Articles about political development?

[Chutney]

I'm taking a course on the politics of development and I need to find a relatively recent article (last 3 months) that complements one of the subjects in our class to write a paper. I was wondering if anyone had read or seen an article on the web that was related to the issues of colonialism (lasting effects of), international aid, or globalization (preferrable this one). I don't want anybody going out of their way for this, so if you know of a few good sites that I could look through, that would be just as helpful.

Thanks.

 

[deception]

if i remember correctly, u go to the st. george campus so u would access to the library search engine- use that search engine to conduct a periodical search, although most prof's i've had loathed the idea of articles as a source, most preferred scholarly journals which u can search for as well on the library site. try znet as well for a lefty perspective; i remember the Guardian had a huge section/archive on globalization but i don't see it anymore; and the economist http://www.economist.com/index.html would give u a marker perspective. cautionary warning- i'm going to tell u right now, its going to be a pain to find anything 3 months or less. btw, linking colonialism, globalization and development is something i believe in, but i doubt any article would help u out with that, frankly its too polemic to be discussed. i haven't written a paper in 6 months, i had a process in writing a paper, just can't remember it clearly. btw, whats your topic?

 

[Chutney]

Thanks a lot, deception. I've yet to look search through my library, yet.

The assignment requires me to use the readings of this course and apply the concepts from them to an article to develop some sort of a thesis. Those three subjects are definitely linked, but I'm supposed to choose one of them to focus on. Originally, I was going to find an article that discussed how foreign aid was being cut from Palestine, following their election results, but that would force me to write about an area that I missed a lot of lectures in. I was just looking to see if there were any other oppurtunities and was hoping to find something that would let me argue against the ultra-liberal answer to the problems of globalization (wait and let the problem solve it self). The next couple of days I should be able to find the article and I'll post it up here, to see what you think.

 

[Chutney]

So I ended up using an article about the Doha trade talks breaking off in Geneva (http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7218551) and then tying it one of my readings that contrasted the different beliefs about what is in the interests of the poor (special protection vs. lower tariffs).

This whole course is so out of my league, though. I'm better suited to be a philosopher and think about abstract political theories that have no chance of being implemented in reality. When I'm looking up terms like export subsidies and fast-track legislation every few minutes, I know I'm out of my element.

 

[deception]

<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">So I ended up using an article about the Doha trade talks breaking off in Geneva (http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7218551) and then tying it one of my readings that contrasted the different beliefs about what is in the interests of the poor (special protection vs. lower tariffs).

This whole course is so out of my league, though. I'm better suited to be a philosopher and think about abstract political theories that have no chance of being implemented in reality. When I'm looking up terms like export subsidies and fast-track legislation every few minutes, I know I'm out of my element.</div>

poli sci is tedious work, i went to school to major in poli sci but i switched over cause it kinda bored me. religions is where its at for me, unfortunately utsc only offered a minor program so i had to settle for that. and i disagree btw- most poli sci jargon is very real life, although, i would recommend with any social science u should take some history courses to put your class material in the appropriate context.

 

[Chutney]

<div class="quote_poster">deception Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">poli sci is tedious work, i went to school to major in poli sci but i switched over cause it kinda bored me. religions is where its at for me, unfortunately utsc only offered a minor program so i had to settle for that. and i disagree btw- most poli sci jargon is very real life, although, i would recommend with any social science u should take some history courses to put your class material in the appropriate context.</div>
It's funny. I was leaning more towards poli sci this summer, when I was supposed to choose my majors and everything (bad experiences with Descartes, Hume, and Kant). But, I missed the deadline to apply for that program, so I just signed up for philosophy major and a poli sci minor (religion is the other minor) with the intention of switching that up as soon as possible. I've completely flipped on it, though. I enjoy reading the theories of political philosophers even if I know their ideas are less relevant to the world than what I'm doing in this course.

 

[deception]

<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">It's funny. I was leaning more towards poli sci this summer, when I was supposed to choose my majors and everything (bad experiences with Descartes, Hume, and Kant). But, I missed the deadline to apply for that program, so I just signed up for philosophy major and a poli sci minor (religion is the other minor) with the intention of switching that up as soon as possible. I've completely flipped on it, though. I enjoy reading the theories of political philosophers even if I know their ideas are less relevant to the world than what I'm doing in this course.</div>

end of first year i decided to do a poli sci specialist; end of second year it was a poli sci major and sociology major; third year sociology specialist and last year i changed to a triple minor in religions, sociology and history. i graduated in five years with i believe 24 credits.btw this morning, i'm actually trying to get my hands on my diploma cause i was in montreal during the graduation.

 

[Chuck]

Deception-- the Economist is the best magazine/newspaper there is. Everybody needs to read that.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/ The Guardian is also good, and it's all free.