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CSEP 590B Book Review Assignment
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Book Reviews
During the quarter you will be asked to read and write a review on two
books related to development and the themes from the course. A book
review is both a description of the topic of the book but also a
critical analysis of its content. You should state the topic of the
book but also provide a personal response. Consider the following
structure for a book review.
- What is the theme or thesis of the book?
- What are the main arguments the author states in the book?
- What are your responses or reactions to the arguments: do you find them compelling, contradictory, well thought out, problematic? What do you agree or disagree with?
- How does the book's topic or content relate to the course themes?
- What role computing technology would play in addressing issues raised by the book?
Due date: April 30 and June 4
Length: 2000 words (About 4 pages single spaced)
Assessment: You will be assessed on clarity of concepts, completeness, thoughtfulness of your response and your ability to link the book content to course themes.
Select two books from the following list, and write reviews which
discuss how the subject of the book relates the topic of the course.
Book reviews should be about 2000 words in length. Due dates for the
book reports are April 30 and June 4 (but you are encouraged to
complete and submit them earlier).
Book List
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The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easterly
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The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics by William Easterly
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier
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A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World by Gregory Clark
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In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce
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The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence by Martin Meredith
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Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues by Paul Farmer
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Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey D. Sachs
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Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of
Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus
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Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail by Paul Polak
- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
- Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World
Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
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The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through
Profits by C. K. Prahalad
- Designing an Architecture for Delivering Mobile Information
Services to the Rural Developing World by
Tapan
Parikh, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, 2007
Substitutions are permitted with approval of the instructor.
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