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During the last three decades a global indigenous rights movement has arisen within the United Nations and others international bodies, challenging and reformulating international law and cultural understandings of human rights. The course examines the tensions between indigenous rights and national sovereignty and how global processes have shaped efforts to institutionalize indigenous rights, among other issues. Students in the course will develop a case study of an indigenous peoples movement of their choosing and situate it in the context of competing theoretical perspectives on globalization and global processes. Next offered in 2009-2010. (4 credits)
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We know the world watches a different war-but just how different and why In this methodological and analytical course, we will follow two news networks (ideally CNN and Al-Jazeera) for a semester and analyze them using course concepts for analyzing news (frames, sources, languages), contrasting different theories that explain the shape of news (elite domination, political ideologies, cultural difference, media ownership, journalistic routines). Not offered in 2008-2009. (4 credits)
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This course explores ethnic nationalism's causes and consequences in Eastern Europe. Drawing on several disciplines, we begin by examining the core concepts and theories in the contemporary study of nationalism. We then explore both the historical roots of Eastern European nationalisms, and their implications for democracy, minority inclusion, regional stability, and European integration. Alternate years; not offered 2008- 2009 (4 credits)
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Eastern European writers and filmmakers have long been prominent figures, reflecting their confrontation with the 20th century's three most powerful ideologies: fascism, communism, and democracy. This course explores the interactions between writers and these systems of power in the works of major figures such as Ionesco, Kundera, Havel, Milosz, Forman, and Kusturica. We follow written and cinematic engagements with power at both social and individual levels, and extend to broad questions of history and community. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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This course uses economic principles to examine the transition from Import Substitution Industrialization to trade liberalization in Latin America. The goal of the course is to understand the economic antecedents to free trade as well as the resulting impact on workers and resource allocation. The course also addresses peripheral aspects of economic restructuring, such as the drug trade, migration, and the maquiladora industry. Requires an Economics 200 level course, Economics 221 preferred. Next offered Fall 2008. (4 credits)
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This course surveys the theoretic and empirical literature on Soviet-style central planning and the transition to a market economy. The economic history of central planning is examined with emphasis on the experience of the Soviet Union and its variants in Eastern Europe and China. The tool of analysis is the branch of economics known as the economics of organization and information, which will be used to analyze the operation, strengths, and limitations of central planning. The legacy of central planning forms the backdrop for an examination of the transition to a market economy. Prerequisites: Economics 119 and one 200s level Economics course; Economics 221 or 225 are recommended. Alternate years; next offered 2009-2010. (4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
The course will compare, in context, the Middle East, the "new" Europe (with a focus on Muslim immigration),the US-Mexico intersection, and other transition areas by considering borders and diasporas through the optics of culture, hybridized histories, institutions, zones of contact, and travel. Important focuses will include the cultural shaping of individual and group identities, and the geopolitical constitution of "homes." Next offered in2008-2009. (4 credits)
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This course closely investigates critical issues facing today's human rights movement. Using a case-study approach, it explores the cultural, historical, and political context of human rights violations, and the philosophical and practical dilemmas involved in constructing responses. We first focus on broadly contested rights, and then examine reasons for and responses to massive human rights tragedies. Every spring. Prior coursework on human rights, or instructor's permission, required. Next offered Fall 2008. (4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
What is a nation, as opposed to a state or ethnic community Why does the "nation" command so much of ouridentity The nation, unlike the state, exists in the hearts and minds of its members, sustained daily through imagining community-a project that the media are especially tasked with. Taking the "nation" as a mediproduct, the course will examine its production (political economy), textual construction and consumption/reproduction. Alternate years; not offered 2008-2009. (4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
The world is far more interconnected today than ever before, but what does this mean in terms of culture This course looks at the impact of globalization on cultures and at examples of global cultures such as tourists and immigrants, media and popular cultures, world cities, and transnational intellectuals, ethnicities and ideologies. It also looks at the way cultures interact at geographic borders and in the margins of society. Alternate years; not offered in 2008-2009. (4 credits)
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