PIA 2501 - University of Pittsburgh



PIA 2501

Development Policy and Management

Eastern and Central Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States

Area studies work reflects 50% of Grade for each assignment. This work is reflected in an oral report and the group paper which is to be turned in at the end of the semester. Half of the area studies grade will be on the presentation and half will focus on the written paper.

The area presentations will focus on the pool of readings presented below. Each presentation will focus on the status of "Development Management" in your region, from a historical and a cultural perspective, and be based on selected "common" readings from the syllabus and how they relate to the chosen geographical readings listed below.

Each regional group is to prepare a lively, literate presentation on the area readings assigned to you below that you will share with your colleagues. It should be noted that readings on each group’s geographical area that appear in the general readings are also the responsibility of the group to cover. Please note: DO NOT SUMMARIZE EACH AUTHOR IN YOUR PRESENTATION. You will be down graded if you do this. Each group will be limited to 25 minutes for their presentations. The time limitations will be strictly enforced.

The “group” area paper (20-25 pages) will be derived out of the oral presentation and as is the case with the oral presentation should focus on the status of “Development Management” in the group’s geographical region. The paper should be based on selected readings listed in the syllabus and those suggested below. At a minimum the report should cover the bulk of the readings listed below though groups can of course, but are not required to, read additional material, particularly on countries not covered in the reading below. The group paper is to be turned into the instructor at the end of the semester. For both oral and written presentations, appropriate, creative and interesting audio-visual tools may be used.

Suggested Readings

Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott, The Consolidation of Democracy in East Central Europe (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), Chapters 1-5

Les Ewa, "Europe's Emerging Third Sector," in Citizens Strengthening Global Society (Washington: Civicus, 1995).

Isabel Fonseca, "Among the Gypsies," New Yorker (September 25, 1995), pp. 84-97

Misha Glenny, The Rebirth Of History: Eastern Europe in the Age of Democracy (New York: Penguin Books, 1990), Introduction, Chapters 8 and 9.

Craufurd D Goodwin and Michael Nacht, Beyond Government: Extending the Public Policy Debate in Emerging Democracies (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995), Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Lawrence S. Graham and Maria K. Ciechocinska, eds., The Polish Dilemma: Views From Within (Boulder: Westview, 1987), Chapters 1-2

Eva Hoffman, Exit into History: A Journey Through the New Eastern Europe (New York: Penguin, 1993), Chapters 1, 2 and 3

Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe : Enemies, Neighbours, Friends (New York : Oxford University Press, 1996), Chapters Chapter 7-12.

Robert D. Kaplan, Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History (New York Macmillan, 2005), Chapters 1-3

Robert Kaplan, The Ends of the Earth: A Journey at the Dawn of the 21st Century (New York: Random House: 1996),, Chapters 7-9, 16-22 (Parts 3 and 5)

Robert D. Kaplan, Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus (New York: Random House, 2000), Chapters 20-27.

Marina Ottaway and Thomas Carothers, Funding Virtue: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2000), Chapters 7 and 8.

Kurban Said, Ali and Nino: A Love Story (New York: Vintage, 2000).

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (New York: Bantam Books, 1963).

Edmond Taylor, The Fall of the Dynasties (New York: Doubleday, 1963), Chapters 3-5

Janine R. Wedel, Collision and Collusion: The Strange Case of Western Aid to Eastern Europe: 1989-1998 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998), Chapter 6

Crawford Young, The Rising Tide of Cultural Pluralism: The Nation-State at Bay (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993), Chapters 5, 6 and 11.

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