Political Science Courses3xx-8xx

Library Course Assessment for
POL 351 | POL 355 | POL 357 | POL 358 | POL 360 | POL 361 | POL 362 | POL 374
POL 452 | POL 453 | POL 460 | POL 461 | POL 462 | POL 470 | POL 471
POL 847 | POL 848 | POL 870
Totals
May 22, 2007
revised June 8, 2007
revised June 14 with the addition of POL 361 & 362
revised September 6th with the addition of POL 453

Introduction

This is the Library's course assessment for:

POL 351: Policy Communities and Policy Networks
POL 355: Comparative Public Policy
POL 357: Selected Topics in Urban and Local Government
POL 358: Selected Topics in Public Policy
POL 360: Ethics and Governance
POL 361: Policy Communities and Policy Networks
POL 362: Comparative Public Policy
POL 374: Africa in the Global Political Economy
POL 452 Public Participation and Community Governance
POL 453 Political Economy of Cities and City Regions
POL 460 Selected Topics in Public Policy
POL 461 The Risk Society and Risk Management
POL 462 Partnerships and Alternative Service Delivery
POL 470: African Social and Political Thought
POL 471: The Political Economy of North America
POL 847: The Political Economy of North America
POL 848: Global Political Economy of Development
POL 870: African Social and Political Thought

Overall, the Library is actively collecting in related subject areas. However, the reading lists associated with these courses identified gaps that need to be filled. This assessment lists what needs to be purchased in order to fill those gaps.

POL 351: Policy Communities and Policy Networks
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 30 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and all items on the reading list are currently in our collection. No additional resources are required.

POL 355: Comparative Public Policy
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 30 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and most of the items on the reading list are currently in our collection. However, the reading list identified several gaps in our collection. The following titles will need to be purchased to fill these gaps:

Monographs:

Environmental regulation in the new global economy : the impact on industry and competitiveness Edward Elgar Publishing (US). 1840645407. 9781840645408. R5-327615. 2002. $155

Kato, Junko. Regressive taxation and the welfare state : path dependence and policy diffusion (Cambridge studies in comparative politics) Cambridge University Press (UK). 0521824524. 9780521824521. R3-391719. 2003. $66

Monographs sub-total for POL 355: $221

POL 357: Selected Topics in Urban and Local Government
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 30 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and most of the items on the reading list are currently in our collection. However, the reading list identified several gaps in our collection. The following titles will need to be purchased to fill these gaps:

Journals:
The following journal title has two citations in the syllabus for this course: Social Work in Health Care $452 (2)

While the articles cited are certainly relevant, as a whole this journal may fall outside of the scope of the department. Should the department wish to subscribe to it, the cost would be $452/year.

POL 358: Selected Topics in Public Policy
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 30 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and most of the items on the reading list are currently in our collection. However, the reading list identified several gaps in our collection. The following titles will need to be purchased to fill these gaps:

Monographs:

Nonprofits and government : collaboration and conflict Urban Institute Press. 0877667322. 9780877667322. 2nd ed. X1-026460. 2006. $35

Research on social entrepreneurship : understanding and contributing to an emerging field / Rachel Mosher-Williams, editor. (ARNOVA occasional paper series, v.1, no.3) Assn Research Nonprofit. R0-605375. 2006. $30

Monographs sub-total for POL 358: $65

POL 360: Ethics and Governance
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 30 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and all items on the reading list are currently in our collection. No additional resources are required.

POL 361: Policy Communities and Policy Networks
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 30 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and all items on the reading list are currently in our collection. No additional resources are required. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and most of the items on the reading list are currently in our collection. However, the reading list identified a gap in our collection. The following title will need to be purchased to fill this gap:

Monograph:

Kato, Junko. Regressive taxation and the welfare state : path dependence and policy diffusion (Cambridge studies in comparative politics) Cambridge University Press (UK). 0521824524. 9780521824521. R3-391719. 2003. $66

Monographs sub-total for POL 361: $66

POL 362: Comparative Public Policy
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 30.

POL 374: Africa in the Global Political Economy
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 30 students.

Monographs:

Jewsiewicki, B., & Newbury, D.S. (1986) African Historiographies: What History for Which Africa? London: Sage. Out of Print. Available from bookfinder.com $150

Abasiattai, M.B. (1988) Expanding frontiers of African History: the Inter-disciplinary Methodology, Calabar: University of Calabar Press Not available for purchase.

Davidson, B. (1965) Can We Write African History? Los Angeles: African Studies Center, University of California Out of Print. Available from bookfinder.com $26

Ogot, Bethwell A. The challenges of history and leadership in Africa : the essays of Bethwell Allan Ogot Africa World Press. 159221004X. 9781592210046. X7-Y76794. 2002. $143

Saul, J. (1977) 'Nationalism, Socialism and Tanzanian History' in P. Gutkind, and P. waterman, eds, Africa: A Radical Reader, Heinemann [critique of Africanist history]. Not available for purchase.

