, ext 3-4829).
Required reading for all students (all paperbacks except DeGregori)*:
Rhodes Murphy, A History of Asia, Addison, Wesley, Longman.
Thomas R. DeGregori, The Environment, Our Natural Resources and Modern
Technology, Iowa State Press.
David Bloom, The Quality of Life in Rural Asia: A Study of Rural Asia, V.4,
An Asian Development Bank Book, Oxford University Press.
All students must select a course focus and do the reading for it. These
books will be listed in the Bookstore as recommended to avoid the likely
confusion of students thinking that they are required to buy all of them.
1) China - Patricia Buckley Ebrey, The Cambridge Illustrated History of
China, Cambridge University Press.
Ross Garnaut & Yiping Huang, eds. Growth Without Miracles: Readings on The
Chinese Economy in the Era of Reform, Oxford University Press.
2) India - Stanley Wolpert, A New History of India, Oxford University.
Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen, India: Development and Participation, Oxford
University Press.
or
Meera Nanda, Breaking the Spell of Dharma: The Case for Indian
Enlightenment, Delhi: Three Essays Press.
3) Women and Children - Jo Boyden et al., What Works for Working Children,
Unicef.
Elisabeth Croll, Endangered Daughters: Discrimination and Development in
Asia, Routledge.
4) Economic Geography - (required topic for students receiving geography
credit for this course)
Mark W. Rosengrant and Peter B. R. Hazell - Transforming The Rural Asian
Economy: The Unfinished Revolution, Oxford University Press.
Thomas R. DeGregori - Bountiful Harvest: Technology, Food Safety, and the
Environment, Cato Institute, paperback.
Recommended Reading or Substitutes for other Readings with prior permission
of instructor or Dr. Zou or Dr. Khumawala. For those going to China or
India, it is strongly recommended that you make use of these books on your
trip, possibly joining with others to buy them. For long plane trips,
reading can be useful.
Assignment:
Undergraduates: You are to write four short papers of (very) roughly 8 to
10 pages each. You have considerable latitude as to the length of each
paper as long as the total for all four 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 topics are required:
1) Issues of child labor, trade and development.
2) Asian history and culture as basis for understanding Asianeconomies
today (paper may be solely on India or China).
or
Asian Culture, Geography & Politics to understand Asiaeconomies today
(paper may be solely on India or China).
Other suggested topics are:
1) What is economic development?
2) Asian (or China or India) Economic Development since 1950.
3) Asian (or China or India) 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 itsfuture?
7) Economic Development of China
8) Economic Development of India
9) What role do women play in economic development?
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 or India Economics Course
or Economic Geography. All study abroad students will do at least 2 of
their papers on China or India.
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. SEE POSTED SUPPLEMENTARY
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MORE DETAILS.
We will be enforcing these rules more firmly than in previous offerings. It
is strongly recommended that you make extensive use of the assigned
material throughout each paper. We have returned papers because they did
not follow the basic requirements and will do so whenever necessary.
Graduate students will do two papers of 10 and 30 to 40 pages each. Please
see me for details and assignment.
Thomas R. DeGregori, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Houston
Department of Economics
204 McElhinney Hall
Houston, Texas 77204-5019
Ph. 001 - 1 - 713 743-3838
Fax 001 - 1 - 713 743-3798
Email trdegreg@uh.edu
Web homepage http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg