MINORITIES AND GLOBAL POLITICS: ETHNICITY, RACE AND RELIGION
GRADO EN ESTUDIOS GLOBALES/GLOBAL STUDIES
Curso 2020/2021
1. Subject Information
(Date last modified: 23-07-20 11:55)- Code
- 109026
- Plan
- 290
- ECTS
- 4.00
- Type
- Opcional
- Year
- 3
- Duration
- First semester
- Area
- CIENCIA POLÍTICA Y DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN
- Departament
- Derecho Público General
- Virtual platform
Professor Information
- Profesor/Profesora
- Hugo Marcos Marné
- Group/s
- Único
- Centre
- Fac. Derecho
- Office
- Casa del Bedel, Planta 3º, Democracy Research Unit
- Office hours
- Appoinment by email
- Web address
- http://acpa-usal.com/member/dr-hugo-marcos-marne/
- marcosmarne@usal.es
- Telephone
- Ext 6399
2. Association of the subject matter within the study plan
Purpose of the subject within the curricular area and study plan.
To attain a deep knowledge of the causes, implications and regulation of ethnicity, nationalism and national conflict.
Professional profile.
NGOs, International Institutions, Public Administrations, Human Rights institutions.
3. Prerequisites
4. Learning objectives
-Students will understand the nature of nations, nationalism, and ethnicity in contemporary social theory
-Students will understand how different patterns of race and ethnic relationsemerge in multiethnic societies.
-Students will understand why the character of race and ethnic relations in heterogeneous societies may be more conflictual or harmonious.
-Students will be able to identify contemporary multiethnic nations andconsider possible strategies to minimize conflict.
5. Contents
Theory.
- Ethnicity.
- National identity.
- Nationalism.
- Building nations.
- Colonialism and independence.
- Multinationalism and polyethnicity.
- Multi-level governance.
- Secession.
6. Competences acquired
Basic / General.
CB3, CB5, CG1, CG4
Specific.
CE7, CE13, CE20
7. Teaching methods
Lectures
Presentations
Debates
Essays
8. Anticipated distribution of the use of the different teaching methods
9. Resources
Reference books.
- Hutchinson, John and A.D. Smith (eds.), 2005. Nationalism, A Reader. Oxford: OUP.
- Smith, Anthony (ed.). Nationalism. A Reader. Oxford: OUP.
- Máiz, Ramón. 2018. Nacionalismo y Federalismo. Una Aproximación desde la Teoría Política. Madrid: Siglo XXI.
10. Assessment
Assessment tools.
- Essays: 70%
- Participation: 30%
Guidelines in the case of failing the subject.
Evaluation tools will be the same.
Adenda 109026. Minorities and Global Politics. Ethnicity, Race and Religion (Fecha: 23-07-20)