Shillington, Kevin. History of Africa / Kevin Shillington. Palgrave Macmillan. 1403970912. 9781403970916. 3rd. V5-L28263. 2005.$40

African words, African voices : critical practices in oral history (African systems of thought) Indiana University Press. 0253339480. 9780253339485. R4-273967. 2001.$60

Curtin, P.D. (1974) Pre-colonial African History, Washington: American Historical Association Out of Print. Available from bookfinder.com $66

Oliver, Roland Africa since 1800 Cambridge University Press (US). 0521836158. 9780521836159. 5th ed.. R5-484092. 2005. $84

Omer-Cooper, J.D. (1968) The Making of Modern Africa, London: Longman SFU has volume one only Out of Print. Available from bookfinder.com $20

Fieldhouse, D.K. (1973) Economics and empire, 1830-1914, Ithaca: Cornell University Press Out of Print. Available from bookfinder.com $80

Heggoy, A.A. (1986) The French Conquest of Algiers, 1830: an Algerian oral tradition. Athens: Ohio University Center for International Studies, Africa Studies Program. Out of Print. Available from bookfinder.com $340

Zeleza, Tiyambe. A modern economic history of Africa African Books Collective Ltd. 996646025X. 9789966460257. X6-S83753. 1997. $69

Beckman, B. (1976) Organizing the Farmers, Scnadinavian Institute of African Studies Not available for purchase

Dasfir, N. State & class in Africa. FRANK CASS & CO LTD / I S B S. 0714632392. 9780714632391. X0-H16446. 1984. $54

Fanon's warning : a civil society reader on the new partnership for Africa's development / edited by Patrick Bond Africa Book Centre Ltd. 186840580X. 9781868405800. X1-G18315. 2002. $37

Democratisation Processes in Africa : Problems and Prospects Codesria. 2869780761. 9782869780767. X9-J87949. 1995. $37

Local perspectives on globalisation : the African case Research on Poverty Alleviation - Tanzania. 9987615007. 9789987615001. X8-F44896. 2002. $39

Rethinking resistance : revolt and violence in African history Brill Academic Publishers. 9004126244. 9789004126244. X2-Y96796. 2003. $50

Alternative development strategies for Africa Institute For African Alternatives. 1870425294. 9781870425292. L1-188735. 1991. $13

Monographs sub-total for POL 374: $1,271

Journals:
African Insight $60
Forum for Development Studies $72

Journals sub-total for POL 374 $132

Films:
Africa: a Voyage of Discovery Not available for purchase

Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich Not available for purchase

Lion of the Desert $36

Nuba Conversations $233

Allah Tantou $233

Films sub-total for POL 374: $502

POL 452 Public Participation and Community Governance
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 15 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and most of the items on the reading list are currently in our collection. However, the reading list identified several gaps in our collection. The following titles will need to be purchased to fill these gaps:

Monographs:

The contested metropolis : six cities at the beginning of the 21st century Birkhauser Books of Architecture. 3764300868. 9783764300869. R5-438486. 2003. $74

Monographs sub-total for POL 452: $74

POL 453: The Political Economy of Cities and City Regions
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 15 students. It will be taught at either the Burnaby or Vancouver campus.**
The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and most of the items on the reading list are currently in our collection. However, the reading list identified a gap in our collection. The following title will need to be purchased to fill these gaps:

Castells, Manuel, 1942- The informational city : information technology, economic restructuring, and the urban-regional process / Manuel Castells. Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : B. Blackwell, 1989. viii, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. [Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-388) and index.]
ISBN: 9780631159889 [0-631-15988-6] $77

Monographs sub-total for POL 453: $74

POL 460 Selected Topics in Public Policy
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 15 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and all items on the reading list are currently in our collection. No additional resources are required.

