SPP Study Abroad: Mansfield College, Oxford, Summer 2009
Reading List and Course Requirements
Reading List
(Note: None of the books has been ordered through the GMU bookstore. Students should get the books themselves either in leading bookstores or through online vendors.)
British Politics, Society and the European Union
DVD
The Queen (2007), starring Helen Mirren, directed by Stephen Frears (To be viewed prior to orientation session on July 8, 2009, where discussion of it will take place.)
Required Reading
Robert Peston, Who Runs Britain? (Hodder and Stoughton, 2009); (Available from amazon.com; Either US or UK edition is fine, even though they have different subtitles) (To be reviewed by the start of the program.)
Anthony Wright, British Politics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2003);
ISBN-10: 0192854593; ISBN-13: 978-0192854599
Anand Menon, Europe: The State of the Union (Atlantic, 2008); ISBN-10: 1843544792; ISBN-13: 978-1843544791
Kate Fox, Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour (Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2008); ISBN-10: 1857885082; ISBN-13: 978-1857885088 (To be reviewed – due after the program.)
EU and Development
Strongly Recommended Reading
Trade Winds, (Various articles), vol. 1, no. 1, December 2007. Available online: http://www.igd.org.za/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=1&func=download&filecatid=218&parent=category
Lawrence E. Hinkle and Maurice Schiff, “Economic Partnership Agreements Between Sub-Saharan Africa and the EU: A Development Perspective” World Economy, vol. 27, no. 9, 2004
European Development Cooperation to 2010 (Various Papers) (Overseas Development Institute, 2004) http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/european-development-cooperation-briefings.asp
EU Free Trade Agreements Manual, (Oxfam, March 2008) http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/trade/euftamanuals.html
Partnership or Power Play, (Oxfam, April 2008) http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/trade/bp110_epas.html
Global Development
Required Reading
Tracey Strange and Anne Bayley, Sustainable Development: Linking Economy, Society, Environment, (OECD, 2008); Available for free online from the OECD website: http://browse.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/pdfs/browseit/0108121E.PDF
Optional Background
Joseph Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton, Fair Trade For All, (Oxford University Press, 2006); ISBN-10: 0199290903; ISBN-13: 9780199290901
Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom, (Anchor, 2000); ISBN-10: 0385720270; ISBN-13: 978-0385720274
Course Requirements
1. View The Queen before orientation on July 8, 2009.
2. A book review (no longer than 1,500 words) of Peston (Who Runs Britain?), to be submitted (hard copy) to Prof. Kewley by the first day of the program(20%).
3. A book review (no longer than 1,500 words) of Fox (Watching the English), to be submitted (electronic or hard copy) to Prof. van Schaik no later than August 17. This review should include commentary drawn from the Oxford experience (20%).
4. A policy paper (no longer than 3,000 words) on an issue of special interest to the student and relevant to the Oxford program, selected by the student in consultation with Prof. van Schaik and/or Kewley, to be submitted to Prof. van Schaik (electronic and hard copy) no later than August 24 (60%).
