Link to April 5th Presentation

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwrZvLBJBLhwaUZHaFhGVnJPYjg/view?usp=sharing

Second Short Paper Assignment: Due Monday April 24th

You have been given a large grant of 20 Million to start a non-governmental organization by George Soros.  The stipulation of the grant is that you use it to launch an initiative to address global wealth inequality or wealth inequality among people in majority world (i.e. developing) nations.

Write a two page proposal as to the organization you will create outlining your objectives, what you will do to address those objectives and three references that support the need/relevance of your objectives and two resources that justify the strategy you are using to meet those objectives. 

Notes on the Book Review

Dear Class,

Please note that your book review is due on April 12th.

As you know the Book Review is due on April 12th.

You will need to submit your assignment through the SSU class page.

Here is the description that appears in the Syllabus:

Book Review (5-7 pages, double-spaced)--- 15%

This assignment is designed to increase the student’s ability to read a complicated text, summarize that text in writing, and provide a critical analysis of the text.  The student will choose one of the books at the end of the “Course Schedule”, acquire the book either by purchasing the book (online or at a bookstore) or getting the book through the library services, read the book, and write a critical book review of the book.  Approximately 75% of the review should be a concise summary of the contents of the book (focusing on the thesis and the evidence and arguments to support the thesis) and the other 25% should be a critique of the book.

Here is the book list that appears in the Syllabus:

Book Review options:

War—The Assassin’s Gate by George Packer

Justice and the Rule of Law—The Locust Effect by Gary Haugen and Victor Boutros

Foreign Aid—Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo

Pro Poor Capitalism—The Mystery of Capital by Hernando DeSoto

Globalization—The Word is Flat; Expanded and Updated (2007 ed.) by Thomas Friedman

Food—The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan

What I am especially looking for:

What am I looking for?  First, please do not plagiarize.  Note that when you submit your paper to me through the SSU system it goes through a plagiarism check.  So please do not just cut and paste what others have said about the book you read.  Note that none of the books you are reading are very obscure.  Thus people have written a great deal about these books.

The best way you can help yourself is to relate the book to your own experiences, to current events or to class content so that I know that you actually read the books and have your own thoughts and ideas about it. 

Links to readings for Friday, April 7th

Read: http://www.lincolninst.edu/sites/default/files/pubfiles/lla020103.pdf

Explore: http://www.land-in-uganda.org

Explore:  https://namati.org

If you are really ambitious:

http://claudiawilliamson.com/Claudia_Williamson/Research_files/Williamson%20Kerekes%20JoIE%202008.pdf

Reading for Class on Wednesday April 5th

Here is your assigned reading item for the Quiz on Wednesday:

https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/files/Making_the_Law_Work_for_Everyone.pdf

You need not read in detail, but you do need to skim through and get an understanding of the basic premises of the paper and the four pillars of legal empowerment.

Repost of TPP Blog for Quiz on Friday March 31st

Web Materials on the Trans Pacific Partnership for Friday, March 31

“The Economist Explains: The Collapse of the Trans-Pacific Partnership” The Economist November 23, 2016 available at http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/11/economist-explains-14

“TPP: What it is and why does it matter” BBC News November 22, 2016 available at http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32498715

Doug Bandow “Donald Trump Is Wrong: Chinese Trade And Investment Benefits U.S.” Huffington Post November 29, 2016 available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/donald-trump-is-wrong-chi_b_13295216.html

Philippe Ligrain “Welcome to Trump’s New World Disorder” Huffington Post November 9, 2016 available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/welcome-to-trumps-new-world-disorder_us_58233ebfe4b0aac624889405

Repost: Here is the ICC material that you will be "pop" quizzed on for Friday March 24th.

ICC Forum on Africa Question http://iccforum.com/africa

Thierry Cruvellier “The ICC, Out of Africa” New York Times November 6, 2016 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/opinion/the-icc-out-of-africa.html?_r=0

Solomon Dersso “Africa's challenge to the ICC” November 12, 2116 http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/11/africa-challenge-icc-161109120331097.html