Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA1037: The Politics of Development

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

  • Carol Lancaster and Nicolas van de Walle (2018) The Oxford Handbook of the Politics of Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Chandra, Siddarth and Nita Rudra (2015) 'Reassessing the links between regime type and economic performance: Why some authoritarian regimes show stable grown and others do not', British Journal of Political Science 45(2): 253-85.
  • Hutchcroft, Paul (1997) 'The politics of privilege: assessing the impact of rents, corruption and clientelism on Third World development', Political Studies 45(3): 639-58.
  • Lange, Matthew (2004) 'British colonial legacies and political development', World Development 32(6): 905-22.
  • Mkandawire, Thandika (2013) 'Neopatrimonialism and the political economy of economic performance in Africa: Critical reflections', World Politics, pp. 1-50.
  • Welzel, Christian, Ronald Inglehart and Hans-Dieter Klingemann (2003) 'The theory of human development: a cross-cultural analysis', European Journal of Political Research 42(3): 341-79.