POL 461 The Risk Society and Risk Management
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 15 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and most of the items on the reading list are currently in our collection. However, the reading list identified several gaps in our collection. The following titles will need to be purchased to fill these gaps:

Monographs:

Mancuso, Maureen. A question of ethics : Canadians speak out / Maureen Mancuso ...(et al.) OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS DISTRIBUTION SERVICES. 0195413539. 9780195413533. X4-S30049. 1998. $22

Public ethics and governance : standards and practices in comparative perspective (Research in public policy analysis and management, v.14) JAI Press / Elsevier Science Pub. 0762312262. 9780762312269. R5-572687. 2006. $113

The Moral dimensions of public policy choice : beyond the market paradigm / ed. (by) John Martin Gillroy. (Pitt Series in policy & institutional studies) U of Pittsburgh Pr/Cornell U Pr. 0822936976. 9780822936978. N6-710882. 1992. $60

Monographs sub-total for POL 461: $195

POL 462 Partnerships and Alternative Service Delivery
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and once every two-three years thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 15-20 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and most of the items on the reading list are currently in our collection. However, the reading list identified a gap in our collection. The following title will need to be purchased to fill these gaps:

Monographs:

The nature of the nonprofit sector Westview Press / Perseus Books Group. 0813367859. 9780813367859. R9-200148. 2001. $56

Monograph sub-total for POL 462: $56

POL 470: African Social and Political Thought This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and annually or bi-annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 20 students.

Monographs:

Postcolonial African philosophy : a critical reader (Critical readers) Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 0631203397. 9780631203391. N3-956549. 1997. $82

Assimeng, J. M. Foundations of African social thought : a contribution to the sociology of knowledge Ghana Universities Press. 9964302193. 9789964302191. X4-S07550. 1997. $24

The African philosophy reader : a text with readings Routledge. 0415968097. 9780415968096. 2nd. R5-417685. 2002. $50

Sage philosophy : indigenous thinkers and modern debate of African philosophy Brill Academic Publishers. 9004092838. 9789004092839. N4-608385. 1990. $275

Rothermund, Dietmar. The Routledge companion to decolonization (Routledge companions to history) Routledge / Taylor & Francis Inc. 0415356326. 9780415356329. R6-574737. 2006. $119

Africana studies : a survey of Africa and the African diaspora / edited by Mario Azevedo. ISBN: 9780890894859 [0-89089-485-X] $57

Botwe-Asamoah, Kwame. Kwame Nkrumah's politico-cultural thought and policies : an African-centered paradigm for the second phase of the African revolution (African studies : history, politics, economics, and culture) Routledge. 0415948339. 9780415948333. R4-520369. 2005. $113

Beckman, B. (1976) Organizing the Farmers, Scnadinavian Institute of African Studies Not available for purchase

Machel, Samora. Mozambique : sowing the seeds of revolution Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. 9171062629. 9789171062628. N2-436277. 1987. $34

Zhang, Juguo. W. E. B. Du Bois : the quest for the abolition of the color line Routledge. 0415930871. 9780415930871. X8-Y25559. 2001.$109

Senghor, Leopold S. "Foreward." In H.R. Lynch (ed) Selelcted letters of Edward Wilmot Blyden. New York: KTO Press, 1978. possibly available from bookfinder.com $60

Shivji, Issa G. Concept of Human Rights in Africa ISBN: 9781870784030 [1-870784-03-0] $45

Monographs sub-total for POL 470: $968

Films:
Anansi the Spider (1969) Not available for purchase

I Is A Long Memoried Woman (1990) $352

500 Years Later $250

The Healing Passage / Voices from the Water $417

Scattered Africa: Faces and Voices of the American Diaspora Not available for purchase

John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk (1996) $417

Black Is. . .Black Ain't $233

Films sub-total for POL 470: $1,669

POL 471: The Political Economy of North America
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 20 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and most of the items on the reading list are currently in our collection. However, the reading list identified several gaps in our collection. The following titles will need to be purchased to fill these gaps:

Monographs:

International trade and neoliberal globalism (Routledge studies in governance and change in the global era. (Cloth ed.) Routledge. 0415425395. 9780415425391. B1-803509. 2007. UK. $141

Julian Castro-Rea, "Towards a Single North American POlity? The Effects of NAFTA on Mexican and Canadian domestic politics" in Economic integration in the Americas Edward Elgar Publishing (US). 1858983045. 9781858983042. N9-965991. 1996. $143

Monographs sub-total for POL 471: $284

POL 847: The Political Economy of North America
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Summer of 2009 and every year or every second year thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 10-12 students. The library is actively collecting in these subject areas and most of the items on the reading list are currently in our collection. However, the reading list identified a gap in our collection. The following title will need to be purchased to fill these gaps:

Monographs:

Economic integration in the Americas Edward Elgar Publishing (US). 1858983045. 9781858983042. N9-965991. 1996. $143

Monographs sub-total for POL 847: $143

POL 848: Global Political Economy of Development This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and annually or bi-annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 15-20 students.

