MSc Nationalism in International Context
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New Announcements:
23 Oct: Please read the following article and listen to the podcast as additional preparation for our class on constructivism/the Huntingtonian approach: http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/douglas-murray/2013/10/samuel-huntingtons-clash-of-civilizations-is-still-upsetting-the-complacent/
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Other:
1) Talk to the Birkbeck library about the SCONUL access scheme first. For information, see: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/otherlibs/ AND http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/about/how/ill; THEN: 2) Search other London libraries at: http://copac.ac.uk/, the integrated catalogue for the UK; also can consult http://www.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/, the catalogue for some University of London college libraries
Weekly Readings
1. Ethnic Conflict Regulation I: Theoretical Overview and the Partition Option
2.
Ethnic Conflict Regulation II: Consociationalism and Electoral Engineering
3.
Case Study: Britishness
4.
Constructivism in IR Theory: National Identity and 'Real' State Interests
5.
IR II: National Identity and Foreign Policy
6.
IR III: Ethnic Diasporas and Foreign Policy
7.
IR IV: Self-Determination,
International Law and the International System
8.
The End of Nations?: Globalisation
10. Political Islam and Revolutionary Violence
11. Terrorism, with a focus on Salafi-Jihad
12. The Political Demography of Ethnicity and Nationalism
13. 'Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?': The Political Demography of Fundamentalism
14. Diversity vs. Solidarity: The Impact of Multi-Ethnicity
on Wealth, Redistribution, Democracy and Political Stability
15.
Conclusion and Review
Lectures
1a. Introduction
1. Ethnic Conflict Regulation I: Theoretical Overview and the Partition Option
2.Ethnic Conflict Regulation II: Consociationalism and Electoral Engineering
3.Case Study: Britishness, Englishness and the UK Multiculturalism Debate
4. Constructivism in IR Theory: National Identity and 'Real' State Interests
5. IR II: National Identity and Foreign Policy
6. IR III: Ethnic Diasporas and Foreign Policy
7. IR IV: Self-Determination, International Law and the International System
8. The End of Nations?: Globalisation
9. Nationalism and European Unity
10. Political Islam and Revolutionary Violence
11.
Terrorism, with a Focus on Salafi-Jihad
12.
The Political Demography of Ethnicity and Nationalism
13. 'Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?': The Political Demography of Fundamentalism