COURSE CONTENT
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Week
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Topics
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Study Materials
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1
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Course introduction
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syllabus
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2
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What is Identity and why does it matter?
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Samuel, P., 1993. Huntington, The clash of civilizations. Foreign affairs, 72(3), pp.22- 49.
Inglehart, R. and Norris, P., 2003. The true clash of civilizations. Foreign policy, pp.63- 70.
Wedeen, L., 2002. Conceptualizing culture: Possibilities for political science. American Political Science Review, 96(04), pp.713-728.
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3
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Construction of Identities
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Amartya Sen, Identities and Violence, ch. 2
Hobsbawm, “The Invention of Tradition”
Toffolo ed., Emancipating Cultural Pluralism, ch. 1 and Afterword.
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4
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Mobilization of Identities
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Charles Tilly, Stories, Identities, Political Change, pp. 45-98
Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, ch. 4, pp. 67-128
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5
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Colonialism
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Ann Stoler Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power: Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule, ch. 2 and 3
Danilyn Rutherford. “Unpacking a National Heroine: Two Kartinis and their People” (M) Elsbeth Locher-Scholten. “Feminism, Citizenship and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage in
a Colonial Context”
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6
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Nationalism
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Benedict Anderson Imagined Communities, Verso. Introduction.
Joost Coté. On Feminism and Nationalism pp. 1-17, 23-29, 34-39, 81-86
Jim Siegel, “Fetishizing Appearances, Or Is “I” a Criminal?” in Fetish, Recognition, Revolution, Chapter 3
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7
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Post-Colonialism
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Leila Ahmed, Border Passages, selections
Bhatia, S., & Ram, A. (2001). Rethinking ‘acculturation’in relation to diasporic cultures and postcolonial identities. Human development, 44(1), 1-18.
Edward Said (1974). Orientalism. Introduction
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8
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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
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9
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Globalization
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Rosamond, B. (1999). Discourses of globalization and the social construction of European identities. Journal of European Public Policy, 6(4), 652-668.
Berking, H. (2003). Ethnicity is everywhere': on globalization and the transformation of cultural identity. Current Sociology, 51(3-4), 248-264.
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10
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Resistance
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Yashar, D. J. (2007). Resistance and identity politics in an age of globalization. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 610(1), 160-181.
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11
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Gender
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Htun, M., 2004. Is gender like ethnicity? The political representation of identity
groups. Perspectives on Politics, 2(3), 439-458.
Hughes, M.M., Krook, M.L. and Paxton, P., 2015. Transnational women's activism and the global diffusion of gender quotas. International Studies Quarterly, 59(2), pp.357-372.
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12
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Multiculturalism
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Vertovec, S. and Wessendorf, S. eds., 2010. Multiculturalism backlash: European discourses, policies and practices. Routledge. Chapter 2: The Rise and Fall of Multiculturalism? By Kymlicka.
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13
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Migration/Diaspora
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Mudde, C., 2013. Three decades of populist radical right parties in Western Europe: So what?. European Journal of Political Research, 52(1), pp.1-19.
Bale, Tim. 2010. If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them? Explaining Social Democratic Responses to the Challenge from the Populist Radical Right in Western Europe. Political Studies, vol. 58: 410–426.
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14
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Research Proposal Workshops
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15
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Wrap up and Conclusions
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