Monographs:

Preston, P. W. Development theory Blackwell Publishing. 0631195556. 9780631195559. N7-953955. 1997. $55

Ferro, Marc Colonization : a global history. PENROSE PRESS (CA). 0415140072. 9780415140072. X5-J85296. 1997. $108

Nedervesen Piertese, Jan P. Empire and emancipation : power and liberation on a world scale Praeger Publishing. 0275925293. 9780275925291. N9-517377. 1989. $99

Fieldhouse, D. Economics and empire, 1830-1914 Macmillan Distribution Ltd. 0333368274. 9780333368275. L8-061843. 1984. $145

Expansion and reaction : essays on European expansion and reaction in Asia and Africa / edited by H. L. Wesseling. ISBN: 9789060214268 [90-6021-426-9] $89

Sovereign debt : origins, crises, and restructuring / edited by Vinod K. Aggarwal, Briggitte Granville. ISBN: 9781862031463 [1-86203-146-0] $82

Economic Development and World Debt ISBN: 9780333465530 [0-333-46553-9] $228

Hopkins , Michael, 1945 Nov. 16- Corporate social responsibility and international development : is business the solution? / Michael Hopkins. Earthscan. 1844073564. 9781844073566. L7-741167. 2007.$54

Valuing the earth : economics, ecology, ethics MIT Press. 0262540681. 9780262540681. XX-D19327. 1993. $36

Toye, J. F. J. Structural adjustment & employment policy : issues & experience / John Toye. ISBN: 9789221094456 [92-2-109445-6] $16

Khor, Kok Peng. WTO and the Global Trading System Zed Books Ltd / Third World Network. / Palgrave [Distributor]. 1842772368. 9781842772362. B9-668851. 2002. $109

Developing countries and world trade : performance and prospects Milton Hyland Erickson Foundation / Third World Network. / Zed Books.. 1842774107. 9781842774106. B7-679219. 2003. $109

Peng, Martin Khor Kok The Uruguay round & third world sovereignty. Third World Network . 9839957376. 9789839957372. X9-K96413. 1990. $4

Wathins, K. Fixing the rules : north-south issues in international trade and the GATT Uruguay round. Catholic Inst. International Relations. 1852871040. 9781852871048. X1-G16628. 1992. $85  

Barratt Brown, Michael. Fair trade : reform and realities in the international trading system Zed Books Ltd. 1856490734. 9781856490733. B6-247299. 1993. $98

LeQuesne, Caroline. Reforming world trade the social and environmental priorities OXFAM PUBLISHING (UK) /HUMANITIES PRESS (NJ) . 0855983469. 9780855983468. V6-D32694. 1996. $11

Launching new global trade talks : an action agenda / Jeffrey J. Schott, editor. (Special reports. (Inst. for Intl. Economics), 12) Inst Intl Economics. 0881322660. 9780881322668. R6-094570. 1999. $24

Global intellectual property rights : knowledge, access, and development Palgrave Macmillan / Oxfam.. 0333990285. 9780333990285. R5-349825. 2002. $41

TRIPS, Drugs and Public Health: Issues and Proposals by TWN 2001 ISBN: 983-9747-61-4 http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/ipr2.htm $10

Watal, Jayashree. Intellectual property rights in the WTO and developing countries Kluwer Law International. 9041198423. 9789041198426. L5-557977. 2001. $226

Dutfield, Graham. Intellectual property rights, trade, and biodiversity : seeds and plant varieties Earthscan Publications Ltd. 1853839035. 9781853839030. X2-X78361. 2002. $66 Martin Khor Kok Peng The Uruguay Round and Third World Sovereignty. Third World Network ISBN: 983-99573-7-6 http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/uru-cn.htm $4

The political economy of imperialism : critical appraisals Rowman & Littlefield. 0742510107. 9780742510104. V5-H16631. 2000. $35

Feldman, Paul A world to win : a rough guide to a future without global capitalism. Paul Feldman and Corinna Lotz with Gerry Gold and Phil Sharpe
ISBN: 9780952345411 [0-9523454-1-2] $22

Monographs sub-total for POL 848: $1,756

Journals:

Third World Resurgence $54

Journals sub-total for POL 848: $54

Films: Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh $25

Kenya: White Terror Not available for purchase

Jungleburger $465

Money $36

A World Without Water $164

Dying for Drugs $164

Films sub-total for POL 848: $854

POL 870: African Social and Political Thought
This is a new elective course in the Political Science Curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and annually or bi-annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 15-20 students. The reading list for POL 870 is identical to POL 470. Once the materials for POL 470 are in our collection, no additional resources will be required to support POL 870.

Totals

One-time monographs costs: $5,254
One-time film costs: $3,025
Total one-time costs: $8,124
$7,020 of these costs are associated with POL 374, 470, 848, & 870. $7,000 of this is covered by a President's Grant.

Total one-time costs: $1,185
Ongoing journal costs: $186/year

These can be covered from existing allocations for Political Science. There is no cost to the Department of Political Science above the $7,000 President's Grant.