Addendum to 4712 Syllabus

Due to a change in the lecture schedule, reading assignments for the next few weeks are also being changed. Below you will find a schedule of the lecture topics from September 26^th to October 10^th and the readings which you are expected to read for recitations from week 6 to week 8.

Week 6:

Sept 26^th- Lecture- Democratization and its Discontents

Sept 28^th- Lecture- Restructuring the Third World

Readings- Global Democratization

Geography of Poverty

Week 7:

Oct 3^rd- Lecture- Political Transitions in Africa and the Middle East

Oct 5^th- Lecture- Islamist Politics and Globalization

Readings- Winners and Losers

Metageographies

Week 8:

Oct 10^th- Lecture- The Nature of Post Communist Societies

Oct 12^th- Lecture- Post Communist Societies continued

Reading- The Benefits of Ethnic War